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Elias H Botvinick, MD

Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) · San Francisco

NPI 1760440465

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Offices
2
Since medical school
59 years
New York University School of Medicine, 1967

Offices

2 locations · University of California San Francisco · UCSF Medical Group Business Services

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Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G22161 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1972 · expires 2028-08-31 · New York University School of Medicine.

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

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Nuclear Medicine - Nuclear Medicine

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.

  • UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at UCSF Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.622BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.626BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.491BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.05 (0.89 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 89 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 132 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.6 · 454 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 618 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 380 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,000 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 399 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.899No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.689No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.224No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 156 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 564 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits60.3 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-9.7 · 550 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.1 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 667 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 421 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 53 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$2,588

Medicare paid this office $2,588 for 19 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)17$2,149$80

Who their Medicare patients are

19 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 85 · Health risk score 3.07. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical cardiology clinician is at 1.71.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 75% · Coronary heart disease 75% · Heart failure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 68%.

The office billed $19,508, Medicare allowed $3,714 and paid $2,588; for 36 services of 4 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
20241936853.07$19,508$2,588
20232339832.46$23,140$3,100
20222947822.25$26,622$3,885
20213467821.65$38,373$5,491
202055129802.11$75,034$8,081
2019108255771.86$189,232$14,507
20187781,007732.50$214,625$20,068
20171,0431,359722.52$332,598$24,225
20169271,256732.39$261,751$22,394
20158351,192732.34$210,259$25,373
2014120270761.89$152,510$20,222
2013403806721.87$396,249$32,347

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
Return visit (30+ min)19$2,199$76

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)24$2,601$79

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)25$3,381$81
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,485$106

2020: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)34$4,204$76
Return visit (30+ min)21$1,819$61
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes15$1,579$69

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Long return visit (40+ min)42$6,458$94
Return visit (30+ min)43$4,315$62
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect41$2,714$65
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician18$272$15
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only33$252$7
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician18$244$14

2018: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Long return visit (40+ min)44$6,557$91
Return visit (30+ min)56$4,971$58
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only577$4,900$7
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect45$2,611$58
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only103$743$7

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Long return visit (40+ min)51$8,052$87
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only830$7,180$7
Return visit (30+ min)50$4,801$63
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect44$2,840$65
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only132$952$7

2016: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Long return visit (40+ min)44$6,835$95
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only725$6,033$7
Return visit (30+ min)62$4,612$56
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect40$2,478$62
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only125$889$7
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician35$651$19
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician37$470$13

2015: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)79$9,675$65
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only728$6,656$7
Long return visit (40+ min)40$5,857$98
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect27$1,869$69
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician22$368$17
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician22$289$13

2014: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)88$9,211$61
Long return visit (40+ min)56$7,236$92

2013: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Return visit (30+ min)83$8,258$60
Long return visit (40+ min)60$7,831$85
Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect53$2,816$53
Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress29$2,110$70
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician112$1,691$15
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician162$1,566$9
Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body34$977$28
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less11$704$64
Nuclear medicine study of lung ventilation and circulation15$704$47
Nuclear medicine study of parathyroid with spect11$463$42
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only50$288$6

Medicaid work

$6,361 in 2018

Medicaid paid $6,361 for 657 billed services this clinician did in 2018, up to 139 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 2018
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only645$6,361
Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient12$0
Medicaid work by year
20186572139$6,361

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$17,568

Pharmacies billed $17,568 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 140) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical cardiology clinician is at 0%.

125 generic and 15 brand-name prescriptions · $17,568 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
Furosemide11$331$30
Amlodipine Besylate37$311$8
Metoprolol12$305$25
Atorvastatin15$269$18

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024140260% (0)11%$17,568
2023147260% (0)None$12,245
2022170330% (0)9%$15,742
2021294400% (0)10%$15,974
2020328450% (0)6%$14,612
2019453530% (0)10%$29,550
2018459540% (0)11%$14,413
2017500590% (0)14%$22,146
2016454670% (0)9%$20,810
201549166None13%$24,466
2014684860% (0)17%$38,036
2013658980% (0)23%$42,651

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er11$656$60
Metoprolol15$390$26
Amlodipine Besylate41$388$9
Lisinopril14$257$18

