Nivedita Lakhera, MD

Offices

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

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

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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 - AntiochAntioch, 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 · 73% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.57, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 1 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.57	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 144 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.14 (0.68 to 1.59)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	12.5 · 27 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	15.4 · 37 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	14.4 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	4.4 · 2,121 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 935 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.31 (0.09 to 0.52) · 954 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.84 (1.25 to 6.42) · 93 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.29 (0.57 to 4.01) · 83 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	2.09 (0.57 to 3.62) · 35 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.89 (0 to 1.98) · 730 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	5.6 · 38 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.431	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.39	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	1.595	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	14.4 · 83 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	24.1 · 533 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	55.3 · 30 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	51.9 · 37 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	18.6 · 441 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.4 · 37 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.3 · 149 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,220 patients answered, 18% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Cleanliness	3
Nurse communication	3
Doctor communication	3
Communication about medicines	2
Discharge information	3
Overall hospital rating	3
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	4

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Room was "always" clean	71%
Nurses "always" communicated well	74%
Doctors "always" communicated well	78%
Staff "always" explained	56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	71%
Staff "always" explained new medications	71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	70%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	82%
"Always" quiet at night	45%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	73%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	84%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$36,835

Medicare paid this office $36,835 for 165 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	132	$25,067	$69
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	71	$7,132	$99
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	26	$3,674	$141

Who their Medicare patients are

165 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 28% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 61% · Health risk score 2.75. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 61% · Chronic kidney disease 59% · Coronary heart disease 47% · Heart failure 41% · Atrial fibrillation 39% · Dementia 38% · COPD 30% · Depression 30% · Stroke 26% · Cancer 22%.

The office billed $277,738, Medicare allowed $47,264 and paid $36,835; for 479 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	165	479	77	2.75	$277,738	$36,835
2023	193	598	78	2.76	$370,154	$49,566
2022	243	822	77	2.81	$515,700	$65,773
2021	53	84	75	2.56	$68,513	$8,478
2020	159	461	76	2.95	$319,153	$37,374
2019	248	884	75	2.60	$368,516	$65,854
2018	263	856	74	2.82	$287,476	$68,729
2017	312	1,129	75	2.75	$311,881	$91,094
2016	226	687	75	2.61	$126,224	$47,066
2015	264	727	71	3.01	$88,841	$48,078
2014	197	466	67	2.88	$80,578	$30,861
2013	157	423	63	3.17	$78,565	$25,918

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.

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2023: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	142	$26,587	$70
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	118	$12,402	$102
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	54	$8,518	$152
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	21	$1,521	$43

2022: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	144	$29,344	$64
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	73	$12,831	$176
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	99	$9,821	$96
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes	39	$6,324	$158
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes	34	$2,482	$64
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	26	$2,236	$34
Hospital observation care on day of discharge	33	$2,110	$64

2021: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	23	$4,043	$176
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	22	$2,569	$64

2020: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	83	$11,013	$72
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	59	$6,468	$104
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	63	$4,724	$41
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	34	$4,652	$133
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	20	$3,889	$194
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	12	$2,000	$95
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	24	$1,812	$75
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	17	$1,791	$105

2019: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	185	$35,425	$65
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	114	$11,613	$98
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	35	$6,350	$181
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	35	$4,755	$93
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	30	$2,364	$35
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	23	$1,541	$67
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	14	$1,262	$90

2018: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	190	$32,897	$65
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	69	$12,171	$94
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	114	$11,342	$98
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	54	$10,024	$179

2017: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	226	$49,020	$65
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	87	$15,950	$181
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	149	$14,823	$98
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	54	$6,817	$93
Hospital observation care on day of discharge	13	$862	$66

2016: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	157	$23,702	$60
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	69	$6,198	$90
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	24	$4,313	$180
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	32	$4,281	$91
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	30	$2,464	$32
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	31	$1,960	$63
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	12	$1,352	$113

