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Kevin Lo, PA

Physician Assistant · Salinas

NPI 1336834480

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Offices
6

Offices

6 locations · Svmhs Clinics · Stanford Health Care

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Hospitals listed: Salinas Valley Health Medical Center · Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.247, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • 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 it
    Overall 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 Salinas Valley Health Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.247BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.32 (0.34 to 2.3) · 1,159 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.98 (0.68 to 1.29)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths198.42 (143.23 to 253.6) · 62 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.7 · 112 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.9 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.2 · 203 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.7 · 573 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 536 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths12.1 · 239 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.9 · 2,377 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.18 (0 to 0.37) · 7,593 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 7,999 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.97 (1.83 to 6.1) · 1,428 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.7 (0.16 to 3.24) · 456 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.31 (0.87 to 3.76) · 1,325 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.78 (3.73 to 15.83) · 461 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.23 (1.52 to 8.95) · 453 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.65 (0.17 to 3.13) · 279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.48 (0 to 1.11) · 6,011 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.487No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.082No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.432No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.373No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.5 · 197 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.2 · 491 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits18.2 · 224 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits8 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 569 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.9 (4.2 to 8.4) · 244 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits11 (8.4 to 14.3) · 244 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 86 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.4 (9.9 to 17.9) · 197 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 489 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,383 patients answered, 16% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained66%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Doctors "always" listened carefully76%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)73%
Staff "always" explained new medications78%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand78%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night46%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects53%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%
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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
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)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$8,329

Medicare paid this office $8,329 for 81 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope12$860$72
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)11$599$54

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy1-10None
Hernia repair - groin (open)1-10None
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)20More than 89% of doctors who do this
Mastectomy1-10None
Removal of the uterus1-10None
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

81 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 44% · Also on Medicaid 38% · Health risk score 1.68. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 49% · Chronic kidney disease 32% · Coronary heart disease 30% · Depression 25% · Atrial fibrillation 22% · COPD 21% · Heart failure 20% · Cancer 15%.

The office billed $27,223, Medicare allowed $10,448 and paid $8,329; for 110 services of 52 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
202481110731.68$27,223$8,329
20233843732.27$9,368$3,010

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.

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$237

Pharmacies billed $237 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 94% of their Part D prescriptions (58 of 62) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

62 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $237 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen33$148$4

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024625694% (58)0%$237
2023342571% (24)0%$127

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Acetaminophen-Codeine12$29$2

Money from drug and device companies

$2,031 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025311None$2,031
202411None$20
202328None$840

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
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$1,850
8 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-08-13 · $28
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-08-12 · $16
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-03-07 · $262
  • Education for Davinci Xi · 2025-03-07 · $100
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-03-03 · $19
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-03-03 · $418
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-03-01 · $989
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-03-01 · $19
MedtronicO-Arm$158
2 payments
  • Meals for O-Arm · 2025-12-20 · $137
  • Meals for O-Arm · 2025-12-12 · $22
Vertex PharmaceuticalsJournavx$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Journavx · 2025-03-30 · $22
See all 11 published payments
Every published payment
MedtronicMeals · 2025-12-20O-Arm$137
MedtronicMeals · 2025-12-12O-Arm$22
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-08-13Da Vinci Surgical System$28
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-08-12Da Vinci Surgical System$16
Vertex PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-03-30Journavx$22
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-03-07Da Vinci Surgical System$262
Intuitive SurgicalEducation · 2025-03-07Davinci Xi$100
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-03-03Da Vinci Surgical System$19
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-03-03Da Vinci Surgical System$418
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-03-01Da Vinci Surgical System$989
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-03-01Da Vinci Surgical System$19
See earlier years (2024, 2023)

2024: $20

Payments by company in 2024
Vertex PharmaceuticalsNone$20
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-09-24 · $20

2023: $840

Payments by company in 2023
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$665
6 payments
  • Education for Davinci Xi · 2023-12-01 · $100
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-11-22 · $25
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-11-22 · $402
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-10-03 · $22
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-08-02 · $16
  • Education for Davinci Xi · 2023-08-02 · $100
Medical Device Business ServicesStratafix$176
2 payments
  • Education for Stratafix · 2023-12-07 · $137
  • Meals for Stratafix · 2023-12-07 · $39

Professional record

NPI
1336834480
Group
Svmhs Clinics · Stanford Health Care
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Physician assistant, surgical (363AS0400X)
Mailing address
100 Wilson Rd Ste 100, Monterey, CA, 93940
NPI first listed
2023-04-05
NPI last updated
2023-06-06
NPI record certified
2023-06-06

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