2022: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Metoprolol15$334$22
Amlodipine Besylate38$276$7
Atorvastatin16$255$16
Lisinopril13$57$4

2021: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Telmisartan11$1,003$91
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er30$757$25
Nitroglycerin22$540$25
Amlodipine Besylate70$399$6
Metoprolol11$301$27
Atorvastatin12$199$17
Benazepril21$181$9
Lisinopril16$142$9
Hydrochlorothiazide22$104$5

2020: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er48$918$19
Amlodipine Besylate81$409$5
Metoprolol21$400$19
Atorvastatin18$358$20
Olmesartan Medoxomil12$108$9
Furosemide12$107$9
Hydrochlorothiazide19$105$6
Benazepril15$91$6

2019: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Eliquis18$13,648$758
Plavix11$2,280$207
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er51$1,593$31
Metoprolol35$1,091$31
Amlodipine Besylate92$693$8
Atorvastatin33$627$19
Olmesartan Medoxomil11$356$32
Hydrochlorothiazide29$250$9
Furosemide18$215$12
Benazepril17$138$8
Clopidogrel11$100$9

2018: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er47$1,652$35
Metoprolol56$1,240$22
Amlodipine Besylate108$869$8
Atorvastatin31$784$25
Benazepril23$217$9
Losartan11$143$13
Hydrochlorothiazide23$137$6
Furosemide21$88$4
Gabapentin12$61$5

2017: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Metoprolol60$2,092$35
Micardis11$2,068$188
Rosuvastatin19$1,686$89
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er50$1,231$25
Atorvastatin32$792$25
Amlodipine Besylate96$348$4
Clopidogrel17$257$15
Losartan29$118$4
Benazepril19$112$6
Hydrochlorothiazide21$90$4
Metoprolol11$54$5
Furosemide23$48$2

2016: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Metoprolol56$1,385$25
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er30$1,022$34
Atorvastatin26$504$19
Amlodipine Besylate99$464$5
Clopidogrel22$236$11
Atenolol17$186$11
Hydrochlorothiazide31$147$5
Benazepril18$139$8
Losartan23$79$3
Furosemide12$61$5
Metoprolol16$51$3

2015: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Metoprolol56$1,588$28
Atorvastatin38$916$24
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er23$910$40
Amlodipine Besylate111$682$6
Potassium Chloride14$443$32
Pravastatin12$404$34
Clopidogrel21$264$13
Atenolol21$189$9
Benazepril20$160$8
Hydrochlorothiazide29$157$5
Lisinopril11$103$9
Losartan11$85$8
Metoprolol23$78$3
Furosemide18$26$1

2014: 18 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Crestor12$4,336$361
Metoprolol68$2,456$36
Atorvastatin77$1,716$22
Amlodipine Besylate102$953$9
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er30$765$25
Clopidogrel28$686$24
Benazepril37$451$12
Pravastatin12$379$32
Potassium Chloride19$350$18
Hydrochlorothiazide44$321$7
Losartan23$264$11
Simvastatin15$204$14
Carvedilol16$199$12
Atenolol16$131$8
Metoprolol23$108$5
Lisinopril15$105$7
Clonidine12$60$5
Furosemide20$43$2

2013: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Zetia17$5,934$349
Atorvastatin77$2,765$36
Metoprolol48$2,724$57
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er47$1,449$31
Amlodipine Besylate96$966$10
Losartan29$739$25
Hydrochlorothiazide44$581$13
Clopidogrel11$502$46
Metoprolol19$427$22
Potassium Chloride27$422$16
Benazepril18$237$13
Atenolol26$209$8
Lisinopril18$176$10
Simvastatin11$152$14
Furosemide14$63$4

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
74.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1760440465
Licence
CA G22161California G22161: Current · expires 2028-08-31
Trained
New York University School of Medicine, 1967 · 59 years ago
Group
University of California San Francisco · UCSF Medical Group Business Services
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 0G2216100
Taxonomy
Cardiology (207RC0000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207U00000X (207U00000X)
Mailing address
1635 Divisadero Street, Suite 625, Box 1821, San Francisco, CA, 94143
NPI first listed
2006-05-02
NPI last updated
2016-02-16

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