2015: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	195	$29,964	$58
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	112	$9,766	$87
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	49	$7,125	$85

2014: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	128	$18,469	$56
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	52	$4,304	$83
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	25	$3,966	$159
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes	14	$1,757	$125
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes	11	$775	$55
Hospital observation care on day of discharge	13	$716	$55

2013: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	107	$16,623	$53
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	53	$4,265	$79
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	22	$3,313	$151

Medicaid work

$4,000 in 2024

Medicaid paid $4,000 for 90 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	78	$3,167
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter	12	$833

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Medicaid work by year

2024	90	2	19	$4,000
2023	236	2	22	$8,829
2022	522	5	65	$30,508
2021	1,644	3	137	$153,877
2020	71	2	15	$1,696
2019	478	2	30	$10,034
2018	431	3	25	$10,488

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2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	196	$6,799
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter	40	$2,030

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	102	$21,352
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	246	$7,387
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter	28	$1,390
Short return visit	63	$228
Short return visit (20+ min)	83	$151

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive	726	$151,217
Short return visit (20+ min)	482	$1,535
Short return visit	436	$1,125

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	43	$1,215
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	28	$481

2019

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Largest Medicaid services in 2019

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	413	$8,191
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter	65	$1,842

2018

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Largest Medicaid services in 2018

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	379	$9,038
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter	34	$999
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES	18	$451

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$30,495

Pharmacies billed $30,495 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 4% of their Part D prescriptions (11 of 270) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

245 generic and 25 brand-name prescriptions · $30,495 in drug cost · 25 antibiotic prescriptions to 21 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Eliquis	16	$13,278	$830
Pantoprazole	38	$503	$13
Amlodipine Besylate	20	$265	$13
Carvedilol	11	$38	$3

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	270	94	4% (11)	9%	$30,495
2023	629	159	2% (14)	None	$93,318
2022	981	202	1% (14)	None	$44,959
2021	429	86	4% (15)	None	$16,393
2020	296	86	4% (12)	None	$32,357
2019	367	117	None	None	$33,674
2018	471	129	3% (14)	None	$52,471
2017	367	128	5% (18)	None	$56,719
2016	354	97	None	None	$26,294
2015	534	150	3% (18)	None	$22,181
2014	417	90	6% (26)	None	$30,339
2013	282	57	9% (25)	24%	$35,648

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

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2023: 10 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Eliquis	56	$35,136	$627
Entresto	11	$7,349	$668
Pantoprazole	84	$1,100	$13
Amlodipine Besylate	46	$506	$11
Carvedilol	40	$493	$12
Atorvastatin	23	$291	$13
Finasteride	12	$185	$15
Metoprolol	19	$136	$7
Furosemide	13	$100	$8
Prednisone	13	$81	$6

2022: 21 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Eliquis	15	$8,268	$551
Pantoprazole	83	$979	$12
Atorvastatin	78	$976	$13
Losartan	41	$810	$20
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	12	$545	$45
Carvedilol	47	$522	$11
Amlodipine Besylate	79	$489	$6
Pravastatin	32	$397	$12
Levothyroxine	13	$283	$22
Metformin	25	$256	$10
Lisinopril	38	$229	$6
Metoprolol	15	$179	$12
Omeprazole	18	$168	$9
Metoprolol	23	$154	$7
Furosemide	22	$116	$5
Famotidine	12	$105	$9
Alendronate	14	$101	$7
Glipizide	11	$94	$9
Levofloxacin	13	$87	$7
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide	16	$85	$5
Hydrochlorothiazide	19	$83	$4

2021: 11 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Atorvastatin	23	$265	$12
Amlodipine Besylate	30	$257	$9
Famotidine	17	$240	$14
Omeprazole	23	$223	$10
Losartan	12	$192	$16
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen	13	$182	$14
Gabapentin	17	$122	$7
Pantoprazole	13	$111	$9
Metformin	12	$110	$9
Naproxen	26	$70	$3
Lisinopril	16	$59	$4

