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David A White, MD

Emergency Medicine · Santa Clara

NPI 1912036377

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1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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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-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, 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 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.38, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 1 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.38BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.01 (0 to 2.09) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.61 to 1.42)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 312 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 3,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 910 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 1,036 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.53 (2.03 to 7.03) · 235 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.57 (0 to 3.25) · 83 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.5 (0.82 to 4.18) · 178 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.73 (3.81 to 19.64) · 74 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (1.3 to 9.32) · 94 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.75 (0.22 to 3.28) · 37 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0 to 1.34) · 819 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.72No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.049No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.598No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.926No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13 · 589 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.7 · 828 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits107.6 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.9 · 642 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits7.8 · 249 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 181 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (572 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained57%
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 carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully71%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night44%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$2,586

Medicare paid this office $2,586 for 20 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

20 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 65 · 85 and older 0% · Health risk score 2.54. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 55%.

The office billed $18,857, Medicare allowed $3,405 and paid $2,586; for 24 services of 6 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
20242024652.54$18,857$2,586
20231717671.47$10,777$1,608
20222121681.36$12,184$2,010
20212526652.92$13,631$2,775
20202021752.18$11,733$2,573
20193434711.63$18,924$4,053
20183234692.80$18,810$3,343

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

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making14$2,188$156

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making11$1,662$151

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making14$2,078$148
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making19$1,922$101

2018: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making15$1,995$133
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making14$895$64

Medicaid work

$12,630 in 2024

Medicaid paid $12,630 for 96 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 22 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
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM80$12,496
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM16$134
Medicaid work by year
202496222$12,630
202337112$341
202112112$137
201915114$0
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM37$341

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM12$137

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM15$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$2,556

Pharmacies billed $2,556 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 8% of their Part D prescriptions (17 of 217) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

209 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,556 in drug cost · 55 antibiotic prescriptions to 51 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
Ofloxacin29$429$15
Fluticasone Propionate13$244$17
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$155$14
Ondansetron Odt14$88$6
Oxycodone11$65$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20242171748% (17)None$2,556
20232542046% (14)10%$3,710
20222141649% (20)7%$8,167
202118713516% (30)8%$4,303
20201721436% (11)17%$3,552
20192201869% (19)14%$3,951
20182371716% (13)14%$9,032
201718813515% (28)21%$7,010
201618914411% (20)11%$4,393
201515910715% (23)None$3,877
201418911011% (21)None$4,767
201323011113% (30)None$5,348

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Ciprofloxacin16$156$10
Cephalexin16$151$9
Tobramycin12$146$12
Ondansetron Odt21$128$6
Fluconazole17$105$6
Oxycodone12$71$6

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Cefpodoxime Proxetil12$421$35
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim14$158$11
Ondansetron Odt22$139$6
Cephalexin11$114$10
Fluconazole12$76$6

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Ondansetron Odt17$113$7
Cephalexin12$111$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$87$7

2020: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Ciprofloxacin20$273$14
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro13$201$15
Ondansetron Odt12$119$10
Fluconazole14$101$7

2019: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Ventolin Hfa11$530$48
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim31$370$12
Ondansetron Odt17$181$11
Cephalexin14$119$8
Fluconazole11$88$8
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$77$6

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16$305$19
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim21$247$12
Ondansetron Odt19$165$9
Cephalexin13$147$11

2017: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Ventolin Hfa15$748$50
Ondansetron Odt15$196$13
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim16$159$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$139$9
Cephalexin12$128$11
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen13$108$8

2016: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Cephalexin47$443$9
Ondansetron Odt20$205$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14$196$14
Ciprofloxacin12$123$10

2015: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Cephalexin28$264$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$142$11

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Cephalexin14$131$9

2013: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Ondansetron Odt20$257$13
Cephalexin23$225$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$160$13
Tamoxifen Citrate16$104$7

Money from drug and device companies

$14 in 2019

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
PfizerChantix$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Chantix · 2019-02-02 · $14
See the published payment
Every published payment
PfizerMeals · 2019-02-02Chantix$14

Professional record

NPI
1912036377
Licence
AZ 36089
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
700 Lawrence Expy, Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital Dept. 100, 1st Floor, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
NPI first listed
2007-03-03
NPI last updated
2021-12-14

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.