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Paul X Decker

Emergency Medicine · Santa Clara

NPI 1427365352

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1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

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

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State licence records

1 licence

  • Illinois 125056504Temporary Medical Permit · since 2012 · expires 2013-06-30Specialty on the licence: Emergency Medicine
    ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

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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 - AntiochAntioch, 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 · 73% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.57, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 1 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.57BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 144 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.14 (0.68 to 1.59)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.4 · 37 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths14.4 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths4.4 · 2,121 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 935 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.31 (0.09 to 0.52) · 954 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.84 (1.25 to 6.42) · 93 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.29 (0.57 to 4.01) · 83 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.09 (0.57 to 3.62) · 35 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.89 (0 to 1.98) · 730 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.6 · 38 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.431No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.39No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.595No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.4 · 83 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits24.1 · 533 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits55.3 · 30 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits51.9 · 37 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.6 · 441 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 37 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 149 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,220 patients answered, 18% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well74%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)71%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night45%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital73%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms84%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$3,896

Medicare paid this office $3,896 for 34 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making15$2,065$138
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making12$1,219$102

Who their Medicare patients are

34 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Women 56% · Also on Medicaid 68% · Health risk score 2.51. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 65% · Diabetes 41%.

The office billed $25,115, Medicare allowed $5,216 and paid $3,896; for 37 services of 7 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
20243437662.51$25,115$3,896
20232935621.82$23,361$3,263
20223139652.62$19,203$3,315
20211919722.29$11,102$2,409
20202122612.72$9,288$1,657
20193840642.21$16,294$3,185
20182627621.83$10,590$1,890
20173636601.94$14,356$2,620
20163740661.61$16,556$3,099
20153438602.46$15,275$2,806
20143233612.30$15,330$2,957
20131818651.92$9,230$1,913

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making14$1,748$117

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making15$1,863$124
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making12$986$52

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making14$1,997$143

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making12$921$77

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making26$2,511$97
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making12$477$40

2018: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making21$1,568$75

2017: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making28$2,237$80

2016: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making25$2,081$80

2015: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making19$1,638$86
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making11$416$35

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making15$1,351$90

2013: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making11$1,045$95

Medicaid work

$15,902 in 2024

Medicaid paid $15,902 for 144 billed services this clinician did in 2024, 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM102$11,089
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM15$3,587
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM27$1,226
Medicaid work by year
2024144321$15,902
2023231231$2,880
2022140324$4,251
202173217$1,855
2019150231$2,134
2018181220$3,923
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM128$1,640
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM103$1,240

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM84$3,644
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM40$401
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM16$205

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM60$1,513
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM13$342

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM106$1,777
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM44$357

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM139$3,076
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM42$847

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$8,744

Pharmacies billed $8,744 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 6% of their Part D prescriptions (21 of 360) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

313 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $8,744 in drug cost · 104 antibiotic prescriptions to 80 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
Alvesco11$1,320$120
Cefpodoxime Proxetil15$592$39
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass21$248$12
Ondansetron Odt37$233$6
Prednisone30$201$7
See all 11 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Alvesco11$1,320$120
Cefpodoxime Proxetil15$592$39
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass21$248$12
Ondansetron Odt37$233$6
Prednisone30$201$7
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$179$16
Doxycycline Monohydrate17$170$10
Cefadroxil13$144$11
Tizanidine14$127$9
Ciprofloxacin12$98$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$80$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20243602056% (21)None$8,744
20233902286% (23)None$8,650
20223121978% (25)11%$10,366
20212261407% (16)8%$4,586
202020112110% (19)10%$4,206
20193892446% (24)16%$12,456
201837922810% (38)16%$9,015
201748129013% (64)None$10,400
201635821717% (60)None$8,613
201532220818% (58)None$8,645
201432623021% (69)None$7,386
2013997014% (14)None$1,823

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Cefadroxil28$340$12
Prednisone36$337$9
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa18$288$16
Doxycycline Monohydrate19$227$12
Tizanidine24$216$9
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$173$16
Naproxen17$164$10
Ondansetron Odt25$154$6
Ibuprofen17$124$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$92$6

2022: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Cefpodoxime Proxetil13$620$48
Prednisone23$281$12
Cefadroxil26$240$9
Ondansetron Odt28$238$8
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$180$16
Doxycycline Monohydrate14$145$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20$127$6

2021: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cefpodoxime Proxetil13$681$52
Prednisone17$312$18
Ondansetron Odt25$239$10
Cefadroxil18$171$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11$71$6

2020: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Ondansetron Odt15$214$14
Prednisone19$199$10
Doxycycline Monohydrate14$174$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$87$7

2019: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Ventolin Hfa13$625$48
Prednisone31$404$13
Ondansetron Odt31$290$9
Tizanidine26$225$9
Cephalexin21$214$10
Cefadroxil12$137$11
Ciprofloxacin13$114$9
Naproxen12$106$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$105$7
Ibuprofen14$101$7
Levofloxacin13$98$8

2018: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Qvar14$1,244$89
Ventolin Hfa17$760$45
Prednisone34$382$11
Ondansetron Odt32$279$9
Doxycycline Monohydrate13$171$13
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen23$168$7
Cephalexin16$165$10
Ciprofloxacin17$158$9
Levofloxacin22$156$7
Furosemide11$132$12
Ibuprofen14$126$9
Tizanidine15$113$8

2017: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Qvar14$1,120$80
Ventolin Hfa26$1,054$41
Ondansetron Odt44$667$15
Prednisone39$446$11
Tamsulosin13$308$24
Cephalexin23$290$13
Ibuprofen26$283$11
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen27$280$10
Doxycycline Monohydrate13$186$14
Tizanidine19$181$10
Levofloxacin21$152$7
Ciprofloxacin15$143$10
Fluticasone Propionate11$139$13
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen14$117$8
Tramadol16$106$7

2016: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Qvar11$771$70
Ventolin Hfa11$420$38
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen33$403$12
Prednisone25$276$11
Fluticasone Propionate19$257$14
Cephalexin21$240$11
Ciprofloxacin20$217$11
Ibuprofen20$213$11
Tizanidine13$174$13
Ondansetron Odt17$147$9
Tramadol16$126$8
Azithromycin13$106$8
Levofloxacin13$96$7

2015: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Proair Hfa13$425$33
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen33$379$11
Cephalexin20$274$14
Ciprofloxacin23$250$11
Ibuprofen21$220$10
Ondansetron Odt20$187$9
Prednisone16$181$11
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen12$172$14

2014: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Cephalexin32$386$12
Proair Hfa12$361$30
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen40$316$8
Ondansetron Odt22$292$13
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen20$278$14
Levofloxacin16$151$9
Ciprofloxacin13$128$10
Ibuprofen11$101$9
Prednisone13$92$7

Professional record

NPI
1427365352
Licence
IL 125056504Illinois 125056504: Expired
Trained
Creighton University School of Medicine, 2009
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
711 W Buckingham Pl Apt 1, Chicago, IL, 60657
NPI first listed
2010-09-14
NPI last updated
2021-12-15

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.