2020: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Xarelto	16	$12,014	$751
Pantoprazole	21	$288	$14
Amlodipine Besylate	27	$222	$8
Metoprolol	14	$109	$8
Lisinopril	12	$76	$6

2019: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Eliquis	12	$9,992	$833
Atorvastatin	22	$443	$20
Famotidine	19	$259	$14
Pantoprazole	17	$211	$12
Amlodipine Besylate	30	$167	$6
Carvedilol	14	$123	$9
Metoprolol	16	$122	$8
Levofloxacin	11	$95	$9
Lisinopril	18	$81	$5

2018: 12 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Eliquis	24	$17,616	$734
Pantoprazole	36	$464	$13
Clopidogrel	13	$379	$29
Atorvastatin	24	$341	$14
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	11	$293	$27
Carvedilol	27	$251	$9
Lisinopril	27	$237	$9
Famotidine	16	$237	$15
Amlodipine Besylate	32	$229	$7
Hydralazine	14	$181	$13
Metoprolol	26	$147	$6
Furosemide	15	$81	$5

2017: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Novolog Flexpen	13	$7,016	$540
Pantoprazole	11	$272	$25
Amlodipine Besylate	28	$179	$6
Levofloxacin	19	$172	$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	13	$149	$11
Famotidine	13	$129	$10
Hydralazine	12	$120	$10
Metoprolol	12	$75	$6
Carvedilol	11	$64	$6

2016: 10 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Eliquis	17	$6,051	$356
Brilinta	15	$4,660	$311
Hydralazine	13	$541	$42
Atorvastatin	28	$309	$11
Levofloxacin	11	$199	$18
Carvedilol	20	$94	$5
Lisinopril	16	$85	$5
Metoprolol	22	$58	$3
Furosemide	19	$54	$3
Amlodipine Besylate	12	$41	$3

2015: 13 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Atorvastatin	24	$291	$12
Tamsulosin	15	$229	$15
Ciprofloxacin	15	$207	$14
Carvedilol	44	$199	$5
Famotidine	20	$165	$8
Furosemide	28	$146	$5
Levothyroxine	11	$141	$13
Clopidogrel	14	$141	$10
Amlodipine Besylate	43	$136	$3
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	14	$107	$8
Metoprolol	25	$80	$3
Warfarin	12	$64	$5
Lisinopril	13	$44	$3

2014: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Labetalol	16	$868	$54
Oxycodone	12	$233	$19
Levothyroxine	16	$224	$14
Carvedilol	33	$210	$6
Omeprazole	13	$194	$15
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	16	$165	$10
Amlodipine Besylate	13	$132	$10
Lisinopril	25	$80	$3
Furosemide	12	$48	$4

2013: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Levothyroxine	23	$183	$8

Money from drug and device companies

$51 in 2022

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Industry payments by year

2022	1	3	None	$51
2021	1	1	None	$18

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Xarelto	$51	3 payments Meals for Xarelto · 2022-04-18 · $18 Meals for Xarelto · 2022-02-07 · $16 Meals for Xarelto · 2022-01-25 · $17

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Every published payment

Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2022-04-18	Xarelto	$18
Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2022-02-07	Xarelto	$16
Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2022-01-25	Xarelto	$17

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2021: $18

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Payments by company in 2021

E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.	Eliquis	$18	1 payment Meals for Eliquis · 2021-06-30 · $18

Professional record

NPI: 1730399387
Licence: NC 2008-01628
Group: Permanente Medical Group Inc
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Medicaid ID: WV 3810022031
Taxonomy: Internal medicine (207R00000X); Hospitalist (208M00000X)
Mailing address: 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA, 93721
NPI first listed: 2007-05-23
NPI last updated: 2022-01-28
NPI record certified: 2022-01-28

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.