Palwasha Ahmed, DPM
Podiatry · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 16
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 5 years
- Graduated 2021
Offices
1 location · Bay Area Foot Care Inc · 127 clinicians in this group
Looking this up.
Hospitals listed: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
16 plans · 3 carriers
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16 of 16 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | 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 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
State licence records
1 licence
- Illinois 135001136Temporary Podiatric Physician · since 2021 · expires 2024-06-30ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
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 Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.298, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 6 the same, 1 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.298 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.18 (0.16 to 2.2) · 730 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.87 (0.51 to 1.23) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 188.12 (132.31 to 243.94) · 50 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.8 · 50 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 189 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.6 · 184 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 103 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 1,585 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.18 (0 to 0.4) · 3,929 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.31 (0.11 to 0.51) · 3,954 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.15 (0.95 to 5.36) · 754 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.62 (0 to 3.33) · 325 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.99 (0.39 to 3.59) · 717 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.85 (2.27 to 19.44) · 326 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.79 (1.08 to 8.49) · 302 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.68 (0.19 to 3.18) · 184 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.88) · 3,240 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 161 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.207 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.48 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.785 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.4 · 243 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -58.2 · 194 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -12.3 · 177 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 209 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.4 (3.8 to 7.5) · 215 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.2 (9.4 to 15.5) · 215 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.8 · 150 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.2 · 81 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.4 (10 to 18.1) · 315 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) · 137 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (449 patients answered, 15% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 62% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 58% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 66% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 38% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$28,298
Medicare paid this office $28,298 for 221 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails | 131 | $5,932 | $44 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $3,776 | $86 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 35 | $3,716 | $106 |
| Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth | 34 | $2,679 | $72 |
| Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths | 18 | $1,945 | $78 |
See all 8 services
| Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails | 131 | $5,932 | $44 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $3,776 | $86 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 35 | $3,716 | $106 |
| Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth | 34 | $2,679 | $72 |
| Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths | 18 | $1,945 | $78 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,405 | $108 |
| Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails | 25 | $828 | $32 |
| X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views | 13 | $687 | $36 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of nail tissue | 667 | More than 87% of doctors who do this |
| Removal of tissue | 64 | More than 81% of doctors who do this |
| Removal or shaving of skin growth | 221 | More than 90% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
221 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 19% · Women 56% · Also on Medicaid 42% · Health risk score 1.51. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical podiatry clinician is at 1.55.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 43% · Chronic kidney disease 32% · Coronary heart disease 21% · Depression 19% · Cancer 18% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · COPD 14% · Heart failure 10% · Stroke 9% · Dementia 8%.
The office billed $108,043, Medicare allowed $35,589 and paid $28,298; for 466 services of 34 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.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$802
Pharmacies billed $802 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
45 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $802 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 | 46 | 38 | None | None | $802 |
| 2022 | 13 | None | 0% (0) | 0% | $251 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Money from drug and device companies
$1,979 in 2025
| 2025 | 11 | 27 | None | $1,979 |
| 2024 | 10 | 37 | None | $3,177 |
| 2023 | 8 | 26 | None | $1,639 |
| 2022 | 7 | 16 | None | $2,783 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | None | $188 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Treace Medical Concepts | Lapiplasty System 1 | $1,190 | 5 payments
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| Curonix | Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A | $150 | 1 payment
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| Amgen | Krystexxa | $138 | 2 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Motoband Cp | $111 | 4 payments
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| Evolution Surgical | None | $109 | 4 payments
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| Bioventus | Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System | $79 | 2 payments
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See all 27 published payments
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-10-17 | Motoband Cp | $31 |
| Integra LifeSciences | Meals · 2025-10-15 | Integra | $15 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-10-06 | Augment Injectable | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical | Meals · 2025-09-16 | Physio-Stim | $18 |
| Amgen | Meals · 2025-09-02 | Krystexxa | $16 |
| Evolution Surgical | Meals · 2025-08-25 | None | $23 |
| Evolution Surgical | Meals · 2025-08-15 | None | $14 |
| Treace Medical Concepts | Meals · 2025-08-13 | Tmc Nanoplasty System | $89 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-08-07 | Motoband | $26 |
| Amgen | Meals · 2025-07-31 | Krystexxa | $122 |
| Evolution Surgical | Meals · 2025-07-10 | None | $47 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-06-20 | Minibunion | $27 |
| Treace Medical Concepts | Travel · 2025-06-01 | Lapiplasty System 1 | $131 |
| Treace Medical Concepts | Travel · 2025-06-01 | Lapiplasty System 1 | $757 |
| Access Pro Medical | Meals · 2025-05-21 | Matriderm | $40 |
| Urgo Medical North America | Meals · 2025-05-20 | Vashe Wound Solution 250 Ml (8.5 Fl Oz) Flip Top Cap | $17 |
| Treace Medical Concepts | Meals · 2025-05-01 | None | $89 |
| Urgo Medical North America | Meals · 2025-04-02 | Urgok2 | $29 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-03-05 | Augment Injectable | $22 |
| Urgo Medical North America | Meals · 2025-02-19 | Urgok2 | $32 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-02-05 | None | $27 |
| Bioventus | Meals · 2025-01-30 | Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System | $42 |
| Treace Medical Concepts | Meals · 2025-01-22 | None | $125 |
| Evolution Surgical | Meals · 2025-01-17 | None | $25 |
| Bioventus | Meals · 2025-01-16 | Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System | $37 |
| Curonix | Meals · 2025-01-09 | Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A | $150 |
| Integra LifeSciences | Meals · 2025-01-08 | Integra | $16 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
2024: $3,177
| Stryker | Infinity Adaptis | $1,861 | 20 payments
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| Alafair Biosciences | Versawrap | $358 | 3 payments
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| Orthofix Medical | Accelstim | $349 | 4 payments
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| International Life Sciences | Flexband | $226 | 1 payment
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| Lightbody Medical Technologies | None | $161 | 2 payments
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| MedShape | Dynanail | $95 | 3 payments
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| Integra LifeSciences | Integra | $64 | 1 payment
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| Treace Medical Concepts | Lapiplasty System | $25 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | None | $23 | 1 payment
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| Kerecis | Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose | $15 | 1 payment
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2023: $1,639
| Stryker | Inbone | $1,089 | 19 payments
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| Acera Surgical | Restrata Wound Matrix | $162 | 1 payment
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| Horizon Therapeutics plc | Krystexxa | $139 | 1 payment
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| Integra LifeSciences | Integra | $118 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Na | $64 | 1 payment
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| MedShape | Dynanail | $31 | 1 payment
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| Smith+Nephew | Cadence | $22 | 1 payment
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| Medwest Associates | None | $14 | 1 payment
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2022: $2,783
| Medwest Associates | None | $1,215 | 2 payments
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| Stryker | Variax | $620 | 5 payments
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| Integra LifeSciences | Integra | $344 | 4 payments
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| Acera Surgical | Restrata Wound Matrix | $252 | 2 payments
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| Kerecis | Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose | $145 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Na | $108 | 1 payment
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| Paratek Pharmaceuticals | Nuzyra | $98 | 1 payment
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2021: $188
| Horizon Therapeutics plc | Krystexxa | $150 | 1 payment
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| Medline Industries | None | $38 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1669051116
- Licence
- IL 135.001136Illinois 135001136: Expired
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 213E00000X (213E00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2089 Vale Rd Ste 12, San Pablo, CA, 94806
- NPI first listed
- 2021-04-02
- NPI last updated
- 2024-12-12
- NPI record certified
- 2024-12-12
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.