Khushboo Bhella, PA
Physician Assistant · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · El Camino Health Medical Network LLC · 202 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Natividad Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence G63640 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1988 · expires 2028-05-31 · University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
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.
- Natividad Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Natividad Medical CenterPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.316, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Natividad Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.316 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0 to 2.04) · 332 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.18 (0.76 to 1.6) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 165.77 (109.76 to 221.78) · 28 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9.9 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.5 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.4 · 110 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.5 · 34 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.4 · 609 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.03 to 0.48) · 2,445 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.46) · 2,213 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.36 (2.03 to 6.7) · 564 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0 to 3.36) · 79 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.08 (0.44 to 3.71) · 555 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.67 (1.19 to 20.15) · 87 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.92 (0.71 to 9.12) · 79 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.73 (0.21 to 3.24) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.12 to 2.02) · 1,742 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.462 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.9 · 62 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 8.4 · 93 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -7.3 · 121 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.1 · 100 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.7 to 17.9) · 162 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) · 72 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (966 patients answered, 55% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 37% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$7,540
Medicare paid this office $7,540 for 73 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 28 | $3,538 | $126 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 28 | $2,534 | $87 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 12 | $875 | $51 |
Who their Medicare patients are
73 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 78% · 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 44% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Chronic kidney disease 26% · Heart failure 15%.
The office billed $94,950, Medicare allowed $9,464 and paid $7,540; for 83 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.
Medicaid work
$61,799 in 2024
Medicaid paid $61,799 for 2,865 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 118 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.
| Service | 707 | $25,802 |
| Service | 158 | $13,338 |
| Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe technique | 165 | $3,551 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 89 | $3,020 |
| 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, each | 177 | $2,959 |
| SARSCOV CORONAVIRUS AG IA | 187 | $2,288 |
| Unlisted special service, procedure or report | 23 | $2,275 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 223 | $2,257 |
| Service | 30 | $1,309 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 67 | $1,216 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 134 | $895 |
| CT ABDOMEN & PELVIS W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | 13 | $873 |
| 2024 | 2,865 | 22 | 118 | $61,799 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$486
Pharmacies billed $486 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
68 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $486 in drug cost · 41 antibiotic prescriptions to 39 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.
| Cephalexin | 19 | $79 | $4 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1881477438
- Licence
- CA 63640California G63640: Current · expires 2028-05-31
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1075 E Betteravia Rd Ste 201, Santa Maria, CA, 93454
- NPI first listed
- 2023-08-17
- NPI last updated
- 2023-11-14
- NPI record certified
- 2023-11-14
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.