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Sarah Rathnam Akkina, MD

Otolaryngology · Salt Lake City

NPI 1467847467

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Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
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Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Dermatology Division University of Utah Medical Center · University of Utah Adult Services

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Hospitals listed: University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence A172227 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2021 · expires 2023-04-30 · University of Michigan Medical School.

License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

State licence records

1 licence

  • Washington MDRE.ML.60571866Physician And Surgeon Residency Limited License · since 2015 · expires 2017-07-11
    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.

  • University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City, UTAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, which runs 2 hospitalsHome of Huntsman 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 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.603, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.55, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.518, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.595, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for University of Utah Hospital and Clinics

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 8 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 University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.603BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.55BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.518BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.595BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.78 (0.03 to 1.53) · 3,231 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.91 (0.6 to 1.22)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths156.56 (123.99 to 189.13) · 297 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.8 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 69 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12 · 168 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.1 · 423 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.7 · 347 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.8 · 506 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,004 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0.02 to 0.37) · 11,361 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.08 to 0.43) · 12,089 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.06 (2.7 to 5.41) · 4,881 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.58 (0 to 3.27) · 204 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.55 (1.5 to 3.59) · 4,443 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.76 (0 to 15.4) · 212 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.49 (1.4 to 9.58) · 198 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.88 (0.63 to 3.14) · 1,317 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.5 (0.08 to 0.92) · 10,150 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 289 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.204No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.738No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.5 · 213 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.5 · 664 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits0.4 · 180 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-34.8 · 478 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-7 · 374 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 535 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.8 (4.6 to 7) · 1,119 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 310 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10 · 72 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits18.2 · 113 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.6 (9.9 to 15.8) · 2,684 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.9 to 1.2) · 2,156 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,497 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness4
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained59%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information90%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge91%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)78%
Staff "always" explained new medications73%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night61%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$27,443

Medicare paid this office $27,443 for 73 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)21$2,605$100
Return visit (30+ min)25$2,023$67
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,094$91
Short return visit (20+ min)15$963$53
New patient visit (30+ min)11$571$52

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision20More than 74% of doctors who do this
Removal or shaving of skin growth1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

73 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 63% · Health risk score 1.41. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 51% · Depression 33% · Diabetes 25% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Cancer 19% · Chronic kidney disease 15% · Atrial fibrillation 15%.

The office billed $138,990, Medicare allowed $35,598 and paid $27,443; for 174 services of 42 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
202473174731.41$138,990$27,443
202362211731.48$212,919$39,247
20223754681.49$37,030$6,194
20211625661.34$36,453$2,842

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: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)27$3,345$105
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,483$74
Short return visit (20+ min)11$825$52

Money from drug and device companies

$460 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202534None$460
202435None$518
202338None$847
202211None$14
202123None$254
201922None$279

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
StrykerScopis Ent$257
2 payments
  • Meals for Core · 2025-06-21 · $102
  • Meals for Scopis Ent · 2025-05-23 · $155
KLS-Martin L.P.None$116
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-11-20 · $116
Medical Device Business ServicesVistaseal$87
1 payment
  • Meals for Vistaseal · 2025-03-25 · $87
See all 4 published payments
Every published payment
KLS-Martin L.P.Meals · 2025-11-20None$116
StrykerMeals · 2025-06-21Core$102
StrykerMeals · 2025-05-23Scopis Ent$155
Medical Device Business ServicesMeals · 2025-03-25Vistaseal$87
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)

2024: $518

Payments by company in 2024
KLS-Martin L.P.None$232
2 payments
  • Meals · 2024-03-20 · $116
  • Meals · 2024-03-20 · $116
Integra LifeSciencesIntegra$159
2 payments
  • Long term medical supply or device loan for Acell · 2024-01-30 · $71
  • Meals for Integra · 2024-01-29 · $88
StrykerNa$128
1 payment
  • Meals for Na · 2024-09-03 · $128

2023: $847

Payments by company in 2023
StrykerScopis Ent$460
6 payments
  • Meals for Scopis Ent · 2023-12-06 · $153
  • Meals for Latera · 2023-09-30 · $34
  • Meals for Xpress Ent Dilation System · 2023-03-21 · $61
  • Meals for Hemopore · 2023-03-01 · $149
  • Meals for Smartlock · 2023-01-21 · $32
  • Meals for Smartlock · 2023-01-18 · $31
Musculoskeletal Transplant FoundationNone$270
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-12-06 · $270
Integra LifeSciencesIntegra$116
1 payment
  • Meals for Integra · 2023-09-19 · $116

2022: $14

Payments by company in 2022
DePuy Synthes SalesTrumatch$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Trumatch · 2022-08-27 · $14

2021: $254

Payments by company in 2021
StrykerXpress Ent Dilation System$142
1 payment
  • Meals for Xpress Ent Dilation System · 2021-10-05 · $142
KLS-Martin L.P.None$112
2 payments
  • Meals · 2021-09-22 · $26
  • Meals · 2021-06-28 · $86

2019: $279

Payments by company in 2019
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$146
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-10-04 · $146
StrykerHybrid Mmf$133
1 payment
  • Meals for Hybrid Mmf · 2019-11-22 · $133

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
92.1 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1467847467
Licence
CA A172227, UT 12732431-1205, WA ML 60571866California A172227: Delinquent · expires 2023-04-30Washington MDRE.ML.60571866: Expired
Trained
University of Michigan Medical School, 2015
Group
Dermatology Division University of Utah Medical Center · University of Utah Adult Services
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207YX0007X (207YX0007X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2015-04-06
NPI last updated
2022-07-08
NPI record certified
2022-07-08

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1959 Ne Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195

This office lists an electronic records connection.