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Kristin M Andruska, MD

Neurology · Los Gatos

NPI 1619263431

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California Medical Board record

Licence A136541 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-02-28 · University of Minnesota Medical School.

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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.

  • 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

$32,513

Medicare paid this office $32,513 for 36 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)35$16,269$158
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or32$6,516$29

Who their Medicare patients are

36 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Also on Medicaid 0% · Health risk score 1.41. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 53%.

The office billed $60,020, Medicare allowed $43,074 and paid $32,513; for 1,479 services of 17 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
2024361,479751.41$60,020$32,513
2023371,764751.34$60,365$34,062
2022393,296761.27$69,322$39,777
2021344,347741.34$87,825$51,799
20201664,740751.41$127,474$63,937
20191505,263751.44$176,142$85,002
201865143761.86$37,639$17,852

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)36$15,822$161
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or37$5,955$29

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)37$15,101$159
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or29$3,747$30

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)34$16,341$178
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or31$3,738$31

2020: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Botox13$16,501None
Long return visit (40+ min)102$16,067$117
Return visit (30+ min)75$8,214$94
Injection, rimabotulinumtoxinb, 100 units12$7,095None
Injection of chemical for paralysis of salivary glands on both sides of mouth16$1,787$99
Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month30$1,559$35
Exam of neurobehavioral status, first hour14$1,277$91
Short return visit (20+ min)12$916$70

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Long return visit (40+ min)125$36,961$129
Botox12$21,129None
Return visit (30+ min)54$5,481$86
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,430$162
Extended office or other outpatient service, first hour15$2,237$118
Short return visit (20+ min)19$2,189$68
Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month14$944$34

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Long return visit (40+ min)53$9,942$124
Extended office or other outpatient service, first hour32$3,947$116
New patient visit (60+ min)12$2,297$191
Return visit (30+ min)12$1,224$102

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$67,244

Pharmacies billed $67,244 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 295) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.

246 generic and 49 brand-name prescriptions · $67,244 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
RytaryParkinson's28$22,454$802
Rasagiline MesylateNone48$11,272$235
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone76$3,752$49
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone23$1,443$63
MidodrineNone15$1,114$74
See all 8 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
RytaryParkinson's28$22,454$802
Rasagiline MesylateNone48$11,272$235
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone76$3,752$49
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone23$1,443$63
MidodrineNone15$1,114$74
AmantadineNone12$910$76
DonepezilNone29$556$19
EscitalopramNone14$274$20

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024295330% (0)17%$67,244
2023254340% (0)17%$128,942
2022322320% (0)24%$193,886
2021423620% (0)23%$249,011
20201,1671560% (0)23%$597,417
20191,1011190% (0)26%$793,367
2018257360% (0)31%$91,954
201628110% (0)None$4,626
2015144180% (0)15%$32,061
201465None0% (0)0%$4,403
201354130% (0)None$3,201

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Rasagiline MesylateNone46$23,040$501
RytaryParkinson's16$14,338$896
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone64$3,953$62
MidodrineNone13$1,367$105
DonepezilNone31$1,076$35
MemantineNone11$1,017$92
EscitalopramNone12$606$51
AmantadineNone11$583$53

2022: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
NuplazidParkinson's psychosis24$111,681$4,653
Rasagiline MesylateNone50$26,345$527
RytaryParkinson's27$22,480$833
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone73$6,566$90
EntacaponeNone12$3,919$327
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone26$3,647$140
MidodrineNone14$2,164$155
DonepezilNone17$747$44
EscitalopramNone11$381$35

2021: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
NuplazidParkinson's psychosis23$109,832$4,775
RytaryParkinson's46$54,583$1,187
Rasagiline MesylateNone57$25,908$455
InbrijaNone13$13,781$1,060
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone93$8,157$88
EntacaponeNone11$4,083$371
RivastigmineNone13$3,700$285
MidodrineNone13$2,124$163
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone28$2,039$73
AmantadineNone16$749$47
DonepezilNone24$481$20
EscitalopramNone13$334$26

2020: 25 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
RytaryParkinson's118$155,885$1,321
Rasagiline MesylateNone93$63,016$678
InbrijaNone23$50,868$2,212
NuplazidParkinson's psychosis11$46,818$4,256
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone248$20,451$82
NeuproNone15$15,951$1,063
MyrbetriqNone12$13,624$1,135
Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeNone19$12,285$647
XadagoNone11$10,356$941
Pramipexole ErNone12$10,022$835
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone86$9,035$105
EntacaponeNone13$7,423$571
AmantadineNone49$5,601$114
RivastigmineNone23$4,638$202
Ropinirole ErNone17$3,575$210
MidodrineNone35$2,894$83
MemantineNone11$1,915$174
DonepezilNone53$1,386$26
Pramipexole DihydrochlorideNone16$1,284$80
Fludrocortisone AcetateNone11$1,163$106
ClozapineNone17$675$40
DuloxetineNone11$468$43
EscitalopramNone40$467$12
ClonazepamNone33$256$8
Citalopram HbrNone16$167$10

