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Rishika Chugh, MD

Gastroenterology · Berkeley

NPI 1881080257

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
12
2 carriers
Offices
5
Since medical school
11 years
Graduated 2015

Offices

5 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · Regents of the University of California

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

Plans that list them

12 plans · 2 carriers

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12 of 12 plans

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
Imperial Courage Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026

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

$38,435

Medicare paid this office $38,435 for 206 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare36$8,591$232
Long return visit (40+ min)37$6,014$107
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope38$3,422$88
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope32$3,291$103
New patient visit (60+ min)21$2,868$137
See all 10 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare36$8,591$232
Long return visit (40+ min)37$6,014$107
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope38$3,422$88
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope32$3,291$103
New patient visit (60+ min)21$2,868$137
Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk11$2,226$202
Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis artery and vein blood flow33$1,813$45
Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen37$1,031$23
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's15$312$14
Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito26$101$4

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy68More than 70% of doctors who do this
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux52More than 64% of doctors who do this

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure202220232024
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare135137
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope194339
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope–2232
Diagnostic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope–15–
Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope–13–

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

206 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 8% · Women 63% · Also on Medicaid 28% · Health risk score 1.74. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 60% · Diabetes 33% · Chronic kidney disease 27% · Depression 26% · Coronary heart disease 23% · Cancer 22% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · COPD 16% · Heart failure 10% · Stroke 8%.

The office billed $516,804, Medicare allowed $49,992 and paid $38,435; for 419 services of 36 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
2024206419721.74$516,804$38,435
2023287534711.81$707,178$56,317
202291159691.90$216,504$17,831

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: 14 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare51$11,284$221
New patient visit (60+ min)52$8,228$158
Long return visit (40+ min)41$6,660$123
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope42$3,568$83
Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk15$2,791$186
Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk12$2,434$203
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope22$2,322$106
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes18$2,070$115
Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope13$2,028$156
Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis artery and vein blood flow33$1,743$48
Diagnostic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope15$1,309$87
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,183$99
Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen38$1,030$25
Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito43$193$4

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare13$2,753$212
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,588$162
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope19$1,967$104
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$1,248$62

Medicaid work

$6,869 in 2024

Medicaid paid $6,869 for 81 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 18 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
Long return visit (40+ min)56$6,519
Telehealth transmission, per minute, professional services bill separately25$350
Medicaid work by year
202481218$6,869
202312112$1,161
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,161

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$74,275

Pharmacies billed $74,275 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 77) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 0%.

66 generic and 11 brand-name prescriptions · $74,275 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
Mesalamine14$7,793$557
Omeprazole24$380$16

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202477280% (0)14%$74,275
202312463None12%$70,533
202283410% (0)19%$6,784
202076280% (0)32%$16,833
201960210% (0)None$11,688
2018349390% (0)None$38,955
2017426540% (0)None$51,217
2016127350% (0)None$8,436

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Omeprazole22$534$24
Gavilyte-G25$419$17
Ondansetron26$60$2

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Gavilyte-G19$284$15
Ondansetron25$50$2

2018: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Advair Diskus18$9,368$520
Spiriva12$4,842$403
Ventolin Hfa22$1,209$55
Nifedipine Er18$453$25
Atorvastatin24$423$18
Metoprolol11$352$32
Ranitidine20$151$8
Montelukast12$77$6
Hydrochlorothiazide12$11$1

2017: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Advair Diskus18$8,282$460
Januvia16$6,245$390
Nifedipine Er29$774$27
Ventolin Hfa12$631$53
Chlorthalidone14$391$28
Atorvastatin21$258$12
Omeprazole20$149$7
Gabapentin11$115$10
Metformin16$101$6
Pantoprazole12$101$8
Prednisone12$67$6
Lisinopril13$39$3

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Ventolin Hfa13$658$51

Money from drug and device companies

$2,329 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511$2,329$2,329
202411None$30
202333None$128
2022210$5,820$6,816
202111None$47

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
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.None$2,329
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2025-03-20 · $2,329
See the published payment
Every published payment
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.Consulting · 2025-03-20None$2,329
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

2024: $30

Payments by company in 2024
PfizerVelsipity$30
1 payment
  • Education for Velsipity · 2024-07-02 · $30

2023: $128

Payments by company in 2023
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Zeposia$82
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2023-08-10 · $82
AbbvieRinvoq$26
1 payment
  • Meals for Rinvoq · 2023-05-07 · $26
CelgeneZeposia$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2023-05-09 · $20

2022: $6,816

Payments by company in 2022
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.None$5,820
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2022-12-08 · $5,820
CelgeneZeposia$996
9 payments
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $59
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $30
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $30
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $60
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $50
  • Travel for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $415
  • Travel for Zeposia · 2022-11-11 · $315
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-11-07 · $26
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2022-10-25 · $11

2021: $47

Payments by company in 2021
Boston ScientificSpyglass$47
1 payment
  • Meals for Spyglass · 2021-10-23 · $47

Professional record

NPI
1881080257
Group
UCSF Medical Group Business Services · Regents of the University of California
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
20 York St, New Haven, CT, 06510
NPI first listed
2015-04-12
NPI last updated
2018-06-18

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