Smita V. Gavaskar, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Santa Clara, CA
Smita V. Gavaskar, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Santa Clara, California, and NPI 1275605073, issued on Nov 15, 2006. Check the license (California A62480, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Smita V. Gavaskar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A62480 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 900 Kiely Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051
- Phone
- (408) 236-6400
- Enumerated
- Nov 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 00A624800 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Smita V. Gavaskar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A62480Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
236 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Tartrate19 claims
- Furosemide16 claims
- Clopidogrel13 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl12 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium11 claims
- Lisinopril11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Smita V. Gavaskar among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Smita V. Gavaskar, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 81% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
41 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Santa Clara
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Common questions
What is Smita V. Gavaskar, MD's NPI number?
Smita V. Gavaskar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275605073, issued on Nov 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Smita V. Gavaskar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 900 Kiely Blvd, Santa Clara, CA, 95051. Phone: (408) 236-6400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Smita V. Gavaskar, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A62480, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Smita V. Gavaskar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Smita V. Gavaskar, MD had 236 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.