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Kavitha Mothkuri, MD

Internal Medicine · San Jose

NPI 1629198171

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
24 years
Graduated 2002

Offices

1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

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California Medical Board record

Licence A96430 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2028-01-31 · University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Kakatiya Medical College.

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

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

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.

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.258BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.89 (0.43 to 1.34)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.2 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.6 · 271 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 2,952 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 48 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.843No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.88No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.611No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15 · 171 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.9 · 571 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits147.1 · 28 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21 · 639 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.6 · 48 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 157 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness1
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well70%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)61%
Staff "always" explained new medications67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand67%
Nurses "always" listened carefully66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect78%
"Always" quiet at night37%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital66%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms85%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$2,634

Medicare paid this office $2,634 for 16 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

16 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Health risk score 4.00. 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 69%.

The office billed $6,981, Medicare allowed $3,306 and paid $2,634; for 36 services of 6 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
20241636744.00$6,981$2,634
20232150673.08$8,518$3,799
20222373662.94$11,905$4,787
20211534633.15$5,711$2,370
20201123703.04$3,778$1,438
20191627674.07$5,514$1,929
20182137703.90$6,749$2,420
20173041683.02$7,712$2,540
201658106721.73$12,475$3,130
20154683712.59$5,798$1,217
201469145702.03$10,469$2,754
201380129721.80$6,481$1,556

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$2,495$71

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$3,349$64

2016: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only30$305$6

2015: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only35$406$7

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only57$659$7

2013: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only70$620$6

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$43,111

Pharmacies billed $43,111 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 3% of their Part D prescriptions (12 of 403) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

329 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $43,111 in drug cost · 81 antibiotic prescriptions to 55 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
Jardiance14$7,052$504
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$389$23
Furosemide18$209$12
Atorvastatin14$198$14
Losartan16$191$12
See all 8 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Jardiance14$7,052$504
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$389$23
Furosemide18$209$12
Atorvastatin14$198$14
Losartan16$191$12
Cephalexin17$171$10
Doxycycline Monohydrate19$167$9
Lisinopril11$122$11

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20244031463% (12)None$43,111
2023443144NoneNone$32,021
2022407137None24%$51,223
202123974NoneNone$22,447
20203821245% (20)None$26,691
2019470172NoneNone$22,242
20184931785% (22)None$38,671
20175221723% (17)None$33,622
20164331834% (15)None$27,040
20156362484% (22)25%$28,282
20145442336% (31)25%$26,034
20135472423% (16)None$27,713

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Combivent Respimat14$7,158$511
Cefpodoxime Proxetil28$688$25
Furosemide30$350$12
Lisinopril26$277$11
Doxycycline Monohydrate25$217$9
Prednisone14$163$12
Losartan12$151$13
Metoprolol11$102$9
Spironolactone11$89$8

2022: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Combivent Respimat13$6,486$499
Furosemide31$385$12
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$314$18
Amlodipine Besylate15$164$11
Metoprolol12$161$13
Lisinopril15$156$10
Losartan13$153$12
Doxycycline Monohydrate14$115$8

2021: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Lisinopril13$134$10
Metoprolol13$105$8

2020: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$384$23
Furosemide17$209$12
Atorvastatin11$206$19
Losartan17$204$12
Doxycycline Monohydrate17$172$10
Metoprolol14$149$11
Amlodipine Besylate13$140$11
Lisinopril13$127$10
Ondansetron11$76$7

2019: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$474$28
Gabapentin20$409$20
Clopidogrel16$371$23
Lisinopril32$363$11
Atorvastatin16$336$21
Furosemide19$274$14
Prednisone16$239$15
Doxycycline Monohydrate16$188$12
Metoprolol14$132$9
Glipizide11$98$9
Cephalexin11$97$9
Metronidazole11$83$8

2018: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Cefpodoxime Proxetil25$595$24
Lisinopril30$329$11
Atorvastatin13$304$23
Furosemide21$263$13
Metoprolol25$246$10
Doxycycline Monohydrate22$219$10
Prednisone13$146$11
Atenolol12$127$11
Famotidine14$118$8

2017: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Humulin N21$3,341$159
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$1,083$64
Ventolin Hfa12$592$49
Atorvastatin24$587$24
Hydralazine17$411$24
Furosemide30$402$13
Prednisone19$369$19
Metoprolol37$345$9
Omeprazole12$223$19
Lisinopril16$171$11
Doxycycline Monohydrate17$169$10
Ciprofloxacin13$90$7
Levofloxacin11$79$7

2016: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$1,358$80
Humulin N12$1,264$105
Tamsulosin12$1,035$86
Qvar11$823$75
Losartan19$507$27
Amlodipine Besylate20$371$19
Furosemide17$220$13
Metoprolol22$196$9
Atenolol15$162$11
Lisinopril13$127$10
Quetiapine11$121$11

2015: 16 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Combivent Respimat12$5,550$462
Cefpodoxime Proxetil29$2,494$86
Humulin N13$1,214$93
Amlodipine Besylate26$638$25
Losartan23$620$27
Omeprazole18$607$34
Furosemide39$500$13
Proair Hfa14$480$34
Atenolol36$379$11
Doxycycline Monohydrate22$370$17
K-Tab Er15$348$23
Lisinopril24$246$10
Prednisone13$231$18
Metoprolol23$221$10
Citalopram Hbr11$152$14
Glipizide15$144$10

2014: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Cefpodoxime Proxetil17$1,692$100
Humulin N18$1,483$82
Amlodipine Besylate25$575$23
Omeprazole13$516$40
Atorvastatin12$437$36
Atenolol37$427$12
Furosemide24$392$16
Pantoprazole11$349$32
Allopurinol11$331$30
Doxycycline Monohydrate17$322$19
Lisinopril22$266$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen21$252$12
Metoprolol28$250$9
Prednisone14$191$14
Cephalexin12$128$11

2013: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Cefpodoxime Proxetil25$2,202$88
Humulin N17$1,455$86
Tamsulosin13$680$52
Amlodipine Besylate26$563$22
Omeprazole17$472$28
Atenolol34$418$12
Furosemide29$404$14
Doxycycline Hyclate26$292$11
Lisinopril23$263$11
Metoprolol24$223$9
Prednisone13$171$13

Professional record

NPI
1629198171
Licence
CA A96430California A96430: Current · expires 2028-01-31
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 291U00000X (291U00000X); Federal specialty code 251E00000X (251E00000X); Federal specialty code 251G00000X (251G00000X); Federal specialty code 261QP2300X (261QP2300X); Federal specialty code 281P00000X (281P00000X); Federal specialty code 282E00000X (282E00000X); Federal specialty code 282N00000X (282N00000X); Federal specialty code 320700000X (320700000X)
Mailing address
4 Blazing Star, Irvine, CA, 92604
NPI first listed
2007-03-29
NPI last updated
2025-09-11

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.