Dr. Scott K. Kuwada, MD

  • Honolulu, HI
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1407946015PAC ID3678533478
Medicare services, 2024
134
Medicare patients, 2024
154
Part D claims, 2024
333
Publications
17
MIPS score, 2024
97
Practice address
1301 Punchbowl St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Practice phone
Call (808) 538-9011
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Primary practice

The Queen's Medical Center

Hospital · Honolulu, Hawaii

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Dr. Scott K. Kuwada is a gastroenterologist in Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Kuwada practices at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of The Queen's Health Systems.

Dr. Kuwada's NPI, 1407946015, was assigned on October 13, 2006. Dr. Kuwada holds Hawaii license 10847.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678533478
NPI enumeration date
October 13, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(808) 538-9011
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
64
Medical school graduation
1988

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada practices at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Kuwada's primary practice is The Queen's Medical Center, at 1301 Punchbowl St, Honolulu, HI 96813 in Honolulu County. The practice phone is (808) 538-9011.

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Dr. Scott K. Kuwada is affiliated with 1 site of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Kuwada's primary practice is The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of The Queen's Health Systems. The medical group on file is The Queen's Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kuwada to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Queen's Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Scott K. Kuwada is one of 76 gastroenterologists in Hawaii

Gastroenterology is Dr. Kuwada's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Kuwada is licensed in Hawaii.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, HawaiiPrimaryLicense 10847 · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Kuwada

Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada billed Medicare for 134 services in 2024

CMS data shows 134 Medicare services from Dr. Kuwada across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 154 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,439 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024134
Medicare patients154
Paid by Medicare$9,439
Procedure codes4

Dr. Kuwada's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1232024: 6845%
Surgery
2023: 722024: 668%

Dr. Kuwada compared with the Hawaii median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kuwada
  • Hawaii median
Medicare services
134vs 30155% below
Medicare patients
154vs 1709% below
Part D claims
277vs 3008% below

Medians across 72 gastroenterologists in Hawaii with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kuwada's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada treated 154 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 154 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kuwada in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 75 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.51, 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. Kuwada's median patient age at 71, with 44% women.

Medicare patients, 2024154
Average age74
Average risk score1.51

Dr. Kuwada's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Kuwada's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7146%
  • Men8354%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Kuwada's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Chronic kidney disease40%
  5. Diabetes38%
  6. Ischemic heart disease27%
  7. Osteoporosis23%
  8. Atrial fibrillation19%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Kuwada's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women44%
  • Men56%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada wrote 333 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kuwada wrote 333 Medicare Part D claims for 114 patients. 73% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 277 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $840,646 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 315 claims across 10 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024333
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$840,646
Part D patients114

Dr. Kuwada's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic243 claims73%
  • Brand-name90 claims27%

Dr. Kuwada's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kuwada's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics6%19 of 333 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3152024: 27712%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 10 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Kuwada for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Kuwada accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Kuwada's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 97of 100Final score
  • 89.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Scott K. Kuwada has 17 publications on record

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Kuwada, published from 2012 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Antineoplastic Agents, Colorectal Neoplasms and Hawaii. Dr. Kuwada's most frequent co-authors are Randall W. Burt, MD, Matthew Kent Topham, MD and Kristi T. Lopez, MD.

Papers17
Years published2012 to 2024

Dr. Kuwada's papers by year, 2012 to 2024

Topics Dr. Kuwada writes about most

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Hawaii
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Acrylonitrile
  • Apoptosis
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Cell Line, Tumor

Dr. Kuwada's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Kuwada

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada received $1,824 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 75 general payments to Dr. Kuwada from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $522.

General payments to Dr. Kuwada by program year, 2016 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Kuwada the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's NPI number?

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's NPI number is 1407946015. It was assigned on October 13, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada?

Dr. Scott K. Kuwada is a gastroenterologist in Honolulu, Hawaii. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada practice?

Dr. Kuwada practices at 1301 Punchbowl St, Honolulu, HI 96813. Dr. Kuwada's primary practice is The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of The Queen's Health Systems. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kuwada to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kuwada is (808) 538-9011.

What is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's medical license number?

Dr. Kuwada holds Hawaii license 10847.

Which hospitals is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada affiliated with?

Dr. Kuwada practices at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

What medical group is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada part of?

Dr. Kuwada is linked to The Queen's Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Kuwada to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kuwada billed Medicare for 134 services in 2024, and Dr. Kuwada accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Scott K. Kuwada's MIPS score?

Dr. Kuwada's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada see?

CMS counts 154 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kuwada in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kuwada's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: digestive system (43239) and surgery: digestive system (45380).

What drugs does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kuwada's most prescribed drugs by claims were Omeprazole, Famotidine and Peg 3350-Electrolyte.

Has Dr. Scott K. Kuwada received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,824 in general payments to Dr. Kuwada from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Scott K. Kuwada been practicing?

Dr. Kuwada graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.

Does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada do research?

Dmand AI links 17 publications to Dr. Kuwada, published from 2012 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Scott K. Kuwada publish with?

Dr. Kuwada's most frequent co-authors are Randall W. Burt, MD (3 shared papers), Matthew Kent Topham, MD (2 shared papers) and Kristi T. Lopez, MD (1 shared paper).

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