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Phillip Lawrence Telefus, MD

Anesthesiology · San Jose

NPI 1700129889

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
4
1 carrier
Office
1

Offices

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

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Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP)Kaiser PermanenteListedSep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP)Kaiser PermanenteListedSep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO)Kaiser PermanenteListedSep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO)Kaiser PermanenteListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A142788 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2027-07-31 · St. George'S University School of Medicine.

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

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,948

Pharmacies billed $1,948 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 102) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 0%.

102 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,948 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
Baclofen29$375$13
Duloxetine13$292$22
Naproxen11$210$19
Methocarbamol11$152$14

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024102250% (0)0%$1,948
20239534None0%$2,891
20229634NoneNone$3,214
2021118410% (0)None$5,241
202096270% (0)None$6,056
2019119340% (0)None$6,107
20181596213% (20)17%$25,084
2017673224% (16)None$2,835
20134312NoneNone$2,160

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Gabapentin19$804$42
Tizanidine15$534$36
Baclofen12$170$14

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Gabapentin11$593$54
Baclofen19$467$25
Duloxetine11$228$21

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Gabapentin17$841$49
Diclofenac19$692$36
Pregabalin22$656$30

2020: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Gabapentin25$773$31
Pregabalin13$721$55
Diclofenac11$583$53

2019: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Diclofenac28$2,474$88
Duloxetine25$643$26
Venlafaxine14$515$37
Topiramate13$238$18

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Lyrica18$20,441$1,136
Diclofenac18$1,205$67
Duloxetine14$800$57
Gabapentin21$426$20

Money from drug and device companies

$237 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202523None$237
202417None$765
202012None$277
2019424None$2,447

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
Avanos MedicalCoolief Cooled Radiofrequency$216
2 payments
  • Meals for Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency · 2025-09-29 · $90
  • Meals for Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency · 2025-07-16 · $126
Boston ScientificIntracept$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Intracept · 2025-01-22 · $20
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
Avanos MedicalMeals · 2025-09-29Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency$90
Avanos MedicalMeals · 2025-07-16Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency$126
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-01-22Intracept$20
See earlier years (2024, 2020, 2019)

2024: $765

Payments by company in 2024
Boston ScientificNone$765
7 payments
  • Travel · 2024-10-10 · $100
  • Travel · 2024-08-24 · $31
  • Meals · 2024-08-24 · $89
  • Travel · 2024-08-24 · $99
  • Meals · 2024-08-23 · $75
  • Travel · 2024-08-23 · $165
  • Travel · 2024-08-23 · $206

2020: $277

Payments by company in 2020
Abbott LaboratoriesNeuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$277
2 payments
  • Meals for Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs · 2020-03-23 · $139
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2020-01-24 · $139

2019: $2,447

Payments by company in 2019
Vertos MedicalMild Device Kit$1,101
6 payments
  • Meals for Mild Device Kit · 2019-07-30 · $79
  • Travel for Mild Device Kit · 2019-07-11 · $263
  • Travel for Mild Device Kit · 2019-07-11 · $388
  • Travel for Mild Device Kit · 2019-07-02 · $299
  • Meals for Mild Device Kit · 2019-06-03 · $35
  • Meals for Mild Device Kit · 2019-03-27 · $36
Abbott LaboratoriesProclaim Family of Scs Ipgs$818
12 payments
  • Travel for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-15 · $160
  • Travel for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $28
  • Travel for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $31
  • Travel for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $15
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $23
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $14
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $20
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-14 · $10
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-13 · $42
  • Meals for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-09-12 · $86
  • Travel for Proclaim Family of Scs Ipgs · 2019-08-15 · $382
  • Travel · 2019-08-15 · $8
NevroSenza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$348
5 payments
  • Meals for Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · 2019-10-08 · $42
  • Meals for Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · 2019-07-08 · $32
  • Meals for Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · 2019-05-13 · $140
  • Meals for Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · 2019-03-28 · $25
  • Meals for Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System · 2019-02-28 · $109
Stimwave TechnologiesNone$180
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-01-18 · $180

Professional record

NPI
1700129889
Licence
CA A142788California A142788: Current · expires 2027-07-31
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 208VP0014X (208VP0014X); Federal specialty code 207LP2900X (207LP2900X); Federal specialty code 208VP0000X (208VP0000X)
Mailing address
275 Hospital Pkwy Ste 470, San Jose, CA, 95119
NPI first listed
2013-03-27
NPI last updated
2022-09-02
NPI record certified
2022-09-02

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.