Didi Stephanie Ihuoma Odinkemelu, MD
Anesthesiology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Hospitals listed: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster, TXAcute Care Hospital · Proprietary · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of HCA Healthcare, which runs 185 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 60% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 15.64 (9.67 to 21.61) · 679 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.157, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.269, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.12, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 6 the same, 2 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 15.64 (9.67 to 21.61) · 679 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.157 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.269 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.12 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.76 (0 to 1.69) · 1,279 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.78 to 1.35) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 142.32 (99.1 to 185.55) · 127 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 127 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 115 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.1 · 478 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.7 · 473 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 449 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 5,620 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.32) · 8,139 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.08 to 0.46) · 8,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.61 (1.66 to 5.57) · 1,923 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.58 (0.11 to 3.05) · 607 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.85 (0.49 to 3.22) · 1,906 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.36 (1.84 to 8.88) · 620 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.88 (0.44 to 3.33) · 374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.38 (0 to 0.94) · 6,812 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5 · 131 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.787 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 1.481 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.561 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 424 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 1,129 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -13.2 · 180 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 13.8 · 587 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 40 · 495 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.4 · 942 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.9 · 143 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.9 · 250 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 403 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.5 to 16.9) · 223 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) · 293 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,085 patients answered, 12% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 1 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained | 51% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 80% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 77% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 65% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 79% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 63% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 65% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 79% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 59% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 60% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 37% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,096
Medicare paid this office $5,096 for 30 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
30 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 50% · Health risk score 1.63. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 50% · Diabetes 47%.
The office billed $92,157, Medicare allowed $6,415 and paid $5,096; for 33 services of 18 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.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1114555646
- Trained
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2020
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2020-03-30
- NPI last updated
- 2025-12-01
- NPI record certified
- 2025-12-01
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 12222 Merit Dr Ste 600, Dallas, TX, 75251 · 3400 Spruce St Ste 680, Philadelphia, PA, 19104