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Jose Fuentes, MD

Hospitalist · Mountain View

NPI 1306944947

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3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G78988 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1994 · expires 2027-08-31 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.

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.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$70,065

Medicare paid this office $70,065 for 275 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes91$18,360$103
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes111$14,354$69
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes88$13,889$153
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes113$12,280$101
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes94$6,703$44
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes91$18,360$103
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes111$14,354$69
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes88$13,889$153
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes113$12,280$101
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes94$6,703$44
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes22$2,572$117
Prolonged hospital inpatient or observation care evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by th25$1,095$27

Who their Medicare patients are

275 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 81 · 85 and older 39% · Women 59% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 2.01. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 42% · Coronary heart disease 41% · Depression 41% · Diabetes 40% · Heart failure 38% · Atrial fibrillation 37% · Dementia 31% · Cancer 24% · COPD 22% · Stroke 22%.

The office billed $267,844, Medicare allowed $90,257 and paid $70,065; for 824 services of 10 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

Original Medicare by year
2024275824812.01$267,844$70,065
2023258905812.12$270,956$75,652
2022235655812.40$233,268$61,312
2021258733812.08$250,875$69,578
2020229753792.16$225,627$71,047
2019299905802.18$267,211$80,243
2018286903812.34$250,923$76,333
2017249896802.34$242,201$76,084
2016231608782.16$172,870$54,387
2015224722802.16$204,812$68,341
2014248909791.97$259,439$79,538
2013235836802.01$247,244$73,225

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

2023: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes97$18,674$109
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes129$18,643$73
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes120$13,468$106
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes65$10,595$158
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes106$9,687$46
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,435$120
Prolonged hospital inpatient or observation care evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by th29$1,243$28

2022: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes106$21,568$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes63$12,055$180
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes92$9,554$97
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes77$7,657$64
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes42$2,287$36
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour21$2,181$87
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,516$126
Hospital observation care on day of discharge15$1,022$68

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes121$23,762$97
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes73$14,231$185
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes100$10,359$100
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes92$9,814$65
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes46$2,417$36
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour23$2,392$89
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,505$125
Hospital observation care on day of discharge16$1,105$69

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes115$30,226$98
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes61$11,739$192
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes91$9,894$102
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes77$9,495$67
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes57$3,000$37
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour16$2,073$90

2019: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes116$23,697$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes84$15,204$177
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes103$14,842$66
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes93$9,910$98
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes71$4,244$35
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes22$3,573$162
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour26$2,718$85
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes11$1,367$124
Hospital observation care on day of discharge19$1,243$65

2018: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes139$28,691$93
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes109$12,892$64
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes102$10,306$98
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes49$8,856$177
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes59$3,578$34
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour29$3,263$84
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes13$2,099$161
Hospital observation care on day of discharge27$1,805$67
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,309$109

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes123$28,811$93
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes105$12,956$65
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes101$10,212$98
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes55$9,867$176
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour35$3,824$83
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes68$3,703$35
Hospital observation care on day of discharge22$1,460$63

2016: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes82$14,646$90
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes69$12,798$180
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes89$9,779$63
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes89$8,811$97
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes49$2,154$35
Hospital observation care on day of discharge15$1,054$66
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour11$991$83

2015: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes85$18,622$97
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes113$16,353$67
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes80$16,213$189
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes93$9,734$102
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes15$2,592$173
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes35$1,896$36
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour12$1,126$87
Hospital observation care on day of discharge13$899$69

2014: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes114$24,769$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes139$21,302$64
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes83$15,257$179
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes100$10,040$97
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes28$1,423$35
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour11$1,067$82
Hospital observation care on day of discharge15$978$65
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes12$841$65

2013: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes75$19,060$90
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes120$19,043$62
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes94$16,603$175
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes86$8,245$95
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes23$3,680$160
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes30$1,484$34
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour14$1,436$80
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes13$959$60
Hospital observation care on day of discharge15$955$64

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$12,116

Pharmacies billed $12,116 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 6% of their Part D prescriptions (15 of 234) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 4%.

207 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $12,116 in drug cost · 62 antibiotic prescriptions to 40 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Cefdinir16$162$10
Pantoprazole13$68$5

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024234956% (15)None$12,116
202321590None7%$8,572
2022188826% (12)13%$9,235
202114668NoneNone$7,714
2020175708% (14)None$3,925
201917173NoneNone$9,271
201818785NoneNone$7,373
201710961None17%$5,457
2016131579% (12)12%$4,708
201513048None12%$8,213
2014167608% (13)None$4,485
201314365NoneNone$7,194

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Pantoprazole12$143$12
Ondansetron11$78$7
Furosemide11$55$5

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Prednisone12$72$6
Pantoprazole13$62$5

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Pantoprazole11$88$8

Money from drug and device companies

$252 in 2021

Industry payments by year
202113None$252
201933None$369

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
AbbVieUbrelvy$252
3 payments
  • Meals for Ubrelvy · 2021-11-03 · $125
  • Meals for Ubrelvy · 2021-07-02 · $2
  • Meals for Ubrelvy · 2021-06-30 · $125
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
AbbVieMeals · 2021-11-03Ubrelvy$125
AbbVieMeals · 2021-07-02Ubrelvy$2
AbbVieMeals · 2021-06-30Ubrelvy$125
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $369

Payments by company in 2019
Portola PharmaceuticalsAndexxa$125
1 payment
  • Meals for Andexxa · 2019-05-23 · $125
Novartis PharmaceuticalsEntresto$125
1 payment
  • Meals for Entresto · 2019-11-07 · $125
Merck Sharp & DohmeDificid$119
1 payment
  • Meals for Dificid · 2019-11-13 · $119

Professional record

NPI
1306944947
Licence
CA G78988California G78988: Current · expires 2027-08-31
Trained
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1992
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2006-09-20
NPI last updated
2021-02-22
NPI record certified
2021-02-22

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