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Sandhya Ashokkumar, MD

Critical Care (Intensivists) · Castro Valley

NPI 1457913402

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Inpatient Specialists of California PC · Permanente Medical Group Inc

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

Plan participation

Not verified

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State licence records

1 licence

  • New Jersey 25MA11548300Medical Doctor · since 2022 · expires 2025-06-30
    ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.

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.

  • Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.122, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Eden Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Eden Medical Center
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.122BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.88 (0 to 1.89) · 819 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.81 (0.46 to 1.16)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths137.41 (92.94 to 181.88) · 70 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.4 · 78 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.7 · 38 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths11.1 · 207 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths17.6 · 359 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 355 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.4 · 1,714 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.17 (0 to 0.39) · 4,697 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) · 4,676 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.69 (0.53 to 4.85) · 860 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.56 (0 to 3.24) · 251 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.75 (1.17 to 4.32) · 818 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.76 (0 to 15.78) · 261 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.09 (2.08 to 10.1) · 242 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.64 (0.16 to 3.12) · 233 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.85) · 4,132 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.9 · 60 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)Infections0.292No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.307No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.61No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 258 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits22.6 · 225 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits2.4 · 367 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.9 · 390 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 58 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 88 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.9 (9.6 to 17.4) · 68 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) · 205 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (431 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Eden Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Eden Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well75%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Doctors "always" listened carefully73%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications70%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand69%
Nurses "always" listened carefully71%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
"Always" quiet at night58%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects43%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$10,052

Medicare paid this office $10,052 for 22 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes16$8,470$184

Who their Medicare patients are

22 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Health risk score 3.05. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 2.58.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 55% · Chronic kidney disease 50%.

The office billed $83,642, Medicare allowed $12,616 and paid $10,052; for 65 services of 11 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.

Medicaid work

$1,673 in 2023

Medicaid paid $1,673 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 13 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 2023
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM14$1,673
Medicaid work by year
202314113$1,673

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
98.9 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1457913402
Licence
NJ 25MA11548300New Jersey 25MA11548300: Expired
Trained
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2019
Group
Inpatient Specialists of California PC · Permanente Medical Group Inc
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X); Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
20103 Lake Chabot Rd, Castro Valley, CA, 94546
NPI first listed
2019-06-30
NPI last updated
2024-09-24
NPI record certified
2024-09-24

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.