Rishi Thakarar, DO

Offices

2 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLC

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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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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.

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.258	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.89 (0.43 to 1.34)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.2 · 27 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	11.6 · 271 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3.8 · 2,952 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	4 · 48 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	1	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.843	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.88	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.611	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	15 · 171 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.9 · 571 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	147.1 · 28 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	21 · 639 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.6 · 48 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.7 · 157 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	2
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	2
Discharge information	3
Overall hospital rating	2
Quietness	1
Recommend hospital	3

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Room was "always" clean	71%
Nurses "always" communicated well	70%
Doctors "always" communicated well	79%
Staff "always" explained	54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	61%
Staff "always" explained new medications	67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	67%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	78%
"Always" quiet at night	37%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	66%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	85%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$20,203

Medicare paid this office $20,203 for 164 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	88	$11,401	$130
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	48	$4,043	$84
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	24	$3,409	$142
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	52	$362	$6

Who their Medicare patients are

164 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 17% · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 27% · Health risk score 2.13. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 46% · Diabetes 45% · Chronic kidney disease 41% · Coronary heart disease 40% · Heart failure 32% · Atrial fibrillation 32% · COPD 29% · Cancer 23% · Stroke 21% · Dementia 20%.

The office billed $198,818, Medicare allowed $26,843 and paid $20,203; for 234 services of 13 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	164	234	73	2.13	$198,818	$20,203
2023	330	384	73	1.96	$426,187	$41,097
2022	527	720	71	1.90	$695,343	$73,722
2021	568	910	73	2.46	$800,913	$84,601
2020	454	660	71	2.74	$661,026	$68,368
2019	135	208	73	2.20	$185,526	$18,367

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.

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2023: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	160	$21,110	$130
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	108	$9,434	$87
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	47	$8,033	$167
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	23	$206	$6

2022: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	283	$42,809	$148
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	77	$14,592	$190
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	106	$10,660	$97
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	38	$2,431	$55
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	135	$1,089	$6

2021: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	365	$52,775	$142
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	96	$19,554	$190
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	70	$6,071	$86
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	248	$1,925	$6
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	16	$867	$54

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	313	$43,569	$136
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	85	$16,097	$189
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	34	$2,922	$86
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes	13	$1,366	$85
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	141	$959	$6
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	13	$616	$47

2019: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	95	$12,774	$134
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	14	$2,425	$173
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	14	$1,188	$85
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	68	$456	$7

Medicaid work

$94,511 in 2024

Medicaid paid $94,511 for 1,591 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 34 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.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	244	$38,282
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	172	$26,874
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	92	$13,250
Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected	49	$6,786
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug	53	$1,797
Unclassified drugs	261	$1,389
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	188	$1,261
Radiologic examination, chest; single view	52	$1,214
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	42	$929
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	115	$858
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	37	$478
Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, total) This panel must include the following: Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) Urea nitrogen (BUN) (84520)	65	$401

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Medicaid work by year

2024	1,591	21	34	$94,511
2023	3,831	23	45	$208,419
2022	4,837	27	79	$232,192
2021	4,164	33	61	$199,962
2020	2,273	20	39	$95,196
2019	490	6	26	$18,852

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2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	511	$65,348
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	284	$58,980
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	217	$42,657
Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected	105	$15,187
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM	74	$5,601
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	181	$5,428
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	375	$2,899
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	321	$2,551
Radiologic examination, chest; single view	87	$2,338
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug	80	$1,913
Unclassified drugs	950	$1,316
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	39	$997

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	715	$88,291
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	460	$64,050
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	378	$36,363
Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected	142	$20,989
Radiologic examination, chest; single view	113	$3,900
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	120	$3,045
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	323	$2,613
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	263	$2,186
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes	13	$1,747
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug	45	$1,489
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	30	$1,341
Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	34	$1,205

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	441	$62,850
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	417	$52,570
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	345	$47,877
Radiologic examination, chest; single view	217	$4,880
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r	54	$3,777
Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material	17	$3,156
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	69	$2,897
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	342	$2,602
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug	92	$2,581
Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2], influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected	15	$2,572
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	135	$2,035
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	199	$1,761

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	360	$37,498
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	265	$32,918
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	131	$11,600
Radiologic examination, chest; single view	132	$2,620
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique	55	$2,206
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	278	$1,851
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	208	$1,453
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug	50	$1,173
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)	28	$1,037
Unclassified drugs	453	$759
Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Influenza	18	$420
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	38	$407

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Largest Medicaid services in 2019

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	109	$9,030
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	47	$6,583
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	34	$2,365
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	64	$428
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	41	$319
Unclassified drugs	195	$127

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,871

Pharmacies billed $3,871 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 6% of their Part D prescriptions (11 of 180) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

168 generic and 12 brand-name prescriptions · $3,871 in drug cost · 37 antibiotic prescriptions to 34 people.

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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Ondansetron Odt	19	$89	$5
Pantoprazole	11	$26	$2

Year by year

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	180	124	6% (11)	7%	$3,871
2023	266	177	11% (28)	None	$3,860
2022	278	198	10% (27)	None	$5,290
2021	279	210	8% (21)	9%	$5,924
2020	104	91	12% (12)	None	$1,808
2019	97	73	19% (18)	None	$1,978
2018	49	44	None	None	$889
2017	49	43	None	None	$790
2016	15	13	None	None	$204

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

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2023: 8 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Ondansetron Odt	27	$170	$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	11	$105	$10
Dicyclomine	13	$64	$5
Gabapentin	11	$64	$6
Prednisone	20	$45	$2
Meclizine	11	$45	$4
Naproxen	12	$42	$4
Oxycodone	17	$36	$2

2022: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	12	$399	$33
Ondansetron Odt	25	$232	$9
Cefdinir	17	$221	$13
Prednisone	32	$128	$4
Gabapentin	17	$96	$6
Dicyclomine	12	$72	$6
Oxycodone	16	$46	$3

2021: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	16	$689	$43
Pantoprazole	15	$325	$22
Cefdinir	11	$298	$27
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro	15	$238	$16
Ondansetron Odt	22	$230	$10
Dicyclomine	13	$102	$8
Cephalexin	14	$75	$5
Prednisone	26	$63	$2
Oxycodone	14	$32	$2

2020: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Prednisone	14	$59	$4

2019: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Prednisone	15	$47	$3
Oxycodone	12	$39	$3

Money from drug and device companies

$141 in 2024

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Industry payments by year

2024	1	1	None	$141
2022	1	1	None	$14

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Boston Scientific	None	$141	1 payment Meals · 2024-02-22 · $141

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Every published payment

Boston Scientific	Meals · 2024-02-22	None	$141

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2022: $14

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Payments by company in 2022

Melinta Therapeutics	Kimyrsa	$14	1 payment Meals for Kimyrsa · 2022-04-19 · $14

Professional record

NPI: 1306296181
Licence: PA OT017213
Trained: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2016
Group: Permanente Medical Group Inc · The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLC
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address: 1001 S George St, York Hospital, York, PA, 17403
NPI first listed: 2016-06-13
NPI last updated: 2016-06-13

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.