Anand Athavale
Infectious Disease · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C186474 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-05-31 · Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$40,110
Medicare paid this office $40,110 for 167 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 37 | $9,743 | $133 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 48 | $7,560 | $158 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 20 | $3,726 | $186 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 29 | $2,994 | $50 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 20 | $2,196 | $105 |
See all 6 services
| Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 37 | $9,743 | $133 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 48 | $7,560 | $158 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 20 | $3,726 | $186 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 29 | $2,994 | $50 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 20 | $2,196 | $105 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $2,034 | $88 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of tissue | 748 | More than 98% of doctors who do this |
| Skin biopsy | 1-10 | None |
| Varicose vein removal | 25 | More than 61% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
167 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 16% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 2.19. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 3.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 72% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Chronic kidney disease 35% · Diabetes 31% · Heart failure 28% · Atrial fibrillation 27% · Cancer 25% · Depression 22% · COPD 10% · Dementia 10% · Stroke 10%.
The office billed $195,017, Medicare allowed $51,015 and paid $40,110; for 400 services of 25 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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 167 | 400 | 76 | 2.19 | $195,017 | $40,110 |
| 2022 | 130 | 291 | 73 | 2.20 | $46,747 | $22,159 |
| 2021 | 166 | 519 | 73 | 2.49 | $72,766 | $34,833 |
| 2020 | 199 | 551 | 72 | 2.62 | $83,007 | $41,767 |
| 2019 | 249 | 654 | 73 | 2.55 | $96,493 | $48,098 |
| 2018 | 115 | 286 | 70 | 2.52 | $39,006 | $19,596 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2022: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 53 | $8,609 | $54 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 28 | $4,228 | $151 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 39 | $3,306 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 22 | $2,124 | $97 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 11 | $1,549 | $141 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 13 | $1,052 | $81 |
2021: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 114 | $19,458 | $56 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 71 | $5,905 | $83 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 43 | $5,247 | $81 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,058 | $158 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,292 | $108 |
2020: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 98 | $14,372 | $57 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 91 | $11,449 | $82 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 83 | $7,099 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 36 | $5,611 | $156 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 11 | $1,212 | $110 |
2019: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 130 | $18,537 | $57 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 73 | $10,578 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 82 | $6,967 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 36 | $5,743 | $160 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 27 | $2,626 | $97 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 19 | $1,089 | $57 |
2018: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 72 | $9,096 | $58 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 22 | $2,803 | $82 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 24 | $2,031 | $85 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 35 | $2,012 | $57 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 16 | $1,734 | $108 |
Medicaid work
$5,779 in 2024
Medicaid paid $5,779 for 58 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Debridement, muscle and/or fascia (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue, if performed); first 20 sq cm or less | 46 | $3,892 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,886 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2 | 12 | $5,779 |
| 2022 | 342 | 3 | 31 | $15,203 |
| 2021 | 835 | 3 | 23 | $41,340 |
| 2020 | 553 | 3 | 25 | $30,007 |
| 2019 | 572 | 3 | 29 | $26,036 |
| 2018 | 211 | 2 | 20 | $7,319 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 297 | $11,181 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 32 | $2,121 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 13 | $1,901 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 683 | $30,763 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 135 | $9,427 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 17 | $1,149 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 233 | $15,826 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 260 | $9,897 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 60 | $4,283 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 457 | $18,291 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 87 | $5,862 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 28 | $1,883 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 198 | $6,521 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 13 | $798 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$26,603
Pharmacies billed $26,603 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 93) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 0%.
65 generic and 28 brand-name prescriptions · $26,603 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.
| Eliquis | 11 | $6,467 | $588 |
| Ezetimibe | 11 | $343 | $31 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 93 | 32 | 0% (0) | 30% | $26,603 |
| 2022 | 194 | 65 | None | None | $14,694 |
| 2021 | 392 | 122 | None | None | $35,256 |
| 2020 | 389 | 110 | 4% (15) | None | $30,480 |
| 2019 | 307 | 108 | 4% (13) | None | $25,278 |
| 2018 | 108 | 46 | None | None | $2,290 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2022: 1 drug
| Furosemide | 14 | $122 | $9 |
2021: 8 drugs
| Xarelto | 13 | $7,372 | $567 |
| Pantoprazole | 28 | $471 | $17 |
| Tamsulosin | 11 | $460 | $42 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $99 | $7 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $92 | $8 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 12 | $91 | $8 |
| Furosemide | 18 | $88 | $5 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $48 | $4 |
2020: 9 drugs
| Tamsulosin | 12 | $418 | $35 |
| Metoprolol | 19 | $344 | $18 |
| Atorvastatin | 18 | $326 | $18 |
| Pantoprazole | 14 | $230 | $16 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $214 | $18 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $175 | $12 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $168 | $15 |
| Furosemide | 24 | $168 | $7 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $156 | $9 |
2019: 6 drugs
| Metoprolol | 13 | $390 | $30 |
| Pantoprazole | 22 | $374 | $17 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $120 | $10 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 11 | $74 | $7 |
| Furosemide | 15 | $63 | $4 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $45 | $4 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 83.8 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1275964371
- Licence
- CA C186474, NM MD2018-0132California C186474: Current · expires 2027-05-31
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RI0200X (207RI0200X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2013-11-28
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-29
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 127 Old Short Hills Rd, West Orange, NJ, 07052