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James C Tang, MD

Interventional Radiology · Santa Clara

NPI 1740475201

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Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

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

Plan participation

Not verified

We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Tang’s office at (408) 851-1000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence A99603 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2027-04-30 · University of Pennsylvania 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-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, 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 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.38, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 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.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.38BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.01 (0 to 2.09) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.61 to 1.42)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 312 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 3,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 910 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 1,036 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.53 (2.03 to 7.03) · 235 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.57 (0 to 3.25) · 83 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.5 (0.82 to 4.18) · 178 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.73 (3.81 to 19.64) · 74 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (1.3 to 9.32) · 94 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.75 (0.22 to 3.28) · 37 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0 to 1.34) · 819 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.72No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.049No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.598No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.926No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13 · 589 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.7 · 828 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits107.6 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.9 · 642 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits7.8 · 249 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 181 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (572 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully71%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night44%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$2,465

Medicare paid this office $2,465 for 41 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
X-ray of chest, 1 view11$93$7

Who their Medicare patients are

41 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Women 42% · Also on Medicaid 49% · Health risk score 2.69. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical interventional radiology clinician is at 2.27.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Diabetes 61% · Chronic kidney disease 54% · Coronary heart disease 41% · Heart failure 37% · Atrial fibrillation 29%.

The office billed $63,195, Medicare allowed $3,478 and paid $2,465; for 59 services of 31 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.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
20244159662.69$63,195$2,465
20232541692.14$74,206$3,003
20222551653.86$83,132$3,854
20211627672.57$32,139$1,500
20201429625.35$42,550$2,489
20171120695.02$13,388$1,615
20161117672.43$5,709$1,087
20152134663.32$69,455$2,715
20141422704.57$28,701$1,751
20131929703.09$27,880$1,949

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
X-ray of chest, 1 view11$80$7

Medicaid work

$299 in 2024

Medicaid paid $299 for 16 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 13 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views16$299
Medicaid work by year
202416113$299

Money from drug and device companies

$195 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202512None$195
202426None$599
202226None$432
202112None$194

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
Boston ScientificGeneral - Embolics$195
2 payments
  • Meals for General - Embolics · 2025-09-21 · $140
  • Meals for Therasphere Administration Set · 2025-09-21 · $55
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-09-21General - Embolics$140
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-09-21Therasphere Administration Set$55
See earlier years (2024, 2022, 2021)

2024: $599

Payments by company in 2024
Boston ScientificEmbold Fibered$471
5 payments
  • Meals · 2024-09-25 · $109
  • Meals · 2024-09-24 · $36
  • Meals · 2024-09-24 · $150
  • Meals for Embold Fibered · 2024-09-23 · $149
  • Meals · 2024-09-21 · $27
ShockWave MedicalShockwave Ivl System With the Shockwave C2 Coronary Ivl Catheter$128
1 payment
  • Meals for Shockwave Ivl System With the Shockwave C2 Coronary Ivl Catheter · 2024-09-25 · $128

2022: $432

Payments by company in 2022
Boston ScientificTherasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq$317
5 payments
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2022-10-03 · $26
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2022-09-28 · $29
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2022-09-27 · $137
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2022-09-26 · $11
  • Meals for General - Io Ablation · 2022-09-26 · $114
Ethicon USNeuwave$115
1 payment
  • Meals for Neuwave · 2022-09-28 · $115

2021: $194

Payments by company in 2021
Boston ScientificTherasphere$194
2 payments
  • Meals for General Catheters · 2021-09-03 · $69
  • Meals for Therasphere · 2021-09-02 · $125

Professional record

NPI
1740475201
Licence
CA A99603California A99603: Current · expires 2027-04-30
Trained
Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2085R0204X (2085R0204X)
Mailing address
700 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
NPI first listed
2007-09-07
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.