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Mohammad Tavakol, MD

Emergency Medicine · San Jose

NPI 1427005339

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1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence A51473 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1992 · expires 2028-04-30 · Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.

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.

  • Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.572WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.563BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.256BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 41 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 124 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 501 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.9 · 653 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 348 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,502 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.4 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.573No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.6 · 185 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 951 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits56.3 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits6.4 · 644 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits1.3 · 699 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.3 · 921 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 94 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.4 · 54 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$1,827

Medicare paid this office $1,827 for 51 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)29$945$30
New patient visit (30+ min)23$882$38

Who their Medicare patients are

51 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 65% · Also on Medicaid 24% · Health risk score 1.17. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Diabetes 33% · Coronary heart disease 31% · Heart failure 24% · Depression 22%.

The office billed $31,437, Medicare allowed $4,412 and paid $1,827; for 54 services of 2 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
20245154711.17$31,437$1,827
2023257299720.89$166,069$15,628
2022219261730.97$130,475$13,895
2021181221720.95$118,646$12,174
2020181212711.17$91,883$6,770
2019163188731.36$96,483$12,256
2018137184791.61$93,402$20,303
2017276397781.59$169,570$51,768
2016280459761.76$167,939$37,328
2015270468761.83$150,216$32,495
2014474879741.55$273,469$62,236
2013414702741.59$214,615$48,906

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)171$9,408$46
New patient visit (30+ min)93$6,220$67

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)219$13,855$53

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)180$12,140$55

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)180$6,746$32

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)108$5,522$45
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making36$5,419$151

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making85$14,290$164
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making29$3,112$107
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making19$1,022$54
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only19$163$9

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making173$36,381$209
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making56$7,704$133
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making43$3,202$74
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only53$577$11
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front22$266$12

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making177$25,942$144
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making59$5,559$94
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making34$1,705$49
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only107$820$8

2015: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making146$21,836$144
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making41$3,899$95
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making33$1,547$47
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only131$1,031$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front28$240$8

2014: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making253$38,537$145
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making80$7,888$95
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making80$3,773$47
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes15$2,932$195
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only224$1,817$8
Short return visit (20+ min)26$1,730$64
New patient visit (15+ min)12$741$62
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front45$371$8

2013: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making203$29,217$143
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making65$6,668$98
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making65$3,149$48
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes13$2,472$190
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only181$1,343$7
Short return visit (20+ min)21$1,333$63
Short return visit27$967$36
New patient visit (10+ min)11$360$33
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front24$188$8

Medicaid work

$4,355 in 2024

Medicaid paid $4,355 for 373 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 55 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Short return visit (20+ min)126$2,254
New patient visit (30+ min)84$2,101
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)50$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)12$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)27$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)39$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)23$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)12$0
Medicaid work by year
2024373855$4,355
20231,334980$13,014
20228823116$9,697
2021540260$4,855
20204892112$7,471
2019203248$1,899
201812112$0
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
New patient visit (30+ min)341$6,679
Short return visit (20+ min)742$5,849
Service15$486
Most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level less than 7.0% (DM)14$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)63$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)39$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)52$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)37$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)31$0

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)855$9,697
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)15$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)12$0

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)528$4,855
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)12$0

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)469$6,823
Service20$648

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)174$1,047
Service29$853

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Service12$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$5,006

Pharmacies billed $5,006 in 2024.

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

520 generic and 85 brand-name prescriptions · $5,006 in drug cost · 213 antibiotic prescriptions to 177 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
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa53$1,237$23
Cephalexin60$410$7
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro17$294$15
Azithromycin53$211$4
Fluticasone Propionate20$188$9
See all 13 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa53$1,237$23
Cephalexin60$410$7
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro17$294$15
Azithromycin53$211$4
Fluticasone Propionate20$188$9
Mupirocin27$184$7
Prednisone68$143$2
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass24$133$5
Doxycycline Monohydrate15$87$5
Ibuprofen24$69$3
Naproxen33$67$2
Clindamycin12$62$5
Paxlovid15$0$0

