Dr. Karla Talavera, MD

Dr. Talavera practices at Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Talavera's NPI, 1417377607, was assigned on April 26, 2014. Dr. Talavera graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago in 2014. Dr. Talavera holds Washington license MD61176251.

Dr. Talavera's primary practice is Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital, at 420 34th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301 in Kern County. The practice phone is (661) 327-1792.

Dr. Talavera's primary practice is Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Talavera is also affiliated with Sage Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Concentra Urgent Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Talavera to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Talavera practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Talavera's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Talavera is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Talavera's licenses on file in 5 states: Washington, Arizona, California, Idaho and Kentucky.

Dmand AI lists acute diabetes, cardiac arrhythmia, cellulitis, chronic hypertension, congestive heart failure, electrolyte disorders, gastrointestinal bleeding and gastrointestinal infection among the conditions Dr. Talavera treats.

CMS data shows 461 Medicare services from Dr. Talavera across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 163 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $38,289 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 163 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Talavera in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 50 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.47, 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. Talavera's median patient age at 65, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Talavera wrote 254 Medicare Part D claims for 109 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 47 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $294 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 90 claims across 6 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Talavera, published from 2011 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Apoptosis, Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins. Dr. Talavera's most frequent co-authors are Jon Persichino, DO and Made Sutjita, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Talavera from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $30.

Dr. Talavera graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago in 2014.

Dr. Talavera is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.