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Andrew K Chong, MD

Emergency Medicine · Los Gatos

NPI 1497703961

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1 location · Cep America - California · 1,278 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: El Camino Health. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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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.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 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 El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$48,352

Medicare paid this office $48,352 for 290 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 making167$27,524$157
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making101$12,469$109
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes21$4,156$198
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only48$377$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view28$224$8

Who their Medicare patients are

290 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 26% · Women 59% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 1.64. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 34% · Diabetes 30% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Chronic kidney disease 29% · Depression 29% · Heart failure 23% · Cancer 22% · COPD 18% · Dementia 17% · Stroke 14%.

The office billed $379,558, Medicare allowed $60,072 and paid $48,352; for 463 services of 41 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
2024290463781.64$379,558$48,352
2023338580781.49$404,710$53,809
2022278532781.71$325,895$50,074
2021266491771.47$295,037$47,284
2020170333761.58$176,343$27,694
2019192326771.88$174,878$27,155
2018177297761.75$137,268$30,424
2017263420751.74$177,548$53,664
2016306444702.41$258,179$38,231
2015258370672.05$268,338$31,483
2014365548671.84$384,640$45,870
2013338446652.02$286,783$35,497

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: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making183$29,903$158
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making133$15,637$105
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes22$4,412$201
X-ray of chest, 1 view74$588$8
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only60$458$7

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making181$33,521$175
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making47$5,366$112
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes18$4,325$240
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making43$2,807$64
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only80$617$7
X-ray of chest, 1 view63$549$8

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making175$31,741$176
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making47$5,212$106
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes15$3,563$238
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making36$2,126$59
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only66$508$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view54$449$8

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making111$17,981$156
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making35$3,787$108
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making15$876$55
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only64$499$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view38$328$9

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making125$18,790$147
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making41$3,959$92
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making24$1,246$52
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only37$293$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view34$286$8
X-ray of chest, 2 views14$141$10

2018: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making102$17,914$164
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making47$4,825$103
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes14$3,240$216
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making14$786$56
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only41$361$9
X-ray of chest, 1 view16$150$9

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making140$29,564$207
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making62$9,137$138
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes21$6,035$287
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making38$2,939$73
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only52$567$11
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front22$266$12
X-ray of chest, 2 views, front and side13$202$14

2016: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making154$22,617$146
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making97$9,721$97
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making43$2,665$53
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only65$501$8
X-ray of chest, 2 views, front and side15$148$10
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front16$124$8

2015: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making119$17,154$142
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making82$7,970$94
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes12$2,176$181
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making35$1,682$48
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only76$597$7

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making178$25,948$141
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making130$12,385$93
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making41$2,226$52
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only136$1,105$8

2013: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making146$19,983$137
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making127$11,420$85
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making40$2,025$47
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only100$690$7

Medicaid work

$13,265 in 2024

Medicaid paid $13,265 for 302 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 30 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 MDM204$8,735
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM98$4,530
Medicaid work by year
2024302230$13,265
2023360236$16,168
2022189321$6,392
202167315$2,834
202013112$397
201943216$1,919
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM283$11,704
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM77$4,465

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM76$3,779
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM80$2,004
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM33$608

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM42$2,092
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM12$467
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM13$275

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM13$397

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM27$1,146
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM16$773

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$2,975

Pharmacies billed $2,975 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 13% of their Part D prescriptions (41 of 312) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

305 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,975 in drug cost · 82 antibiotic prescriptions to 61 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
Ondansetron Odt34$173$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19$166$9
Cephalexin23$152$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20$122$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$107$10
See all 9 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Ondansetron Odt34$173$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19$166$9
Cephalexin23$152$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20$122$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$107$10
Omeprazole16$94$6
Ibuprofen17$55$3
Azithromycin12$34$3
Prednisone14$27$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202431215213% (41)None$2,975
202323013216% (36)None$4,356
202216210014% (23)None$1,493
20211056416% (17)None$1,224
20201015818% (18)None$1,639
20191469112% (18)12%$2,772
20181348519% (26)None$2,130
20171619524% (39)None$2,575
20161327427% (36)None$2,025
20151328025% (33)13%$2,335
20141348328% (38)None$1,654
20131919329% (56)None$2,647

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Cephalexin20$226$11
Ondansetron Odt26$148$6
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19$109$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16$81$5
Ibuprofen14$49$4

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$58$4
Ibuprofen11$24$2

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Ibuprofen14$46$3

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Ondansetron Odt12$260$22

2019: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Ondansetron Odt16$128$8
Cephalexin11$89$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$68$6

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Ondansetron Odt15$96$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$54$4

2017: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Cephalexin12$126$10
Ondansetron Odt14$112$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$75$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen11$50$5

2016: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Cephalexin13$76$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$72$5

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14$69$5

2014: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen17$135$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$78$6

2013: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen35$169$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen16$60$4

Money from drug and device companies

$69 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$69
201913None$175

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
ZimvieTapered Screw-Vent$69
1 payment
  • Meals for Tapered Screw-Vent · 2024-04-24 · $69
See the published payment
Every published payment
ZimvieMeals · 2024-04-24Tapered Screw-Vent$69
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $175

Payments by company in 2019
Boston ScientificSpectra Wavewriter$175
3 payments
  • Meals for Spectra Wavewriter · 2019-09-22 · $37
  • Meals for Spectra Wavewriter · 2019-09-20 · $125
  • Meals for General Pain Management · 2019-07-30 · $13

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
94.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1497703961
Licence
PA MD428471
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
101 E Olney Ave, Suite 505, Phila, PA, 19120
NPI first listed
2006-05-05
NPI last updated
2007-07-08

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