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024605293None14%$5,006
20236453042% (11)6%$7,845
2022516249None3%$8,059
2021377187None3%$4,823
20203671945% (17)7%$5,007
20196073214% (21)None$9,136
20185402717% (40)None$8,432
201739524715% (59)10%$5,939
201634519912% (40)13%$6,174
201523713819% (44)12%$3,885
201434220620% (67)None$4,405
201327116217% (45)None$4,805

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa29$842$29
Cephalexin69$643$9
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass44$392$9
Mupirocin36$350$10
Azithromycin48$300$6
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro11$248$23
Erythromycin15$193$13
Fluticasone Propionate13$174$13
Prednisone61$147$2
Naproxen48$142$3
Ibuprofen46$101$2
Tobramycin11$74$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim14$59$4

2022: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Mupirocin54$632$12
Cephalexin72$583$8
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa14$493$35
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass38$326$9
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro11$278$25
Doxycycline Monohydrate11$159$14
Clindamycin17$150$9
Naproxen36$116$3
Prednisone42$115$3
Ibuprofen39$111$3
Azithromycin18$90$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim22$86$4

2021: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cephalexin52$508$10
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$405$37
Mupirocin34$335$10
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass25$262$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim17$89$5
Clindamycin14$86$6
Naproxen30$68$2
Prednisone27$63$2
Ibuprofen16$41$3

2020: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass30$306$10
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro15$250$17
Mupirocin25$208$8
Azithromycin20$163$8
Cephalexin21$120$6
Naproxen27$105$4
Clindamycin17$99$6
Ibuprofen26$67$3
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$60$5
Prednisone16$43$3

2019: 17 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Ventolin Hfa34$1,946$57
Proair Hfa15$1,007$67
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa17$756$44
Azithromycin63$487$8
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass53$477$9
Cephalexin43$344$8
Mupirocin34$290$9
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro12$245$20
Fluticasone Propionate16$139$9
Ibuprofen44$130$3
Prednisone46$129$3
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim26$125$5
Tobramycin11$121$11
Triamcinolone Acetonide18$105$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14$65$5
Naproxen17$60$4
Ibu11$28$3

2018: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Ventolin Hfa30$1,650$55
Proair Hfa18$1,126$63
Azithromycin56$437$8
Cephalexin40$412$10
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass45$409$9
Fluticasone Propionate19$227$12
Mupirocin21$197$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen26$139$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim22$129$6
Prednisone41$115$3
Triamcinolone Acetonide11$62$6
Ibuprofen20$62$3
Naproxen15$53$4
Tramadol13$53$4

2017: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Ventolin Hfa19$1,008$53
Proair Hfa12$688$57
Cephalexin48$383$8
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass27$237$9
Azithromycin39$231$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen42$181$4
Levofloxacin11$91$8
Tramadol17$49$3
Ibuprofen16$35$2
Prednisone13$33$3

2016: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Proair Hfa19$1,030$54
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass31$334$11
Cephalexin34$272$8
Azithromycin29$220$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32$206$6
Pantoprazole15$97$6
Ondansetron Odt21$78$4
Prednisone14$43$3
Ibuprofen12$43$4

2015: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Proair Hfa13$665$51
Azithromycin28$196$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31$169$5
Cephalexin23$136$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$95$9
Tramadol12$33$3

2014: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Proair Hfa11$543$49
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen55$346$6
Cephalexin42$303$7
Amox Tr-Potassium Clavulanate15$205$14
Azithromycin19$149$8
Ondansetron Odt20$110$6
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim14$60$4
Ibuprofen15$57$4
Meclizine11$53$5
Prednisone12$47$4

2013: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Proair Hfa14$696$50
Amox Tr-Potassium Clavulanate16$290$18
Azithromycin27$288$11
Cephalexin21$183$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen30$157$5
Prednisone14$51$4

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
80.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1427005339
Licence
CA A51473California A51473: Current · expires 2028-04-30
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
2100 Powell Street, Ste. 920, Emeryville, CA, 94608
NPI first listed
2006-05-27
NPI last updated
2007-11-27

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