Kevin Z Chao, MD
Neurology · Redwood City
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Chao’s office at (650) 299-2000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A96578 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2028-05-31 · University of California, San Diego 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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, 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 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 3.075, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.064, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 3.075 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.064 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.12) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.43 to 1.39) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 366 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 1,523 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0 to 0.44) · 477 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 479 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 160 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0 to 3.38) · 73 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.21 (0.52 to 3.9) · 167 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.49 (0 to 18.18) · 69 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.03 (0.77 to 9.28) · 75 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.49 (0 to 1.69) · 311 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.719 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.2 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 204 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 209 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (1,673 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 57% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 49% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$739
Pharmacies billed $739 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 32% of their Part D prescriptions (21 of 65) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.
65 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $739 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.
| Oxycodone | 13 | $120 | $8 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 65 | 35 | 32% (21) | 0% | $739 |
| 2023 | 63 | 34 | 30% (19) | None | $880 |
| 2022 | 28 | 13 | None | 0% | $782 |
| 2021 | 49 | 23 | 37% (18) | None | $1,120 |
| 2020 | 30 | 11 | None | None | $1,486 |
| 2019 | 51 | 24 | 33% (17) | None | $1,262 |
| 2018 | 62 | 32 | 48% (30) | None | $1,431 |
| 2017 | 79 | 25 | 61% (48) | None | $2,744 |
| 2016 | 67 | 31 | 49% (33) | None | $1,697 |
| 2015 | 60 | 26 | 52% (31) | None | $2,211 |
| 2014 | 69 | 28 | 48% (33) | None | $2,386 |
| 2013 | 14 | None | None | None | $309 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2018: 1 drug
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 17 | $208 | $12 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 24 | $749 | $31 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 21 | $725 | $35 |
| Levetiracetam | 11 | $479 | $44 |
2016: 1 drug
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 26 | $789 | $30 |
2015: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 16 | $583 | $36 |
2014: 2 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $882 | $74 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 15 | $320 | $21 |
Money from drug and device companies
$176 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | None | $176 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | None | $69 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | None | $367 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | None | $929 |
| 2019 | 3 | 8 | None | $1,051 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abbvie | Skyrizi | $122 | 1 payment
|
| Genentech USA | Venclexta | $53 | 2 payments
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See all 3 published payments
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Skyrizi | $122 |
| Genentech USA | Meals · 2025-04-23 | Venclexta | $26 |
| Genentech USA | Meals · 2025-02-21 | Venclexta | $27 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $69
| Medtronic | Anteralign Spinal System With Titan Nanolock Surface Technology | $69 | 2 payments
|
2023: $367
| NuVasive | Alif | $367 | 4 payments
|
2022: $929
| Alphatec Spine | Other - Miscellaneous | $929 | 3 payments
|
2019: $1,051
| NuVasive | Xlif | $444 | 4 payments
|
| Medical Device Business Services | Viper | $389 | 2 payments
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| AbbVie | Skyrizi | $218 | 2 payments
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1659551471
- Licence
- CA A96578California A96578: Current · expires 2028-05-31
- Trained
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2005
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2007-11-08
- NPI last updated
- 2022-02-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.