Alba Lara, MD
Psychiatry · Austin
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Tri-County Clinical · Harbor Health Medical Group
Hospitals listed: Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin · Yuma Regional Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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State licence records
1 licence
- Texas S5964Physician License · since 2020 · expires 2028-05-31ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin, TXAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Ascension Health, which runs 120 hospitals in 13 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.394, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.535, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.272, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Yuma Regional Medical CenterPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 63% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 223.03 (174.74 to 271.32) · 70 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.118, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 2 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.394 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.535 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.272 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.79 (0 to 1.74) · 1,006 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.83 (0.52 to 1.13) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 176.6 (129.95 to 223.24) · 71 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 50 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.4 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 245 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 16.4 · 264 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.5 · 193 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 2,596 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.15 (0 to 0.35) · 4,302 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.03 to 0.42) · 4,597 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.21 (1.2 to 5.21) · 1,471 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.35 (0 to 2.91) · 822 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.52 (1.08 to 3.96) · 1,370 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.44 (1.39 to 13.48) · 811 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.93 (0.73 to 7.14) · 792 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 347 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.55 (0 to 1.23) · 3,543 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 151 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.55 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.398 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.325 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 147 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 395 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 27.8 · 109 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 7.8 · 289 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -11.9 · 294 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 362 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.5 (3.5 to 8.7) · 36 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10.7 (7.3 to 15.6) · 36 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.9 · 181 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.3 · 50 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.2 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (9.3 to 17.5) · 43 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.3) · 163 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (447 patients answered, 14% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 81% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 65% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Yuma Regional Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 2 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 223.03 (174.74 to 271.32) · 70 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.118 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.49 (0.53 to 2.45) · 1,120 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.59 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 84 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 154 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13.4 · 302 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.3 · 456 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 17.2 · 627 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 16 · 296 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.8 · 3,722 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0 to 0.42) · 5,914 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.03 to 0.42) · 6,115 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.42 (0.37 to 4.48) · 1,577 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.43 (0 to 3.04) · 438 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.1 (0.65 to 3.55) · 1,494 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.77 (3.99 to 17.55) · 451 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.6 (1.75 to 9.45) · 415 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.63 (0.16 to 3.1) · 329 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.37 (0 to 1.06) · 4,890 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 26 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.765 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.901 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.621 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.825 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.4 · 405 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.8 · 661 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.4 · 291 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 36.5 · 506 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 7 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.9 · 939 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.3) · 327 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.8 to 15.8) · 327 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 12.3 · 93 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.1 · 216 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 14 (11.2 to 17.3) · 2,778 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.4) · 940 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,342 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 66% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 79% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 62% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 66% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 63% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 39% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$11,790
Medicare paid this office $11,790 for 49 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $3,668 | $60 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $1,814 | $113 |
| Therapy using electrical currents | 11 | $1,800 | $82 |
Who their Medicare patients are
49 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 60 · Under 65 49% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 43% · Health risk score 1.46. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.
Conditions among them: Depression 75% · High blood pressure 63% · Chronic kidney disease 29% · Diabetes 24% · Coronary heart disease 24% · Dementia 24%.
The office billed $47,959, Medicare allowed $15,309 and paid $11,790; for 150 services of 12 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.
Medicaid work
$11,356 in 2024
Medicaid paid $11,356 for 151 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 101 | $6,079 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 31 | $2,708 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 19 | $2,569 |
| 2024 | 151 | 3 | 21 | $11,356 |
| 2023 | 198 | 2 | 28 | $13,652 |
| 2022 | 68 | 3 | 15 | $3,546 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Return visit (30+ min) | 140 | $10,790 |
| Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an evaluation and management service (List separately in addition to the code for primary procedure) | 58 | $2,862 |
2022
| Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an evaluation and management service (List separately in addition to the code for primary procedure) | 31 | $1,469 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,411 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 20 | $666 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 82.4 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1073047767
- Licence
- TX S5964Texas S5964: Active
- Trained
- Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College of Medicine, 2017
- Group
- Tri-County Clinical · Harbor Health Medical Group
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Psychiatry (2084P0800X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 3501 Mills Ave, Ut Austin Dell Medical School Psychiatry, Austin, TX, 78731
- NPI first listed
- 2017-04-19
- NPI last updated
- 2022-04-08
- NPI record certified
- 2022-04-08
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 303 Bryant St, Mountain View, CA, 94041