Casimir L Dowd, MD
Hand Surgery · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 14
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
14 plans · 2 carriers
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14 of 14 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 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A117198 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2011 · expires 2027-01-31 · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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 itOverall 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.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.291 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.393 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.28) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 814 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 842 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 361 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 4,633 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.5 · 122 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.993 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.706 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.376 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 962 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -17 · 922 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 860 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 827 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.3 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 47% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$136,465
Medicare paid this office $136,465 for 419 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 198 | $30,820 | $110 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 120 | $16,986 | $142 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 89 | $8,736 | $98 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 86 | $7,948 | $82 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 86 | $5,763 | $47 |
See all 12 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 198 | $30,820 | $110 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 120 | $16,986 | $142 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 89 | $8,736 | $98 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 86 | $7,948 | $82 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 86 | $5,763 | $47 |
| Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | 13 | $5,593 | $400 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | 50 | $3,589 | $48 |
| Injection of carpal tunnel | 35 | $3,422 | $76 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of cyst of tendon | 16 | $942 | $59 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint | 12 | $919 | $54 |
| Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 92 | $881 | None |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 82 | $236 | None |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Hip replacement | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of nail tissue | 1-10 | None |
| Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
419 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 3% · 85 and older 11% · Women 62% · Also on Medicaid 6% · Health risk score 0.88. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hand surgery clinician is at 1.08.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 68% · Coronary heart disease 24% · Diabetes 19% · Cancer 16% · Depression 16% · Chronic kidney disease 15% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Heart failure 8% · COPD 7% · Stroke 5% · Dementia 3%.
The office billed $592,805, Medicare allowed $182,973 and paid $136,465; for 1,592 services of 66 kinds; $6,244 of it was for drugs given in the office and $130,221 for care.
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
| 2024 | 419 | 1,592 | 75 | 0.88 | $592,805 | $136,465 |
| 2023 | 392 | 1,349 | 75 | 0.88 | $569,519 | $140,441 |
| 2022 | 365 | 1,310 | 75 | 0.91 | $539,667 | $132,969 |
| 2021 | 329 | 1,426 | 75 | 0.87 | $499,401 | $135,134 |
| 2020 | 160 | 795 | 75 | 0.95 | $199,623 | $57,568 |
| 2019 | 133 | 634 | 71 | 1.52 | $491,254 | $58,833 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,584 | 72 | 1.56 | $1,199,922 | $139,915 |
| 2017 | 198 | 870 | 71 | 1.40 | $752,043 | $89,952 |
| 2016 | 161 | 439 | 72 | 1.53 | $346,559 | $45,310 |
| 2015 | 57 | 121 | 73 | 1.63 | $77,185 | $11,063 |
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: 13 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 191 | $29,467 | $119 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 98 | $13,998 | $143 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 112 | $10,870 | $97 |
| Incision of tendon covering of finger | 15 | $9,619 | $601 |
| Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | 18 | $8,229 | $411 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 76 | $5,586 | $49 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 58 | $5,428 | $88 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | 55 | $3,352 | $48 |
| Injection of carpal tunnel | 30 | $3,013 | $86 |
| Application of elbow to finger cast | 12 | $1,065 | $89 |
| Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 85 | $760 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint | 11 | $685 | $53 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 78 | $220 | None |
2022: 11 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 157 | $23,361 | $110 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 143 | $20,187 | $141 |
| Incision of tendon covering of finger | 15 | $10,265 | $604 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 84 | $7,729 | $92 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 84 | $5,813 | $45 |
| Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | 12 | $5,315 | $409 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $2,993 | $83 |
| Injection of carpal tunnel | 25 | $2,860 | $89 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | 33 | $1,908 | $49 |
| Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 91 | $845 | None |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 39 | $111 | None |
2021: 11 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 159 | $24,354 | $153 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 139 | $22,842 | $122 |
