Charu Puri, MD
Internal Medicine · Oakland
- 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
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A102545 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2008 · expires 2027-09-30 · St. George'S University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 130.09 (87.72 to 172.46) · 109 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.274, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.227, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 130.09 (87.72 to 172.46) · 109 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.274 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.227 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1 (0.06 to 1.94) · 1,209 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0.6 to 1.16) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 89 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.9 · 105 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.8 · 270 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 447 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.7 · 341 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 381 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 2,811 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.31) · 7,167 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,659 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.93 (0.92 to 4.94) · 1,668 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0 to 2.75) · 580 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.67 (1.19 to 4.15) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.17 (0.33 to 12.02) · 633 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 8.11 (4.67 to 11.55) · 619 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.61 (0.15 to 3.07) · 309 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.39 (0 to 0.96) · 6,085 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 217 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.724 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.425 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.716 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 12.7 · 416 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 606 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -30.4 · 359 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -31.8 · 555 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -14.4 · 358 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16 · 382 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.1 (3.2 to 8.2) · 25 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10.8 (7.3 to 16) · 25 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.5 · 232 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.9 · 56 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 152 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 14.8 (11.1 to 20) · 251 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 579 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (535 patients answered, 18% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 58% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 54% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$15,932
Medicare paid this office $15,932 for 84 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 37 | $7,281 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 36 | $5,595 | $151 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 19 | $1,977 | $104 |
Who their Medicare patients are
84 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · 85 and older 27% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 57% · Health risk score 3.22. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 60% · Heart failure 50% · Diabetes 44% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Atrial fibrillation 42% · Depression 39% · COPD 35% · Stroke 23% · Cancer 21% · Dementia 21%.
The office billed $62,975, Medicare allowed $20,084 and paid $15,932; for 138 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
| 2024 | 84 | 138 | 78 | 3.22 | $62,975 | $15,932 |
| 2023 | 121 | 229 | 76 | 3.07 | $96,243 | $26,008 |
| 2022 | 100 | 183 | 75 | 3.20 | $71,156 | $17,554 |
| 2021 | 101 | 210 | 74 | 3.44 | $76,904 | $20,164 |
| 2020 | 123 | 247 | 74 | 3.34 | $96,680 | $25,761 |
| 2019 | 171 | 298 | 75 | 3.29 | $127,986 | $32,981 |
| 2018 | 131 | 282 | 72 | 3.06 | $98,109 | $25,627 |
| 2017 | 144 | 247 | 76 | 2.65 | $98,705 | $25,416 |
| 2016 | 117 | 231 | 74 | 2.72 | $88,456 | $22,795 |
| 2015 | 115 | 131 | 76 | 2.68 | $71,372 | $18,685 |
| 2014 | 169 | 364 | 75 | 3.11 | $116,893 | $30,413 |
| 2013 | 311 | 1,008 | 75 | 3.02 | $299,671 | $78,539 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 67 | $15,280 | $108 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 33 | $5,192 | $157 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 37 | $3,868 | $105 |
2022: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 65 | $9,470 | $89 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $2,963 | $165 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 28 | $2,637 | $94 |
2021: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 61 | $10,702 | $92 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 47 | $4,592 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,147 | $165 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,299 | $65 |
2020: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 75 | $14,886 | $97 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 44 | $4,441 | $101 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 21 | $3,820 | $182 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,147 | $67 |
2019: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 69 | $12,468 | $178 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 68 | $12,189 | $93 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 36 | $3,640 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $2,295 | $66 |
2018: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 75 | $12,599 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 50 | $4,786 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 46 | $4,489 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $2,737 | $171 |
2017: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 63 | $10,309 | $164 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 50 | $7,136 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 37 | $3,922 | $63 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 29 | $2,775 | $96 |
2016: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 49 | $8,305 | $169 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 47 | $7,367 | $89 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 33 | $4,154 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 26 | $2,407 | $93 |
2015: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 75 | $13,368 | $174 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $1,347 | $90 |
2014: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 91 | $10,902 | $60 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 37 | $6,321 | $166 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 58 | $6,250 | $87 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 51 | $4,817 | $93 |
2013: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 202 | $32,246 | $59 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 124 | $16,792 | $87 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 162 | $15,017 | $91 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 61 | $10,077 | $165 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 30 | $3,222 | $107 |
Money from drug and device companies
$69 in 2024
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $69 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $98 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | None | $397 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $69 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2024-07-09 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $69 |
See earlier years (2020, 2019)
2020: $98
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $98 | 1 payment
|
2019: $397
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $183 | 3 payments
|
| Edwards Lifesciences | Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve | $123 | 1 payment
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| AcelRx Pharmaceuticals | Dsuvia | $91 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1588818421
- Licence
- CA A102545California A102545: Current · expires 2027-09-30
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2008-11-05
- NPI last updated
- 2021-02-18
- NPI record certified
- 2021-02-18
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.