Paul R Waldron, MD

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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-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

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 A120662 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2027-08-31 · Johns Hopkins 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-San JoseSan Jose, 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 · 66% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.258	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.89 (0.43 to 1.34)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.2 · 27 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	11.6 · 271 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3.8 · 2,952 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	4 · 48 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	1	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.843	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.88	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.611	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	15 · 171 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.9 · 571 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	147.1 · 28 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	21 · 639 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.6 · 48 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.7 · 157 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	2
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	2
Discharge information	3
Overall hospital rating	2
Quietness	1
Recommend hospital	3

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Room was "always" clean	71%
Nurses "always" communicated well	70%
Doctors "always" communicated well	79%
Staff "always" explained	54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	61%
Staff "always" explained new medications	67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	67%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	78%
"Always" quiet at night	37%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	66%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	85%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$3,437

Medicare paid this office $3,437 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 65 · Under 65 52% · Health risk score 4.97. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 3.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 74% · Chronic kidney disease 57% · Heart failure 48%.

The office billed $7,746, Medicare allowed $4,535 and paid $3,437; for 43 services of 9 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	23	43	65	4.97	$7,746	$3,437
2023	23	52	68	4.52	$7,665	$4,080
2022	14	63	66	3.35	$6,858	$3,428
2021	14	45	63	2.31	$5,576	$3,032
2020	11	25	71	2.23	$3,116	$1,318
2019	13	21	64	4.62	$3,931	$1,296
2018	21	39	64	3.91	$7,569	$2,297
2017	17	25	68	1.73	$4,993	$1,571
2016	48	91	72	4.14	$28,319	$7,830
2015	84	252	71	3.02	$81,551	$22,616

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.

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2023: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	13	$1,212	$71

2017: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	13	$927	$58

2016: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Long return visit (40+ min)	11	$1,109	$92

2015: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	30	$6,998	$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	26	$4,832	$179
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	38	$2,592	$66
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	16	$1,493	$65
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	12	$1,468	$122
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	16	$768	$35

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,542,484

Pharmacies billed $1,542,484 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 1,070) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 0%.

845 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,542,484 in drug cost · 410 antibiotic prescriptions to 133 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Biktarvy	69	$540,675	$7,836
Nuzyra	14	$218,365	$15,598
Odefsey	15	$117,549	$7,837
Thalomid	11	$83,567	$7,597
Amoxicillin	52	$3,267	$63

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Biktarvy	69	$540,675	$7,836
Nuzyra	14	$218,365	$15,598
Odefsey	15	$117,549	$7,837
Thalomid	11	$83,567	$7,597
Amoxicillin	52	$3,267	$63
Vancomycin	12	$2,902	$242
Rifampin	24	$2,865	$119
Doxycycline Monohydrate	70	$2,723	$39
Voriconazole	22	$2,158	$98
Cephalexin	45	$2,140	$48
Linezolid	43	$2,111	$49
Menveo A-C-Y-W-135-Dip	12	$1,812	$151
Cefpodoxime Proxetil	14	$1,658	$118
Ethambutol	12	$1,395	$116
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	30	$1,372	$46
Fluconazole	29	$1,203	$41
Ciprofloxacin	34	$689	$20
Azithromycin	24	$656	$27
Levofloxacin	21	$266	$13
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide	21	$253	$12
Atorvastatin	25	$242	$10
Amlodipine Besylate	20	$218	$11
Levothyroxine	13	$211	$16
Tamsulosin	11	$165	$15
Famotidine	13	$141	$11
Metoprolol	13	$135	$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim	12	$108	$9
Furosemide	12	$105	$9
Meloxicam	13	$80	$6

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	1,070	191	0% (0)	None	$1,542,484
2023	864	152	None	None	$1,150,780
2022	697	109	None	None	$794,471
2021	630	96	None	28%	$827,418
2020	552	87	0% (0)	28%	$745,909
2019	592	101	None	32%	$946,520
2018	730	127	0% (0)	39%	$769,531
2017	650	103	None	39%	$529,737
2016	218	57	None	26%	$107,806
2015	165	39	None	None	$96,598
2014	29	None	None	None	$9,402
2013	110	28	None	15%	$15,430

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

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2023: 23 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Biktarvy	54	$415,845	$7,701
Thalomid	12	$101,802	$8,483
Odefsey	17	$80,249	$4,721
Tivicay	14	$28,264	$2,019
Rifampin	21	$2,764	$132
Amoxicillin	40	$1,976	$49
Ethambutol	19	$1,788	$94
Lamivudine	13	$1,726	$133
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	30	$1,147	$38
Doxycycline Monohydrate	28	$1,099	$39
Cephalexin	24	$954	$40
Linezolid	11	$825	$75
Fluconazole	34	$786	$23
Azithromycin	18	$577	$32
Ciprofloxacin	35	$508	$15
Atorvastatin	37	$364	$10
Levofloxacin	15	$335	$22
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide	25	$244	$10
Levothyroxine	13	$240	$18
Lisinopril	11	$128	$12
Hydrochlorothiazide	11	$125	$11
Famotidine	11	$118	$11
Amlodipine Besylate	19	$112	$6

