Skip to main content
UniHealth

Doctor search

Paul Duru, MD

Internal Medicine · Las Vegas

NPI 1487116950

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
2
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
7 years
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2019

Offices

1 location · University Medical Center of Southern Nevada · 388 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

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

Plans that list them

2 plans · 1 carrier

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Duru’s office at (702) 383-2000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026
Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A181122 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2022 · expires 2024-08-31 · University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

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

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

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.

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 Medical CenterLas Vegas, NVAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University Medical Center of Southern NevadaPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 61% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: 5.623, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.409, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.634, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for University Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 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 Medical Center
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections5.623WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.409BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.634BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.86 (0 to 1.85) · 951 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.04 (0.73 to 1.36)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths177.93 (133.06 to 222.79) · 95 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 62 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.2 · 84 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.4 · 30 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 139 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.6 · 161 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths12.9 · 211 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 3,014 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.06 to 0.49) · 5,124 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) · 4,953 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.23 (2.2 to 6.27) · 1,427 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.81 (0.22 to 3.4) · 349 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.75 to 3.53) · 1,328 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.16 (4.24 to 18.07) · 388 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths8.24 (4.47 to 12) · 398 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.6 (0.14 to 3.06) · 297 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 4,788 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.8 · 60 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.949No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.834No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.09No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.8 · 95 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits23.8 · 406 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits12.6 · 179 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.6 · 169 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.1 · 422 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits4.7 · 70 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits15.6 · 149 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.5 · 253 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.6 (9.9 to 18.6) · 98 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) · 140 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,740 patients answered, 14% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at University Medical Center
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication1
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines1
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness2
Recommend hospital2
Share of patients giving the best answer at University Medical Center
Room was "always" clean60%
Nurses "always" communicated well68%
Doctors "always" communicated well70%
Staff "always" explained51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information81%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge81%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand66%
Doctors "always" listened carefully68%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect77%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)59%
Staff "always" explained new medications66%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand64%
Nurses "always" listened carefully65%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect76%
"Always" quiet at night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital61%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects37%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms82%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$26,003

Medicare paid this office $26,003 for 147 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes94$15,612$66
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes48$5,249$109
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes37$3,641$96

Who their Medicare patients are

147 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 22% · 85 and older 23% · Women 45% · Also on Medicaid 79% · Health risk score 3.73. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 65% · Chronic kidney disease 52% · Heart failure 51% · Coronary heart disease 50% · Depression 39% · Dementia 37% · Atrial fibrillation 35% · COPD 30% · Stroke 25% · Cancer 10%.

The office billed $279,356, Medicare allowed $34,875 and paid $26,003; for 344 services of 9 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
2024147344733.73$279,356$26,003
2023167425752.71$322,132$33,102

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes113$21,985$71
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes40$4,557$114
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes43$4,526$105
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes14$1,015$44

Medicaid work

$3,903 in 2024

Medicaid paid $3,903 for 525 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 45 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
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES401$2,654
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES65$806
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter59$443
Medicaid work by year
2024525345$3,903
2023747346$4,888
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES627$3,793
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter74$583
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES46$511

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$5,921

Pharmacies billed $5,921 in 2024.

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

75 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $5,921 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.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20248940NoneNone$5,921
202311565NoneNone$13,173
202235160% (0)None$2,783

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

Money from drug and device companies

$1,534 in 2025

Industry payments by year
20251526None$1,534
202468None$1,187

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
MedtronicFfrangio$232
3 payments
  • Meals for Endurant Iis · 2025-08-21 · $26
  • Meals for Symplicity G3 · 2025-03-20 · $32
  • Meals for Ffrangio · 2025-02-04 · $174
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesAssure Wcd$224
4 payments
  • Meals for Assure Wcd · 2025-12-05 · $100
  • Meals for Assure Wcd · 2025-08-18 · $30
  • Meals for Assure Wcd · 2025-03-12 · $21
  • Meals for Assure Wcd · 2025-02-05 · $73
Abbott LaboratoriesCardiomems$173
1 payment
  • Meals for Cardiomems · 2025-10-16 · $173
Edwards LifesciencesNone$151
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-08-20 · $151
CVRxBarostim Neo System$149
1 payment
  • Meals for Barostim Neo System · 2025-11-19 · $149
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsOnpattro$123
1 payment
  • Meals for Onpattro · 2025-07-16 · $123
See all 26 published payments
Every published payment
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesMeals · 2025-12-05Assure Wcd$100
CVRxMeals · 2025-11-19Barostim Neo System$149
AbiomedMeals · 2025-11-18None$35
Novo NordiskMeals · 2025-11-12Wegovy$22
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Meals · 2025-11-05Camzyos$122
Chiesi USAMeals · 2025-11-03Cleviprex$17
GlaxoSmithKlineMeals · 2025-10-31Nucala$14
Bayer Healthcare PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-10-21Kerendia$23
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-10-16Cardiomems$173
Biosense WebsterMeals · 2025-09-03Carto 3$34
MedtronicMeals · 2025-08-21Endurant Iis$26
Edwards LifesciencesMeals · 2025-08-20None$151
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesMeals · 2025-08-18Assure Wcd$30
Bayer Healthcare PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-08-07Kerendia$14
Lantheus Medical ImagingMeals · 2025-07-31Definity$20
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-07-16Onpattro$123
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-06-05Leqvio$22
MedtronicMeals · 2025-03-20Symplicity G3$32
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesMeals · 2025-03-12Assure Wcd$21
AbiomedMeals · 2025-02-26None$73
Lantheus Medical ImagingMeals · 2025-02-21Definity$18
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-02-06Leqvio$18
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesMeals · 2025-02-05Assure Wcd$73
MedtronicMeals · 2025-02-04Ffrangio$174
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-01-30Leqvio$22
Lantheus Medical ImagingMeals · 2025-01-10Definity$27
See earlier years (2024)

2024: $1,187

Payments by company in 2024
Boston ScientificNone$682
1 payment
  • Grant · 2024-09-05 · $682
AbiomedImpella$182
3 payments
  • Meals for Impella · 2024-09-18 · $23
  • Meals for Impella · 2024-08-17 · $59
  • Meals for Impella · 2024-07-19 · $100
MedtronicOnyx Frontier$161
1 payment
  • Education for Onyx Frontier · 2024-05-16 · $161
Lexicon PharmaceuticalsInpefa$122
1 payment
  • Meals for Inpefa · 2024-09-23 · $122
Lantheus Medical ImagingDefinity$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Definity · 2024-09-13 · $23
Kestra Medical Technology ServicesAssure Wcd$17
1 payment
  • Meals for Assure Wcd · 2024-07-19 · $17

Professional record

NPI
1487116950
Licence
CA A181122California A181122: Delinquent · expires 2024-08-31
Trained
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2019 · 7 years ago
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
1800 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89102
NPI first listed
2019-04-03
NPI last updated
2025-07-17
NPI record certified
2025-07-17

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

Extra NPI addresses: 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128