Dr. Maria T. Taitano, MD

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

Dr. Taitano's NPI, 1083818116, was assigned on June 13, 2007. Dr. Taitano graduated from John A. Burns School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Taitano holds California license G55303.

Dr. Taitano'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. Taitano'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 tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Taitano practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Taitano's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Taitano is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Taitano is licensed in California.

Dmand AI lists chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease and tobacco use among the conditions Dr. Taitano treats.

CMS data shows 17 Medicare services from Dr. Taitano across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 59 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $100 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 59 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Taitano in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 25 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 63% have high cholesterol. 41% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.99, 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. Taitano's median patient age at 64, with 63% women.

In 2024, Dr. Taitano wrote 3,848 Medicare Part D claims for 661 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,719 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,351,992 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,265 claims across 33 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Taitano, published from 2020 to 2023. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated and Patient Readmission. Dr. Taitano's most frequent co-authors are Sandra Y. Koyama, MD, Eric Anthony Lee, MD and Huong Quynh Nguyen, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Taitano to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Cardiovascular Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Taitano from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $227.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Taitano, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Dr. Taitano graduated from John A. Burns School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Taitano is a member of ACC.

Dr. Taitano is in network with 2 carriers, including Kaiser Permanente and CMS Medicare. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.