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Lauren Ulsh, MD

Internal Medicine · Cleveland

NPI 1003443060

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
4
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
6 years
Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2020

Offices

1 location · The Metrohealth System · 1,150 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Metrohealth System · Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Ulsh’s office at (216) 778-7800 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A185415 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-06-30 · Ohio State University College of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Metrohealth SystemCleveland, OHAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of The Metrohealth SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.37 (1.03 to 1.7), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 17.85 (10.34 to 25.37) · 405 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 1.645, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.414, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.237, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Metrohealth System

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 3 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Metrohealth System
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.37 (1.03 to 1.7)WorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths17.85 (10.34 to 25.37) · 405 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.645WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.414BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.59 (0.6 to 2.58) · 825 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths197.98 (148.15 to 247.8) · 67 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8 · 102 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.7 · 67 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 265 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.1 · 244 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.8 · 293 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.4 · 3,734 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 4,189 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) · 4,080 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.23 (1.12 to 5.34) · 1,100 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.26 to 3.53) · 420 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.46 (0.97 to 3.95) · 1,052 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.51 (0.8 to 8.22) · 399 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 245 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths1.21 (0.5 to 1.92) · 4,005 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.7 · 57 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.613No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.613No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.028No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.476No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 178 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits23 · 904 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits40 · 64 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits66.2 · 300 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits39.7 · 250 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.6 · 649 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.4 (3.6 to 7.8) · 193 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.2 (7.5 to 13.7) · 193 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.4 · 66 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.2 · 29 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.1 · 384 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.3 (10.3 to 17.1) · 1,334 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.3 (1 to 1.7) · 480 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,359 patients answered, 23% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Metrohealth System
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness4
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Metrohealth System
Room was "always" clean64%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand69%
Doctors "always" listened carefully75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)73%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night61%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.178BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.237BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.79 (0 to 1.73) · 1,041 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.79 (0.5 to 1.08)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths145.81 (96.5 to 195.12) · 72 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.9 · 55 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.6 · 92 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 96 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 395 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 391 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 162 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 1,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 4,425 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.02 to 0.41) · 4,771 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.45 (1.46 to 5.44) · 1,403 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.5 (0.05 to 2.94) · 645 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.81 (0.38 to 3.24) · 1,279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.53 (3.2 to 13.85) · 639 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.15 (1.89 to 8.41) · 648 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 370 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.83) · 4,160 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 74 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.369No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.112No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.1 · 110 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.1 · 437 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-5.8 · 94 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-19.3 · 456 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 402 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.8 · 358 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.1 (7.5 to 13.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 46 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 92 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.4 (9.6 to 16.2) · 1,532 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 929 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,268 patients answered, 26% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully74%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$89,464

Medicare paid this office $89,464 for 340 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes196$46,732$104
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes153$15,199$99
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes120$15,036$68
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes70$10,519$150

Who their Medicare patients are

340 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 24% · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 34% · Health risk score 2.76. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 63% · Coronary heart disease 54% · Heart failure 47% · Diabetes 44% · Atrial fibrillation 42% · Depression 35% · COPD 32% · Dementia 28% · Cancer 26% · Stroke 22%.

The office billed $369,413, Medicare allowed $114,216 and paid $89,464; for 917 services of 10 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024340917772.76$369,413$89,464
2023141375772.65$155,921$38,491

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes83$20,330$104
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes63$6,586$103
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes36$5,535$154
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes42$4,911$70

Medicaid work

$1,580 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,580 for 32 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 15 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES32$1,580
Medicaid work by year
202432115$1,580

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$12,488

Pharmacies billed $12,488 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 8% of their Part D prescriptions (16 of 202) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

179 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $12,488 in drug cost · 24 antibiotic prescriptions to 22 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Metoprolol12$108$7
Oxycodone13$42$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024202958% (16)None$12,488
20231095310% (11)16%$12,284
20226629NoneNone$5,861
20217132NoneNone$8,110

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Professional record

NPI
1003443060
Licence
CA A185415California A185415: Current · expires 2027-06-30
Trained
Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2020 · 6 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2020-03-26
NPI last updated
2024-04-24
NPI record certified
2024-04-24

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.