2019: 25 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
NortheraNone20$371,332$18,567
RytaryParkinson's99$127,800$1,291
NuplazidParkinson's psychosis24$76,050$3,169
Rasagiline MesylateNone80$62,661$783
XadagoNone19$20,147$1,060
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone261$16,983$65
Pramipexole ErNone19$13,749$724
NeuproNone19$12,894$679
Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeNone23$9,828$427
RivastigmineNone30$9,234$308
AmantadineNone46$5,625$122
EntacaponeNone12$5,453$454
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone68$4,905$72
MidodrineNone44$4,050$92
SelegilineNone21$936$45
EscitalopramNone29$885$31
ClozapineNone24$718$30
GabapentinNone17$511$30
DuloxetineNone11$401$36
ClonazepamNone37$392$11
BuspironeNone17$372$22
MirtazapineNone12$311$26
DonepezilNone16$230$14
LorazepamNone18$187$10
Citalopram HbrNone17$164$10

2018: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
NuplazidParkinson's psychosis14$39,225$2,802
RytaryParkinson's53$26,317$497
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone70$4,955$71
RivastigmineNone14$1,871$134
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErNone22$733$33

2015: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Entacapone15$6,670$445
Carbidopa-Levodopa28$1,856$66
Levetiracetam25$472$19
Topiramate24$291$12

2014: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Gabapentin13$1,091$84
Nortriptyline11$149$14
Amitriptyline11$126$11

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Amitriptyline15$59$4

Money from drug and device companies

$62 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$62
202334None$257
202215None$202
202124None$133
202047None$343
2019716$18$1,260

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
Boston ScientificNone$62
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-06-06 · $62
See the published payment
Every published payment
Boston ScientificMeals · 2024-06-06None$62
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2023: $257

Payments by company in 2023
MedtronicPercept PC Brainsense$177
2 payments
  • Meals for Percept PC Brainsense · 2023-11-13 · $38
  • Meals for Percept PC Brainsense · 2023-05-19 · $139
ACADIA PharmaceuticalsNuplazid$56
1 payment
  • Meals for Nuplazid · 2023-07-11 · $56
GlaxoSmithKlineTrelegy Ellipta$24
1 payment
  • Meals for Trelegy Ellipta · 2023-11-18 · $24

2022: $202

Payments by company in 2022
Boston ScientificGeneral - Dbs$202
5 payments
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2022-11-17 · $31
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2022-09-17 · $21
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2022-09-08 · $33
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2022-09-02 · $33
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2022-08-11 · $85

2021: $133

Payments by company in 2021
Boston ScientificGeneral Dbs$105
3 payments
  • Meals for General Dbs · 2021-07-08 · $68
  • Meals for General Dbs · 2021-06-10 · $15
  • Meals for General Dbs · 2021-04-07 · $21
MedtronicPercept$28
1 payment
  • Meals for Percept · 2021-12-01 · $28

2020: $343

Payments by company in 2020
Medtronic USAActiva$134
3 payments
  • Meals for Activa · 2020-07-20 · $5
  • Meals for Activa · 2020-07-09 · $3
  • Meals for Activa · 2020-01-30 · $125
Boston ScientificGeneral - Dbs$127
2 payments
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2020-12-09 · $18
  • Meals for General - Dbs · 2020-03-17 · $109
Sunovion PharmaceuticalsKynmobi$61
1 payment
  • Education for Kynmobi · 2020-03-11 · $61
ACADIA PharmaceuticalsNuplazid$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Nuplazid · 2020-10-07 · $22

2019: $1,260

Payments by company in 2019
Boston ScientificGeneral Dbs$717
7 payments
  • Meals for General Dbs · 2019-09-24 · $28
  • Meals for General Dbs · 2019-09-23 · $31
  • Travel for General Dbs · 2019-08-04 · $28
  • Travel for General Dbs · 2019-08-02 · $29
  • Travel for General Dbs · 2019-08-02 · $224
  • Travel for General Dbs · 2019-08-02 · $363
  • Meals for Vercise · 2019-03-06 · $16
Medtronic USAActiva$437
3 payments
  • Meals for Activa · 2019-09-12 · $175
  • Meals for Activa · 2019-05-23 · $169
  • Meals for Activa · 2019-01-16 · $93
AbbVieDuopa$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Duopa · 2019-01-30 · $25
Amneal PharmaceuticalsRytary$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Rytary · 2019-02-20 · $23
UcbNeupro$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Neupro · 2019-08-01 · $21
US WorldMedsXadago$19
1 payment
  • Education for Xadago · 2019-04-11 · $19
Acorda TherapeuticsInbrija$18
1 payment
  • Paid to speak or teach for Inbrija · 2019-02-13 · $18

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
GENZYME CORPORATION · Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study To Assess the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Gz/Sar402671 in Patients With Early-Stage Parkinson'S Disease · 2019Their institution$110,166
GENZYME CORPORATION · Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study To Assess the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Gz/Sar402671 in Patients With Early-Stage Parkinson''S Disease Carrying A Gba Mutation Or Other Pre-Specified Variant · 2020Their institution$62,285
GENZYME CORPORATION · Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study To Assess the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Gz/Sar402671 in Patients With Early-Stage Parkinson'S Disease Carrying A Gba Mutation Or Other Pre-Specified Variant. · 2021Their institution$4,285

Professional record

NPI
1619263431
Licence
CA 136541California A136541: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Trained
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2011
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
Po Box 391344, Mountain View, CA, 94039
NPI first listed
2011-06-20
NPI last updated
2020-10-08
NPI record certified
2020-10-08

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