David Kuo, MD
Ophthalmology · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Kuo’s office at (408) 972-3413 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$11,134
Medicare paid this office $11,134 for 26 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Imaging of retina with remote review by physician | 12 | $242 | $20 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Cataract surgery | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
26 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 42% · Health risk score 1.88. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 1.16.
Conditions among them: Diabetes 75% · High blood pressure 73% · Chronic kidney disease 46% · Coronary heart disease 42%.
The office billed $32,205, Medicare allowed $14,270 and paid $11,134; for 107 services of 11 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$4,620
Pharmacies billed $4,620 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 129) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 0%.
97 generic and 32 brand-name prescriptions · $4,620 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Prednisolone Acetate | 29 | $1,768 | $61 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 13 | $234 | $18 |
| Latanoprost | 15 | $158 | $11 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $36 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 129 | 57 | 0% (0) | 25% | $4,620 |
| 2023 | 33 | 16 | 0% (0) | None | $1,730 |
| 2021 | 13 | None | 0% (0) | None | $2,365 |
| 2020 | 45 | 11 | 0% (0) | 38% | $5,329 |
| 2019 | 34 | 14 | 0% (0) | 35% | $1,539 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Brimonidine | 11 | $113 | $10 |
2020: 1 drug
| Lumigan | 13 | $4,052 | $312 |
Money from drug and device companies
$260 in 2023
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | None | $260 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | None | $317 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | None | $191 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Alcon Vision | Hydrus Microstent | $260 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2023-12-14 | Ngenuity | $117 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2023-11-03 | Hydrus Microstent | $143 |
See earlier years (2021, 2020)
2021: $317
| Alcon Vision | Acrysof Iq Vivity Iol | $317 | 5 payments
|
2020: $191
| Alcon Vision | Acrysof | $191 | 6 payments
|
Research money
Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.
| F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG · Impact of Intraretinal Hyperreflective Material on Quantifying the Ellipsoid Zone (Ez) in Diabetic Macular Edema (Dme) · 2025 | This clinician | $533 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1255867321
- Trained
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2017
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207W00000X (207W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 5755 Cottle Rd Bldg 22, San Jose, CA, 95123
- NPI first listed
- 2017-05-10
- NPI last updated
- 2024-10-17
- NPI record certified
- 2024-10-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.