Powen Tu, MD
Nuclear Medicine · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
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| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A137485 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2028-10-31 · Boston 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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.203, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.334, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 2 worse of 4 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.203 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.334 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0 to 2.01) · 443 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.01 (0.62 to 1.4) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.4 · 52 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.7 · 96 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 16.7 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 489 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.1 · 4,684 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.03 to 0.48) · 2,673 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.33 (0.12 to 0.54) · 2,783 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.39 (0.96 to 5.81) · 381 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.62 (0 to 3.32) · 146 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.07 (0.44 to 3.71) · 359 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.63 (0 to 16.81) · 123 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.35 (1.31 to 9.38) · 146 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.04 (0.54 to 3.55) · 115 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.79 (0 to 1.61) · 2,133 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.562 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.715 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.876 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.9 · 312 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 24.2 · 974 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 55.2 · 127 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 10 · 112 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20 · 819 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 262 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (2,982 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 69% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 48% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$14,401
Medicare paid this office $14,401 for 36 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine | 16 | $820 | $26 |
Who their Medicare patients are
36 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Also on Medicaid 47% · Health risk score 1.50. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nuclear medicine clinician is at 1.94.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 67% · Chronic kidney disease 36% · Cancer 33%.
The office billed $46,627, Medicare allowed $18,153 and paid $14,401; for 72 services of 14 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 | 36 | 72 | 70 | 1.50 | $46,627 | $14,401 |
| 2023 | 22 | 44 | 68 | 1.19 | $26,751 | $8,093 |
| 2022 | 24 | 38 | 69 | 1.30 | $25,509 | $7,338 |
| 2021 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 3.15 | $74,260 | $13,690 |
| 2020 | 24 | 39 | 64 | 3.75 | $12,795 | $3,416 |
| 2019 | 33 | 48 | 69 | 2.42 | $27,418 | $7,145 |
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: 1 service
| Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine | 11 | $495 | $25 |
Medicaid work
$20,665 in 2024
Medicaid paid $20,665 for 353 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 53 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.
| DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/> SITES AXIAL SKEL | 353 | $20,665 |
| 2024 | 353 | 1 | 53 | $20,665 |
| 2023 | 237 | 1 | 23 | $0 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1 | 12 | $0 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/> SITES AXIAL SKEL | 237 | $0 |
2019
| DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/> SITES AXIAL SKEL | 24 | $0 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1891131421
- Licence
- CA A137485California A137485: Current · expires 2028-10-31
- Trained
- Boston University School of Medicine, 2013
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207U00000X (207U00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 72 E Concord St, Evans 124, Boston, MA, 02118
- NPI first listed
- 2013-05-22
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 72 E Concord St, Boston, MA, 02118
This office lists an electronic records connection.