2022: 19 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Biktarvy	39	$296,892	$7,613
Odefsey	19	$69,877	$3,678
Tivicay	19	$45,138	$2,376
Rifampin	35	$4,762	$136
Ethambutol	23	$2,093	$91
Fluconazole	17	$1,742	$102
Azithromycin	27	$1,094	$41
Doxycycline Monohydrate	19	$898	$47
Amoxicillin	19	$812	$43
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	16	$549	$34
Cephalexin	14	$508	$36
Levothyroxine	17	$385	$23
Levofloxacin	15	$295	$20
Atorvastatin	28	$258	$9
Famotidine	17	$217	$13
Lisinopril	14	$163	$12
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide	20	$163	$8
Hydrochlorothiazide	13	$149	$11
Amlodipine Besylate	21	$127	$6

2021: 17 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Biktarvy	26	$206,270	$7,933
Triumeq	13	$101,289	$7,791
Odefsey	22	$64,712	$2,941
Tivicay	23	$48,467	$2,107
Intelence	11	$35,513	$3,228
Rifampin	25	$8,508	$340
Fluconazole	24	$2,440	$102
Voriconazole	11	$1,850	$168
Ethambutol	15	$1,202	$80
Amoxicillin	25	$982	$39
Azithromycin	14	$889	$63
Cephalexin	19	$847	$45
Doxycycline Monohydrate	20	$739	$37
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	14	$531	$38
Atorvastatin	32	$299	$9
Ciprofloxacin	12	$255	$21
Amlodipine Besylate	14	$92	$7

2020: 17 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Biktarvy	20	$163,267	$8,163
Tivicay	19	$50,447	$2,655
Intelence	11	$46,946	$4,268
Prezcobix	12	$45,985	$3,832
Descovy	11	$35,001	$3,182
Odefsey	11	$30,590	$2,781
Rifampin	19	$4,923	$259
Fluconazole	16	$1,986	$124
Cephalexin	33	$1,517	$46
Amoxicillin	35	$1,378	$39
Ethambutol	14	$1,154	$82
Lactulose	16	$605	$38
Azithromycin	15	$570	$38
Ciprofloxacin	14	$382	$27
Mupirocin	12	$249	$21
Atorvastatin	21	$239	$11
Chlorhexidine Gluconate	13	$158	$12

2019: 17 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Triumeq	15	$126,236	$8,416
Biktarvy	13	$98,976	$7,614
Odefsey	12	$93,244	$7,770
Descovy	15	$65,709	$4,381
Dificid	12	$58,286	$4,857
Intelence	13	$57,321	$4,409
Prezcobix	11	$52,814	$4,801
Prezista	11	$46,494	$4,227
Xifaxan	11	$24,563	$2,233
Rifampin	27	$4,902	$182
Fluconazole	20	$3,000	$150
Voriconazole	11	$1,553	$141
Doxycycline Monohydrate	24	$1,220	$51
Lactulose	32	$809	$25
Amoxicillin	18	$705	$39
Cephalexin	19	$417	$22
Atorvastatin	15	$324	$22

2018: 24 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Triumeq	23	$148,064	$6,438
Odefsey	19	$102,497	$5,395
Descovy	19	$72,313	$3,806
Tivicay	22	$64,788	$2,945
Genvoya	14	$48,871	$3,491
Prezista	15	$40,143	$2,676
Xifaxan	17	$35,968	$2,116
Voriconazole	14	$7,861	$562
Fluconazole	33	$4,953	$150
Vancomycin	14	$4,903	$350
Ritonavir	16	$2,394	$150
Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters	11	$1,597	$145
Dapsone	14	$1,422	$102
Rifampin	19	$1,370	$72
Lactulose	33	$905	$27
Amoxicillin	30	$791	$26
Doxycycline Monohydrate	17	$689	$41
Cephalexin	21	$686	$33
Azithromycin	18	$579	$32
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass	13	$501	$39
Atorvastatin	18	$390	$22
Ciprofloxacin	13	$370	$28
Lisinopril	15	$218	$15
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim	13	$147	$11

2017: 21 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Odefsey	14	$78,313	$5,594
Triumeq	17	$77,485	$4,558
Tivicay	23	$67,691	$2,943
Descovy	19	$52,354	$2,755
Genvoya	12	$30,310	$2,526
Prezista	13	$28,590	$2,199
Voriconazole	11	$5,868	$533
Norvir	16	$4,757	$297
Fluconazole	26	$4,331	$167
Rifampin	27	$1,873	$69
Menveo A-C-Y-W-135-Dip	13	$1,534	$118
Dapsone	13	$1,375	$106
Ciprofloxacin	24	$1,119	$47
Amoxicillin	33	$963	$29
Lactulose	20	$660	$33
Cephalexin	14	$488	$35
Azithromycin	24	$429	$18
Atorvastatin	18	$350	$19
Levofloxacin	17	$245	$14
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim	16	$205	$13
Doxycycline Monohydrate	11	$201	$18

2016: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Atorvastatin	13	$115	$9

2015: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Complera	12	$26,464	$2,205
Atripla	12	$25,259	$2,105
Atorvastatin	15	$89	$6

2013: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Simvastatin	13	$104	$8

Professional record

NPI: 1962674283
Licence: CA A120662California A120662: Current · expires 2027-08-31
Trained: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2009
Group: Permanente Medical Group Inc
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207RI0200X (207RI0200X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2008-03-26
NPI last updated: 2015-07-28

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