Dr. Steven Kang, MD

Dr. Kang practices at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Kang's NPI, 1851320162, was assigned on June 30, 2006. Dr. Kang graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1996. Dr. Kang holds California license A72811.

Dr. Kang's primary practice is Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, at 350 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609 in Alameda County. The practice phone is (510) 655-4000.

Dr. Kang's primary practice is Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Kang is also affiliated with Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kang to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kang practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Clinical cardiac electrophysiology is Dr. Kang's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0001X. Dr. Kang is board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Kang's licenses on file in 3 states: California, District of Columbia and Virginia.

Dmand AI lists atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, heart blockage, intermittent racing heartbeat (PSVT), pacemaker or defibrillator implantation, pacemaker replacement, sick sinus syndrome and ventricular tachycardia among the conditions Dr. Kang treats.

CMS data shows 3,599 Medicare services from Dr. Kang across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 890 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $263,821 for them.

CMS counts 890 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kang in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 396 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.71, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kang's median patient age at 71, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kang wrote 2,343 Medicare Part D claims for 411 patients. 66% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,180 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $936,762 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,909 claims across 33 drugs.

Dr. Kang accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kang as offering telehealth. CMS counts 79 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Kang, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kang in 2021. Dr. Kang's most frequent co-authors are Alexandru I. Costea, MD, Westby G. Fisher, MD and Brett Andrew Gidney, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Kang to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Heart Failure, Heart Diseases and Atrial Fibrillation. Boston Scientific Corporation sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 993 general payments to Dr. Kang from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $520,235.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Kang, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Kang graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1996.

Dr. Kang is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.