Kerry C Cho, MD

4 locations · University of California San Francisco · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · Regents of the University of California

Hospitals listed: 552719 · 552733 · Marinhealth Medical Center · UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

12 plans · 2 carriers

Licence A70525 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1999 · expires 2027-08-31 · Cornell University Medical College.

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

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 - Nephrology

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of MarinHealthPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.66 (3.59 to 7.73) · 1,505 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.177, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• 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

$100,030

Medicare paid this office $100,030 for 238 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

238 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 20% · 85 and older 14% · Women 41% · Also on Medicaid 42% · Health risk score 4.40. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 54% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Heart failure 44% · Atrial fibrillation 36% · Depression 27% · Cancer 21% · Stroke 19% · COPD 15% · Dementia 13%.

The office billed $589,018, Medicare allowed $128,675 and paid $100,030; for 1,040 services of 26 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 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.

$9,601 in 2023

Medicaid paid $9,601 for 98 billed services this clinician did in 2023, 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.

$165,504

Pharmacies billed $165,504 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 600) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.

501 generic and 99 brand-name prescriptions · $165,504 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.

Year by year

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

$50 in 2019

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

NPI

1861434318

Licence

CA A70525California A70525: Current · expires 2027-08-31

Trained

Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 1996 · 30 years ago

Group

University of California San Francisco · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · Regents of the University of California

Video visits

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Gender

Male