Dr. Carol Sumi Murakami, MD

Dr. Murakami practices at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City, California, part of Kaiser Permanente.

Dr. Murakami's NPI, 1821085390, was assigned on September 30, 2005. Dr. Murakami graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Murakami's Oregon license number on file is CP204540.

Dr. Murakami's primary practice is Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, at 25825 South Vermont Avenue, Harbor City, CA 90710 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 325-5111.

Dr. Murakami's primary practice is Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City, California, part of Kaiser Permanente. The medical group on file is Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Murakami to 3 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Murakami practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Murakami's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Murakami is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Murakami's licenses on file in 5 states: Oregon, California, Washington, Illinois and Texas.

CMS data shows 61 Medicare services from Dr. Murakami across 3 procedure codes in 2021, for 11 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,576 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 11 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Murakami in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Murakami's median patient age at 58, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Murakami wrote 429 Medicare Part D claims for 160 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 306 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $15,674 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 210 claims across 8 drugs.

Dr. Murakami accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Murakami in 2002. The most frequent topics are Graft vs Host Disease, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Bilirubin. Dr. Murakami has published most often in Am J Gastroenterol. Dr. Murakami's most frequent co-authors are William Martens Lee, MD, George Allen Moninger, MD and Joseph Harry Antin, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Dr. Murakami from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International paid the most, $3,904. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $24,506 from 2017 to 2018.

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

Dr. Murakami graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1985.

Dr. Murakami is in network with 3 carriers, including Molina, AK State Medicaid and CMS Medicare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.