Kai Xu, MD
Hospital Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clinical Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2010
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Medical Informatics Association, National
- Society of Hospital Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Xu K, Hardin K, Lenox-Riccelli D, Amin AN Insulin icodec: A once-weekly basal insulin on the horizon for diabetes management with implications for hospital care transitions , Health Sciences Review, 18: 2026
Xu K, Renzi N, Serafin LR Iterative Interventions to Improve Admission Medication Reconciliation Completion Rates and Reduce Medication Errors at Post-Acute Care Facilities , Patient Safety, 7(2): 2025
Xu K A Hospitalist Led Initiative to Improve Medication Reconciliation on Admission , J Hosp Med, 19(S1): 2024,246
Xu K, McGreevey III JD, Betesh J Propagation of an Insidious Error through an EHR Documentation Shortcut , J Hosp Med, 18(S1): 2023,352
McCrea N, Xu K, McGreevey III JD Preparing for Electronic Provider Documentation: A Survey of Physician Preferences about Dictation and Speech Recognition Capabilities at an Academic Medical Center , J Hosp Med, 9(S2): 2014
Baillie CA, Goren EN, Jacob J, Patel N, Umscheid CA, Xu KT ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research , The Hospitalist: 2013
Xu K, Bankova L A Rare Case of Persistent Otitis Media and Epiglottitis , J Gen Intern Med, 25(S3): 2010,484
Xu K Rapid and Massive Thrombosis following Initiation of Warfarin in a Hypercoagulable Patient , J Hosp Med, 5(S1): 2010,196
Xu K Uncontrolled Diabetes after Discontinuation of Methotrexate , J Hosp Med, 5(S1): 2010,196