Karthikeyan Viswanathan, DO
Internal Medicine · Mobile
- Medicare standing
- 2 flags on the record
- Listed below.
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 4
- Since medical school
- 12 years
- Graduated 2014
On the public record
- California licence: Surrender of License
- 1 Medical Board action on record
Offices
4 locations
Plans that list them
17 plans · 2 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health Advantage PPO (PPO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C19044 · Surrendered
Licence status: Surrendered · since 1957 · University of Illinois College of Medicine. Board flags: Surrender of License.
Licensee has surrendered his or her license to resolve a disciplinary or licensing action. No practice is permitted.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
Public record actions
| 1984-11-06 | Board disciplineDiscipline | Surrender of license. · 03 1983303203 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$1,140
Medicare paid this office $1,140 for 35 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Hemoglobin a1c level | 12 | $133 | $10 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 12 | $29 | $2 |
Who their Medicare patients are
35 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 66% · Health risk score 1.28. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Diabetes 54% · Chronic kidney disease 34%.
The office billed $5,647, Medicare allowed $1,162 and paid $1,140; for 82 services of 20 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 | 35 | 82 | 71 | 1.28 | $5,647 | $1,140 |
| 2023 | 77 | 233 | 71 | 1.10 | $18,544 | $3,164 |
| 2022 | 14 | 30 | 67 | 0.80 | $2,607 | $552 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 69 | 0.96 | $2,636 | $818 |
| 2020 | 25 | 35 | 67 | 1.61 | $3,574 | $1,049 |
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: 10 services
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) | 12 | $527 | $41 |
| Hemoglobin a1c level | 25 | $276 | $10 |
| Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals | 21 | $217 | $10 |
| Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) | 12 | $198 | $16 |
| Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count | 23 | $183 | $8 |
| Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, total) | 17 | $149 | $8 |
| Urine microalbumin (protein) level | 18 | $108 | $6 |
| Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury | 18 | $97 | $5 |
| Cholesterol level | 15 | $72 | $4 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 16 | $35 | $2 |
2021: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $519 | $37 |
Medicaid work
$10,059 in 2020
Medicaid paid $10,059 for 22 billed services this clinician did in 2020, up to 21 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.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 22 | $10,059 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1 | 21 | $10,059 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$66,958
Pharmacies billed $66,958 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
302 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $66,958 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.
| Farxiga | 22 | $14,190 | $645 |
| Atorvastatin | 40 | $265 | $7 |
| Lisinopril | 44 | $212 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $87 | $5 |
| Metformin | 16 | $65 | $4 |
See all 6 drugs
| Farxiga | 22 | $14,190 | $645 |
| Atorvastatin | 40 | $265 | $7 |
| Lisinopril | 44 | $212 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $87 | $5 |
| Metformin | 16 | $65 | $4 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 11 | $22 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 389 | 56 | None | None | $66,958 |
| 2023 | 333 | 117 | None | None | $55,698 |
| 2022 | 40 | 16 | 0% (0) | 33% | $22,898 |
| 2020 | 48 | None | 0% (0) | None | $2,580 |
| 2019 | 44 | None | 0% (0) | None | $799 |
| 2018 | 100 | 34 | None | 20% | $4,661 |
| 2017 | 175 | 47 | None | 18% | $8,474 |
| 2016 | 133 | 31 | None | None | $8,097 |
| 2015 | 68 | 19 | 0% (0) | None | $3,478 |
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
| Atorvastatin | 34 | $892 | $26 |
| Lisinopril | 20 | $291 | $15 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $275 | $21 |
2019: 1 drug
| Flecainide Acetate | 13 | $281 | $22 |
2018: 2 drugs
| Metoprolol | 11 | $198 | $18 |
| Atorvastatin | 12 | $103 | $9 |
2017: 4 drugs
| Nystatin | 11 | $439 | $40 |
| Atorvastatin | 16 | $146 | $9 |
| Warfarin | 12 | $84 | $7 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $30 | $3 |
2016: 1 drug
| Nystatin | 11 | $440 | $40 |
Money from drug and device companies
$29 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $29 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | None | $61 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Amgen | Krystexxa | $29 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Amgen | Meals · 2025-12-17 | Krystexxa | $29 |
See earlier years (2022)
2022: $61
| Gilead Sciences | None | $31 | 2 payments
|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical | Rexulti | $15 | 1 payment
|
| ViiV Healthcare | Dovato | $14 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1396128336
- Licence
- AR E-12291, CA 19044California C19044: Surrendered
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 4546 El Camino Real Ste B7, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2015-07-08
- NPI last updated
- 2025-08-21
- NPI record certified
- 2025-08-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.