| Incision of tendon covering of finger | 15 | $10,058 | $592 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 88 | $6,210 | $48 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $5,588 | $86 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 55 | $5,271 | $96 |
| Injection of carpal tunnel | 15 | $1,492 | $83 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | 26 | $1,470 | $45 |
| Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 81 | $616 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint | 11 | $537 | $49 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 43 | $129 | None |
2020: 7 services
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 79 | $7,772 | $98 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 58 | $6,544 | $102 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $4,843 | $72 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 28 | $1,798 | $45 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint | 11 | $500 | $45 |
| Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 25 | $179 | None |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 20 | $65 | None |
2019: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 43 | $3,659 | $80 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 50 | $3,599 | $57 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $2,970 | $90 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 20 | $817 | $34 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 32 | $73 | None |
2018: 9 services
| Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant | 12 | $12,767 | $1,064 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 83 | $7,938 | $83 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 79 | $6,874 | $87 |
| Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | 18 | $6,526 | $326 |
| Incision of tendon covering of finger | 17 | $5,652 | $177 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 68 | $5,259 | $59 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 24 | $1,289 | $34 |
| Injection of carpal tunnel | 11 | $779 | $71 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 38 | $147 | None |
2017: 10 services
| Release and/or relocation of hand nerve | 24 | $8,572 | $317 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 106 | $7,390 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 71 | $7,032 | $90 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 49 | $4,398 | $90 |
| Incision of tendon covering of finger | 12 | $3,145 | $185 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 28 | $2,154 | $38 |
| Application of elbow to finger cast | 11 | $904 | $75 |
| Removal or cutting of full arm or leg cast | 12 | $706 | $54 |
| Cast supplies, short arm cast, adult (11 years +), fiberglass | 11 | $182 | $15 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 38 | $154 | None |
2016: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 101 | $8,828 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 61 | $5,392 | $88 |
| Application of elbow to finger cast | 14 | $1,286 | $76 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 16 | $976 | $46 |
| Removal or cutting of full arm or leg cast | 14 | $825 | $52 |
| Cast supplies, short arm cast, adult (11 years +), fiberglass | 14 | $257 | $15 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 24 | $53 | None |
2015: 2 services
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $3,015 | $91 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 22 | $1,516 | $63 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$195
Pharmacies billed $195 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 48% of their Part D prescriptions (22 of 46) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
46 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $195 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.
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $45 | $3 |
| Tramadol | 18 | $45 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 46 | 27 | 48% (22) | 0% | $195 |
| 2023 | 81 | 41 | 43% (35) | 0% | $720 |
| 2022 | 173 | 75 | 43% (74) | 0% | $1,192 |
| 2021 | 149 | 59 | 40% (60) | None | $534 |
| 2020 | 52 | 21 | 39% (20) | None | $370 |
| 2019 | 39 | 14 | None | None | $15,645 |
| 2018 | 95 | 52 | 46% (44) | None | $21,856 |
| 2017 | 54 | 37 | 48% (26) | 0% | $507 |
| 2016 | 37 | 18 | 49% (18) | None | $355 |
| 2015 | 22 | 13 | 64% (14) | 0% | $222 |
| 2014 | 52 | 37 | 79% (41) | None | $659 |
| 2013 | 15 | None | None | 0% | $445 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $70 | $3 |
| Tramadol | 23 | $49 | $2 |
2022: 6 drugs
| Ibuprofen | 48 | $152 | $3 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $137 | $10 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $128 | $9 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 17 | $101 | $6 |
| Tramadol | 38 | $98 | $3 |
| Ondansetron | 11 | $74 | $7 |
2021: 3 drugs
| Ibuprofen | 52 | $137 | $3 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 18 | $97 | $5 |
| Tramadol | 35 | $61 | $2 |
2020: 1 drug
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $64 | $4 |
2018: 3 drugs
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $97 | $4 |
| Ibu | 13 | $73 | $6 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $60 | $5 |
2017: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 16 | $84 | $5 |
2014: 2 drugs
| Oxycodone | 15 | $217 | $14 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 13 | $164 | $13 |
Money from drug and device companies
$31 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $31 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $38 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Stryker | Variax | $31 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-10-10 | Variax | $31 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $38
| Axogen | Avance Nerve Graft | $38 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1720303530
- Licence
- CA A117198California A117198: Current · expires 2027-01-31
- Trained
- University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2009
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207XS0106X (207XS0106X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2010-04-05
- NPI last updated
- 2020-12-09
- NPI record certified
- 2020-12-09
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.