Yvonne Louise Karanas, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 7
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
7 plans · 4 carriers
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7 of 7 plans
| Advantage Care (HMO) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Premier Care (HMO I-SNP) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Senior Care (HMO I-SNP) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A54575 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2027-09-30 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 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.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$12,269
Medicare paid this office $12,269 for 23 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
23 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 48% · Also on Medicaid 48% · Health risk score 1.96. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical plastic and reconstructive surgery clinician is at 1.21.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 61%.
The office billed $150,341, Medicare allowed $15,379 and paid $12,269; for 182 services of 20 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 | 23 | 182 | 72 | 1.96 | $150,341 | $12,269 |
| 2023 | 16 | 116 | 75 | 1.89 | $115,039 | $9,475 |
| 2022 | 20 | 123 | 70 | 1.67 | $99,940 | $9,542 |
| 2021 | 25 | 105 | 74 | 1.68 | $142,021 | $11,692 |
| 2020 | 31 | 107 | 71 | 2.18 | $74,873 | $5,511 |
| 2019 | 53 | 169 | 69 | 1.77 | $117,257 | $12,361 |
| 2016 | 52 | 223 | 69 | 1.61 | $131,667 | $16,499 |
| 2015 | 61 | 294 | 66 | 1.69 | $226,294 | $27,225 |
| 2014 | 46 | 267 | 63 | 1.93 | $189,354 | $23,807 |
| 2013 | 52 | 268 | 64 | 2.20 | $130,974 | $19,895 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,327 | $78 |
2019: 1 service
| Short return visit | 18 | $696 | $23 |
2016: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 16 | $1,410 | $34 |
| Short return visit | 26 | $1,093 | $19 |
2015: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 25 | $2,444 | $33 |
| Short return visit | 27 | $983 | $20 |
2014: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 16 | $1,319 | $34 |
| Short return visit | 20 | $502 | $21 |
2013: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $1,585 | $33 |
| Short return visit | 20 | $420 | $18 |
Medicaid work
$12,520 in 2024
Medicaid paid $12,520 for 104 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 23 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 | 104 | $12,520 |
| 2024 | 104 | 1 | 23 | $12,520 |
| 2023 | 32 | 1 | 15 | $1,091 |
| 2022 | 64 | 1 | 15 | $2,182 |
| 2021 | 142 | 3 | 19 | $2,155 |
| 2020 | 221 | 3 | 31 | $4,760 |
| 2019 | 218 | 2 | 20 | $3,906 |
| 2018 | 162 | 3 | 20 | $4,338 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Service | 32 | $1,091 |
2022
| Service | 64 | $2,182 |
2021
| Service | 32 | $1,091 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 64 | $716 |
| Short return visit | 46 | $348 |
2020
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 149 | $2,807 |
| Service | 38 | $1,296 |
| Short return visit | 34 | $657 |
2019
| Service | 72 | $2,455 |
| Short return visit | 146 | $1,451 |
2018
| Service | 92 | $3,137 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 20 | $639 |
| Short return visit | 50 | $562 |
Money from drug and device companies
$14 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| ConvaTec | Aquacel Foam | $14 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| ConvaTec | Meals · 2025-02-21 | Aquacel Foam | $14 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1952485120
- Licence
- CA A54575California A54575: Current · expires 2027-09-30
- Trained
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1994
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A545750
- Taxonomy
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery (2086S0122X)
- Mailing address
- 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128
- NPI first listed
- 2006-10-24
- NPI last updated
- 2007-09-13
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.