Meghana V Bachu, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Fremont
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 6 years
- Graduated 2020
Offices
1 location · Washington Township Medical Foundation · 125 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Washington Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
4 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Meghana V Bachu’s office at (510) 687-9510 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
4 of 4 plans
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
State licence records
1 licence
- Washington ARNP.AP.61086363-NPAdvanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License · since 2020 · expires 2023-02-06ExpiredNo 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.
- Washington HospitalFremont, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Washington Hospital Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.188, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.164, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Washington Hospital
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: 1 better, 6 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.188 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.164 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0 to 1.88) · 1,112 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.92 (0.59 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 192.95 (139.54 to 246.36) · 48 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 164 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 199 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 463 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.6 · 661 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.3 · 174 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 2,550 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.15 (0 to 0.35) · 6,970 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.82 (1.73 to 5.91) · 1,370 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.52 (0 to 3.17) · 589 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.75 (0.25 to 3.25) · 1,315 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 13.19 (5.83 to 20.56) · 600 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.91 (1.04 to 8.78) · 550 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0.17 to 3.14) · 198 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 6,079 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 114 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.367 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 186 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.9 · 480 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 33.9 · 186 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 26.5 · 553 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 36.8 · 648 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.5 · 590 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.7 (3.2 to 6.9) · 169 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.4 (8.5 to 14.9) · 169 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.1 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 202 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (10.2 to 18.5) · 78 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) · 974 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (812 patients answered, 19% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 84% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 84% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 46% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 42% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 84% |
Medicaid work
$7,700 in 2021
Medicaid paid $7,700 for 418 billed services this clinician did in 2021, up to 35 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 121 | $4,855 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 33 | $1,567 |
| Brief emotional/behavioral assessment (eg, depression inventory, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] scale), with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 196 | $486 |
| Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, 0.5 mL dosage, for intramuscular use | 34 | $347 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $346 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) | 15 | $100 |
| 2021 | 418 | 6 | 35 | $7,700 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$10,672
Pharmacies billed $10,672 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 101) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.
84 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $10,672 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
| 2024 | 101 | 63 | 0% (0) | None | $10,672 |
| 2023 | 606 | 263 | 0% (0) | 10% | $31,293 |
| 2022 | 58 | 25 | 0% (0) | None | $12,187 |
| 2021 | 267 | 66 | 0% (0) | None | $28,686 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 9 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 59 | $758 | $13 |
| Levothyroxine | 33 | $501 | $15 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 42 | $362 | $9 |
| Losartan | 25 | $316 | $13 |
| Metformin | 27 | $315 | $12 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $197 | $13 |
| Lisinopril | 31 | $163 | $5 |
| Atenolol | 11 | $128 | $12 |
| Metoprolol | 11 | $102 | $9 |
2021: 6 drugs
| Alendronate | 19 | $374 | $20 |
| Atorvastatin | 34 | $281 | $8 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 55 | $177 | $3 |
| Diclofenac | 13 | $171 | $13 |
| Lisinopril | 21 | $125 | $6 |
| Metformin | 14 | $115 | $8 |
Money from drug and device companies
$14 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | None | $61 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Exact Sciences | Cologuard Collection Kit | $14 | 1 payment
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See the published payment
| Exact Sciences | Meals · 2025-04-07 | Cologuard Collection Kit | $14 |
See earlier years (2023)
2023: $61
| GlaxoSmithKline | Arexvy | $43 | 2 payments
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| Cranial Technologies | Doc Band | $19 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 83.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1588287676
- Licence
- WA 61086363Washington ARNP.AP.61086363-NP: Expired
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 363LF0000X (363LF0000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 6236 Thornton Ave, Newark, CA, 94560
- NPI first listed
- 2020-05-22
- NPI last updated
- 2024-10-27
- NPI record certified
- 2024-10-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.