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Shaham Kamkar, PA

Physician Assistant · El Cajon

NPI 1811667538

Medicare standing
Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Offices
3

Offices

3 locations · Talami Health and Wellness Inc · Clinic Services of California Medical Group Inc · Parhelion Healthcare Inc

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Hospitals listed: Grossmont Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

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California Medical Board record

Licence G62319 · Cancelled

Licence status: Cancelled · since 1988 · New York Medical College.

License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.

Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.

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.

  • Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sharp Healthcare, which runs 6 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 69% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.42, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.405, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.402, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Grossmont Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 5 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 2 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 Grossmont Hospital
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.42BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.405BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.402BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.03 to 1.87) · 1,794 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.22 (0.93 to 1.51)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths178.41 (138.56 to 218.26) · 130 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.6 · 65 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.9 · 241 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.5 · 182 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 541 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.5 · 696 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 565 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.4 · 5,543 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.03 to 0.4) · 11,498 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.18 (0 to 0.36) · 11,909 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.9 (1 to 4.81) · 2,033 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.7 (0.16 to 3.24) · 594 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.07 (0.71 to 3.44) · 1,940 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths14.67 (7.88 to 21.46) · 587 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.04 (1.4 to 8.69) · 568 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.55 (0.11 to 2.98) · 484 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths1.11 (0.61 to 1.6) · 9,450 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.1 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.767No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.204No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.8 · 298 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.8 · 979 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits12.1 · 191 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits14.3 · 652 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits22.8 · 757 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.4 · 1,071 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.6 (3 to 6.9) · 99 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.9 (7 to 13.7) · 99 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.3 · 103 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits12.2 · 83 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.5 · 415 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.4 (10.5 to 17.5) · 981 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 407 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,466 patients answered, 18% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Grossmont Hospital
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Grossmont Hospital
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained60%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully74%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night48%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital69%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects47%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$8,165

Medicare paid this office $8,165 for 87 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making51$4,453$86
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making24$2,839$118
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making14$713$51

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of nail tissue1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

87 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 17% · 85 and older 13% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 74% · Health risk score 1.13. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 49% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Depression 16% · Coronary heart disease 15% · COPD 14%.

The office billed $104,542, Medicare allowed $10,602 and paid $8,165; for 94 services of 7 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
20248794711.13$104,542$8,165
20234248691.17$43,026$3,716

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making24$2,127$89
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making12$620$52

Medicaid work

$120,868 in 2024

Medicaid paid $120,868 for 4,862 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 170 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
Service1,156$40,293
Service461$33,150
Service222$9,715
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM254$6,561
Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], fluorescence immunoassay [FIA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; Influenza, A or B, each234$6,497
Unlisted special service, procedure or report23$3,575
COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE26$2,925
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM99$1,784
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug90$1,695
2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc94$1,604
CT ABDOMEN & PELVIS W/CONTRAST MATERIAL14$1,455
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe technique86$1,432
Medicaid work by year
20244,86235170$120,868
2023475853$23,006
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Service124$9,486
Service201$8,806
Unlisted special service, procedure or report18$1,950
Service33$1,172
Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], fluorescence immunoassay [FIA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; Influenza, A or B, each35$912
SARSCOV CORONAVIRUS AG IA34$559
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL15$75
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count)15$46

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$785

Pharmacies billed $785 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 10% of their Part D prescriptions (13 of 137) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

133 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $785 in drug cost · 40 antibiotic prescriptions to 34 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Cephalexin11$55$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$31$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202413710610% (13)None$785
20233932NoneNone$348

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

Money from drug and device companies

$19 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$19
202311None$98

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
Chiesi USACleviprex$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Cleviprex · 2025-08-27 · $19
See the published payment
Every published payment
Chiesi USAMeals · 2025-08-27Cleviprex$19
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $98

Payments by company in 2023
Medical Device Business ServicesNone$98
1 payment
  • Education · 2023-07-07 · $98

Professional record

NPI
1811667538
Licence
CA 62319California G62319: Cancelled
Group
Talami Health and Wellness Inc · Clinic Services of California Medical Group Inc · Parhelion Healthcare Inc
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Physician assistant (363A00000X)
Mailing address
225 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA, 95116
NPI first listed
2021-09-14
NPI last updated
2023-04-06
NPI record certified
2023-04-06

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