Iheoma Nwaogu, MD
General Surgery · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 27
- 7 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
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Plans that list them
27 plans · 7 carriers
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27 of 27 plans
| Alignment Health Advantage PPO (PPO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Astiva Health C-SNP WOW - NorCal (HMO C-SNP) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Premier Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Savings Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Blue Shield Inspire (HMO) | Blue Shield of California | Listed | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed, may be out of date | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A150923 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-02-28 · Washington University 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.
- El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.291 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.393 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.28) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 814 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 842 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 361 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 4,633 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.5 · 122 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.993 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.706 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.376 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 962 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -17 · 922 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 860 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 827 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.3 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 47% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$39,893
Medicare paid this office $39,893 for 59 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $5,148 | $206 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 25 | $4,534 | $133 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 24 | $2,709 | $77 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,593 | $123 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $2,551 | $88 |
See all 6 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $5,148 | $206 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 25 | $4,534 | $133 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 24 | $2,709 | $77 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,593 | $123 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $2,551 | $88 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $2,214 | $158 |
Who their Medicare patients are
59 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 71% · Health risk score 1.03. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Diabetes 31%.
The office billed $102,736, Medicare allowed $50,137 and paid $39,893; for 205 services of 16 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
| 2024 | 59 | 205 | 73 | 1.03 | $102,736 | $39,893 |
| 2023 | 72 | 194 | 73 | 0.89 | $88,879 | $35,994 |
| 2022 | 70 | 198 | 73 | 1.01 | $105,021 | $39,325 |
| 2021 | 87 | 213 | 74 | 0.96 | $97,345 | $37,357 |
| 2020 | 55 | 163 | 73 | 0.93 | $78,167 | $28,528 |
| 2019 | 12 | 26 | 73 | 1.01 | $9,866 | $3,501 |
| 2018 | 52 | 69 | 71 | 1.38 | $180,224 | $8,379 |
| 2017 | 44 | 51 | 72 | 0.93 | $114,420 | $5,429 |
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: 6 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 27 | $5,588 | $207 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 26 | $4,482 | $136 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 27 | $4,092 | $152 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 23 | $2,377 | $85 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $2,079 | $122 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 14 | $1,536 | $77 |
2022: 5 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 22 | $4,357 | $198 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 29 | $3,354 | $82 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $3,173 | $151 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 19 | $2,929 | $133 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 22 | $1,761 | $73 |
2021: 6 services
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 33 | $4,241 | $103 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 20 | $4,236 | $212 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 25 | $3,702 | $148 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 21 | $3,180 | $133 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 31 | $2,793 | $87 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 18 | $2,268 | $119 |
2020: 5 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $4,687 | $187 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 33 | $4,059 | $110 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 20 | $2,635 | $132 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 19 | $2,323 | $116 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $1,265 | $105 |
2018: 1 service
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,548 | $111 |
2017: 1 service
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 13 | $1,499 | $115 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$349
Pharmacies billed $349 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 57% of their Part D prescriptions (33 of 58) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 34%.
56 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $349 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.
| Levothyroxine | 17 | $88 | $5 |
| Tramadol | 33 | $53 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 58 | 35 | 57% (33) | None | $349 |
| 2023 | 53 | 25 | 34% (18) | None | $1,523 |
| 2022 | 57 | 26 | 40% (23) | None | $596 |
| 2021 | 45 | 24 | 49% (22) | None | $358 |
| 2020 | 22 | 19 | 82% (18) | 0% | $138 |
| 2018 | 53 | 25 | 38% (20) | 34% | $675 |
| 2016 | 24 | 22 | 79% (19) | None | $1,261 |
| 2015 | 28 | 22 | 79% (22) | None | $491 |
| 2013 | 71 | 18 | 25% (18) | 15% | $2,568 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Levothyroxine | 16 | $168 | $10 |
| Tramadol | 12 | $33 | $3 |
2022: 3 drugs
| Calcitriol | 16 | $232 | $15 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $143 | $12 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 13 | $91 | $7 |
2021: 1 drug
| Tramadol | 12 | $31 | $3 |
2020: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $102 | $7 |
2018: 2 drugs
| Levothyroxine | 27 | $352 | $13 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $94 | $7 |
2016: 1 drug
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $170 | $12 |
2015: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 11 | $214 | $19 |
2013: 2 drugs
| Lamotrigine | 18 | $177 | $10 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $117 | $8 |
Money from drug and device companies
$90 in 2023
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | None | $90 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $23 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 | None | $87 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Ethicon US | Harmonic | $63 | 3 payments
|
| Medtronic | Ligasure | $27 | 1 payment
|
See all 4 published payments
| Medtronic | Meals · 2023-10-10 | Ligasure | $27 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2023-07-19 | Harmonic | $23 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2023-06-23 | Harmonic | $18 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2023-03-27 | Harmonic | $22 |
See earlier years (2020, 2019)
2020: $23
| Incyte | Jakafi | $23 | 1 payment
|
2019: $87
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Promacta | $40 | 2 payments
|
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals | Nubeqa | $17 | 1 payment
|
| Incyte | Jakafi | $16 | 1 payment
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| Celgene | Revlimid | $15 | 1 payment
|
Checkups this office reported
9 measures · 2023
Medicare asked this office to report how often certain checkups happened in 2023. This is not a grade for the doctor. A specialist’s patients may not need every screening.
| Asked about smokingPatients asked about tobacco, with help to quit if they smoke | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. | 120 |
| Breast cancer screeningEligible women who got a mammogram | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. | 92 |
| Cervical cancer screeningEligible women who got a Pap or HPV test | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. | 109 |
| Checked for fall riskOlder patients screened for fall risk | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. | 111 |
| Depression screeningPatients screened for depression, with a follow-up plan if needed | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. | 256 |
| Medications listed in the chartVisits where the current medication list was documented | 80%That's most of the people this applied to. | 362 |
| Risky medications in older adultsOlder patients given a medication that is risky at their age | 0%That's few of the people this applied to. Better on this measure. | 115 |
| Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up DocumentedAs Medicare defines this measure | 17% | 351 |
See the other 1 measures
| Weight checked, with a follow-up planPatients whose BMI was recorded and followed up if needed | 33%That's less than half. | 255 |
What the office says it does
Boxes the office ticked on its Medicare worksheet for 2023. Nobody checks these.
- Implementation of medication management practice improvements
- Improved the patient portal
- Lets patients read their visit notes
- Uses standard treatment protocols
Professional record
- NPI
- 1861713182
- Licence
- CA A150923, MO 2010018939California A150923: Current · expires 2027-02-28
- Trained
- Washington University School of Medicine, 2010
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 320 Dardanelli Ln Ste 23b, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
- NPI first listed
- 2010-06-22
- NPI last updated
- 2019-07-16
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO, 63110 · 400 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143