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Veena Hari Dronamraju, MD

Pulmonary Disease · Stanford

NPI 1861856783

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Plans that list them
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1 carrier
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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Mount Auburn Hospital · Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

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

  • Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Beth Israel Lahey Health, which runs 10 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.539, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.237, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mount Auburn Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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.

Every scored measure at Mount Auburn Hospital
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.539BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.13 (0.13 to 2.14) · 856 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.09 (0.74 to 1.43)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths186.93 (131.52 to 242.33) · 45 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.8 · 81 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 95 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11 · 197 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 471 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths11.3 · 576 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 177 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.3 · 2,322 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.32 (0.11 to 0.52) · 5,943 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.06 to 0.46) · 5,901 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.88 (1.67 to 6.08) · 1,095 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.45 (0 to 3.07) · 524 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.15 (0.59 to 3.7) · 1,055 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths12.31 (5.02 to 19.6) · 524 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths8.59 (4.74 to 12.45) · 509 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.02 (0.52 to 3.52) · 209 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.18 (0 to 0.91) · 5,084 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 126 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.738No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.667No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.353No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.4 · 213 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.3 · 550 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits23 · 204 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits11.4 · 505 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits25.3 · 580 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18 · 631 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5 (3.3 to 7.6) · 124 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.8 (7.8 to 14.9) · 124 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.5 · 108 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9 · 87 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.9 · 111 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.2 (9.5 to 15.5) · 2,246 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) · 624 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,714 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Mount Auburn Hospital
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Mount Auburn Hospital
Room was "always" clean66%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications74%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Nurses "always" listened carefully77%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night52%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects48%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.178BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.237BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.79 (0 to 1.73) · 1,041 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.79 (0.5 to 1.08)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths145.81 (96.5 to 195.12) · 72 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.9 · 55 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.6 · 92 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 96 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 395 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 391 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 162 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 1,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 4,425 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.02 to 0.41) · 4,771 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.45 (1.46 to 5.44) · 1,403 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.5 (0.05 to 2.94) · 645 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.81 (0.38 to 3.24) · 1,279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.53 (3.2 to 13.85) · 639 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.15 (1.89 to 8.41) · 648 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 370 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.83) · 4,160 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 74 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.369No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.112No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.1 · 110 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.1 · 437 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-5.8 · 94 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-19.3 · 456 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 402 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.8 · 358 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.1 (7.5 to 13.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 46 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 92 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.4 (9.6 to 16.2) · 1,532 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 929 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,268 patients answered, 26% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained58%
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 carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
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 night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$36,820

Medicare paid this office $36,820 for 164 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)78$15,331$146
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes31$9,425$175
Return visit (30+ min)23$2,173$91
New patient visit (45+ min)15$2,164$144
Short return visit (20+ min)18$1,337$70

Who their Medicare patients are

164 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 20% · Women 63% · Also on Medicaid 25% · Health risk score 1.86. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · COPD 53% · Coronary heart disease 42% · Depression 38% · Heart failure 32% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · Diabetes 27% · Chronic kidney disease 25% · Cancer 23% · Dementia 15% · Stroke 15%.

The office billed $153,909, Medicare allowed $48,583 and paid $36,820; for 316 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 by year
2024164316761.86$153,909$36,820
2023121248751.76$134,355$33,649
202065179622.67$55,797$17,309
201971222662.58$65,307$20,407

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes35$15,567$179
Long return visit (40+ min)45$8,883$153
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,568$183
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,671$111

2020: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes35$8,832$88
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes15$2,963$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes25$2,432$94

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes43$11,645$89
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes29$2,771$92

Medicaid work

$33,936 in 2020

Medicaid paid $33,936 for 500 billed services this clinician did in 2020, up to 45 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 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES342$21,212
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter100$6,711
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7545$4,880
INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE13$1,133
Medicaid work by year
2020500445$33,936
2019230227$10,538
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES211$9,663
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter19$875

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$175,645

Pharmacies billed $175,645 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 474) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

0 generic and 329 brand-name prescriptions · $175,645 in drug cost · 17 antibiotic prescriptions to 11 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
Trelegy Ellipta96$80,150$835
Spiriva Respimat24$14,939$622
Breztri Aerosphere16$13,273$830
Breo Ellipta36$12,670$352
Anoro Ellipta27$12,530$464
See all 14 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Trelegy Ellipta96$80,150$835
Spiriva Respimat24$14,939$622
Breztri Aerosphere16$13,273$830
Breo Ellipta36$12,670$352
Anoro Ellipta27$12,530$464
Incruse Ellipta16$4,727$295
Budesonide-Formoterol14$3,796$271
Fluticasone-Salmeterol23$3,048$133
Wixela Inhub24$1,637$68
Ventolin Hfa20$1,486$74
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa40$1,046$26
Azelastine28$411$15
Montelukast25$304$12
Prednisone16$79$5

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20244741180% (0)69%$175,645
2023192850% (0)59%$57,682
2022106140% (0)83%$33,992
202179190% (0)38%$18,375
202012531None25%$11,155
201911531NoneNone$8,843
201841190% (0)32%$2,912
201756160% (0)None$4,749

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
Trelegy Ellipta26$26,583$1,022
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa30$958$32
Ventolin Hfa15$898$60
Prednisone17$27$2

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Symbicort25$9,278$371
Spiriva Handihaler18$9,108$506
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa15$599$40

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$363$33

Money from drug and device companies

$88 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202434None$88
202311None$31
202233None$64
201911None$95

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPTezspire$44
2 payments
  • Meals for Tezspire · 2024-04-19 · $19
  • Meals for Tezspire · 2024-03-12 · $25
GlaxoSmithKlineNucala$30
1 payment
  • Meals for Nucala · 2024-02-28 · $30
GenzymeDupixent$15
1 payment
  • Meals for Dupixent · 2024-04-17 · $15
See all 4 published payments
Every published payment
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPMeals · 2024-04-19Tezspire$19
GenzymeMeals · 2024-04-17Dupixent$15
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPMeals · 2024-03-12Tezspire$25
GlaxoSmithKlineMeals · 2024-02-28Nucala$30
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2019)

2023: $31

Payments by company in 2023
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPAirsupra$31
1 payment
  • Meals for Airsupra · 2023-11-10 · $31

2022: $64

Payments by company in 2022
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.Glassia$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Glassia · 2022-06-10 · $25
Boehringer Ingelheim PharmaceuticalsSpiriva Respimat$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Spiriva Respimat · 2022-02-18 · $20
La Jolla PharmaceuticalGiapreza$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Giapreza · 2022-06-03 · $19

2019: $95

Payments by company in 2019
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Lifevest$95
1 payment
  • Meals for Lifevest · 2019-02-06 · $95

Professional record

NPI
1861856783
Licence
MA 279248
Trained
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2016
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RP1001X (207RP1001X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X)
Mailing address
5565 W Las Positas Blvd Ste 320b, Pleasanton, CA, 94588
NPI first listed
2016-04-06
NPI last updated
2025-12-15
NPI record certified
2025-12-15

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1133 E Stanley Blvd Ste 207, Livermore, CA, 94550 · 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305