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Vishali C. Shah, PA

Physician Assistant · Stanford

NPI 1982741864

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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.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$41,635

Medicare paid this office $41,635 for 161 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)59$14,614$139
Long return visit (40+ min)76$13,129$103
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity26$6,287$233
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity19$3,067$146
New patient visit (60+ min)13$1,521$117
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)59$14,614$139
Long return visit (40+ min)76$13,129$103
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity26$6,287$233
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity19$3,067$146
New patient visit (60+ min)13$1,521$117
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's30$431$13
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's19$343$13

Who their Medicare patients are

161 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 19% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 37% · Health risk score 1.80. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 52% · Coronary heart disease 45% · Chronic kidney disease 44% · Diabetes 42% · Atrial fibrillation 34% · Cancer 19% · Depression 18% · COPD 17% · Stroke 14% · Dementia 13%.

The office billed $212,844, Medicare allowed $54,428 and paid $41,635; for 376 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.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024161376761.80$212,844$41,635
2023128198761.87$124,642$22,251
2022213267781.83$72,025$18,565
2021359475771.96$164,750$42,100
2020222301762.04$86,819$21,735
20192427751.82$3,495$2,301
2017434607742.24$170,076$39,733
20168293732.13$26,532$6,503

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)72$11,651$108
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity38$5,583$147
New patient visit (60+ min)30$3,818$127
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or14$337$24

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)191$15,066$65
Long return visit (40+ min)11$1,246$113

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)337$39,910$90

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)113$10,521$84
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes74$7,335$79
Telephone or internet assessment with verbal and written report by consulting physician, 21-30 minutes37$1,820$42
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes14$810$58

2019: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,194$85

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Long return visit (40+ min)272$25,073$77
Return visit (30+ min)149$8,398$51
Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity42$3,239$77
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity11$1,259$114
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only48$291$6

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)39$2,476$56
Long return visit (40+ min)27$2,158$80
Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity11$868$79

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$65,826

Pharmacies billed $65,826 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 657) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

601 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $65,826 in drug cost.

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
Jardiance24$20,327$847
Eliquis15$18,489$1,233
Atorvastatin103$1,874$18
Rosuvastatin61$1,153$19
Metoprolol91$1,146$13
See all 15 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Jardiance24$20,327$847
Eliquis15$18,489$1,233
Atorvastatin103$1,874$18
Rosuvastatin61$1,153$19
Metoprolol91$1,146$13
Bumetanide11$642$58
Ezetimibe23$336$15
Losartan46$330$7
Amlodipine Besylate40$312$8
Clopidogrel18$246$14
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er11$181$16
Spironolactone15$144$10
Carvedilol26$136$5
Furosemide30$136$5
Lisinopril18$59$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20246571320% (0)None$65,826
20233111210% (0)11%$41,725
20226962400% (0)14%$137,938
2021570216None19%$87,184
20203231390% (0)20%$50,344
2019204620% (0)None$9,434
2018444136NoneNone$36,519
2017775213NoneNone$46,855
20167045None20%$3,342
201584320% (0)None$5,157
2014127480% (0)15%$4,919
201325056NoneNone$16,647

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Atorvastatin47$1,030$22
Metoprolol40$1,025$26
Rosuvastatin31$890$29
Amlodipine Besylate29$428$15
Carvedilol14$303$22
Clopidogrel12$253$21
Losartan14$181$13
Furosemide16$127$8
Lisinopril14$61$4

2022: 17 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Xarelto32$49,496$1,547
Eliquis25$35,958$1,438
Potassium Chloride22$3,129$142
Metoprolol81$1,704$21
Rosuvastatin29$1,500$52
Bumetanide18$1,340$74
Atorvastatin72$1,021$14
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er20$682$34
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)17$623$37
Carvedilol26$400$15
Amlodipine Besylate33$269$8
Clopidogrel12$266$22
Lisinopril37$250$7
Losartan16$181$11
Furosemide31$176$6
Spironolactone14$117$8
Metoprolol21$75$4

2021: 18 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Xarelto22$25,536$1,161
Eliquis29$21,354$736
Brilinta11$9,432$857
Bumetanide34$1,809$53
Metoprolol48$1,055$22
Rosuvastatin17$1,042$61
Potassium Chloride19$980$52
Atorvastatin39$844$22
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er20$549$27
Carvedilol40$468$12
Furosemide28$332$12
Losartan21$301$14
Hydralazine15$268$18
Lisinopril21$176$8
Amlodipine Besylate30$152$5
Spironolactone11$106$10
Hydrochlorothiazide15$79$5
Metoprolol12$74$6

2020: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Eliquis28$18,094$646
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er12$508$42
Atorvastatin30$440$15
Rosuvastatin12$363$30
Metoprolol15$352$23
Hydralazine12$345$29
Carvedilol21$277$13
Losartan16$150$9
Amlodipine Besylate25$114$5
Metoprolol12$69$6
Furosemide11$41$4

2019: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Atorvastatin39$612$16
Metoprolol13$357$27
Carvedilol19$319$17
Lisinopril17$184$11

2018: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Eliquis12$9,816$818
Novolog Flexpen12$6,623$552
Atorvastatin61$1,125$18
Metoprolol31$1,116$36
Nifedipine Er11$735$67
Nitroglycerin11$496$45
Clopidogrel35$453$13
Potassium Chloride14$345$25
Furosemide33$299$9
Lisinopril37$273$7
Carvedilol28$247$9
Amlodipine Besylate17$217$13
Simvastatin11$131$12
Losartan21$129$6

2017: 17 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Eliquis18$12,846$714
Xarelto11$4,169$379
Metoprolol71$2,387$34
Nitroglycerin18$1,285$71
Atorvastatin49$1,128$23
Nifedipine Er18$741$41
Furosemide88$638$7
Potassium Chloride30$638$21
Clopidogrel33$574$17
Lisinopril58$467$8
Hydralazine18$461$26
Carvedilol46$447$10
Amlodipine Besylate54$376$7
Pantoprazole12$171$14
Hydrochlorothiazide19$146$8
Losartan21$142$7
Simvastatin11$105$10

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Metoprolol12$243$20

2013: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Hydralazine11$566$51
Carvedilol22$205$9
Amlodipine Besylate24$126$5
Warfarin12$110$9
Clopidogrel13$109$8
Lisinopril13$78$6

Money from drug and device companies

$370 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202533None$370
202422None$106
202311None$115

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Opdivo$128
1 payment
  • Meals for Opdivo · 2025-02-11 · $128
Novartis PharmaceuticalsLeqvio$125
1 payment
  • Meals for Leqvio · 2025-08-28 · $125
Novo NordiskNone$117
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-04-29 · $117
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-08-28Leqvio$125
Novo NordiskMeals · 2025-04-29None$117
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Meals · 2025-02-11Opdivo$128
See earlier years (2024, 2023)

2024: $106

Payments by company in 2024
Novo NordiskNone$86
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-03-05 · $86
Esperion TherapeuticsNexletol$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Nexletol · 2024-10-02 · $20

2023: $115

Payments by company in 2023
AmgenRepatha$115
1 payment
  • Meals for Repatha · 2023-03-14 · $115

Professional record

NPI
1982741864
Licence
CA 55362, IL 385002941
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, medical (363AM0700X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-01-31
NPI last updated
2025-12-23
NPI record certified
2025-12-23

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