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Aung Zaw Lin, DO

Infectious Disease · Mountain View

NPI 1124521935

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
3
3 carriers
Offices
4

Offices

4 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: 757662 · El Camino Health. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

3 plans · 3 carriers

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3 of 3 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

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.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 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.

Every scored measure at El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$50,180

Medicare paid this office $50,180 for 183 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 minutes75$16,389$101
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes80$11,367$140
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes56$6,304$66
Long return visit (40+ min)26$5,646$166
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,805$200
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes75$16,389$101
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes80$11,367$140
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes56$6,304$66
Long return visit (40+ min)26$5,646$166
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,805$200
Return visit (30+ min)19$2,224$111
Telephone or internet assessment with verbal and written report by consulting physician, 11-20 minutes11$238$22

Who their Medicare patients are

183 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 10% · 85 and older 27% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 33% · Health risk score 3.01. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 3.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 56% · Chronic kidney disease 51% · Coronary heart disease 49% · Heart failure 43% · Depression 39% · Atrial fibrillation 38% · COPD 30% · Dementia 28% · Cancer 23% · Stroke 21%.

The office billed $305,272, Medicare allowed $64,391 and paid $50,180; for 481 services of 19 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
2024183481773.01$305,272$50,180
2023115373762.44$275,768$36,502

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: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes50$12,960$100
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes53$7,846$145
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes36$4,905$66
New patient visit (60+ min)16$3,015$188
Prolonged hospital inpatient or observation care evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by th12$460$26
Telephone or internet assessment with verbal and written report by consulting physician, 11-20 minutes13$386$30

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$116,391

Pharmacies billed $116,391 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 96) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical infectious disease clinician is at 0%.

81 generic and 15 brand-name prescriptions · $116,391 in drug cost · 60 antibiotic prescriptions to 17 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
Vancomycin13$1,459$112
Ceftriaxone12$253$21

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202496290% (0)16%$116,391
2023275270% (0)None$253,133
2022321210% (0)34%$257,137
202110638NoneNone$32,826
202017865NoneNone$9,457
2019242760% (0)None$11,329
2018115590% (0)None$5,381

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Biktarvy16$58,692$3,668
Tivicay15$35,057$2,337
Descovy13$30,840$2,372
Fluconazole17$2,305$136
Atorvastatin15$351$23
Rosuvastatin11$304$28
Benazepril11$228$21
Omeprazole13$220$17
Amlodipine Besylate16$199$12

2022: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Triumeq19$69,221$3,643
Tivicay21$44,197$2,105
Dovato11$31,508$2,864
Descovy12$25,260$2,105
Cefepime12$6,641$553
Lamivudine13$725$56
Fluconazole12$635$53
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$339$31
Omeprazole15$240$16
Atorvastatin26$200$8
Amlodipine Besylate25$39$2
Famotidine12$24$2

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Atorvastatin11$106$10

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Amlodipine Besylate13$131$10

2019: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Atorvastatin13$303$23
Lisinopril14$162$12
Amlodipine Besylate14$127$9
Metoprolol13$108$8

Money from drug and device companies

$353 in 2025

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Abbott LaboratoriesAmplatzer Amulet$200
1 payment
  • Meals for Amplatzer Amulet · 2025-03-14 · $200
Cordis USMynx Control Venous$89
1 payment
  • Meals for Mynx Control Venous · 2025-04-28 · $89
Gilead SciencesNone$36
2 payments
  • Meals · 2025-08-06 · $21
  • Meals · 2025-07-07 · $16
Paratek PharmaceuticalsNuzyra$27
1 payment
  • Meals for Nuzyra · 2025-09-29 · $27
See all 5 published payments
Every published payment
Paratek PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-09-29Nuzyra$27
Gilead SciencesMeals · 2025-08-06None$21
Gilead SciencesMeals · 2025-07-07None$16
Cordis USMeals · 2025-04-28Mynx Control Venous$89
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-03-14Amplatzer Amulet$200

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
86.1 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1124521935
Licence
CA 20A17768
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RI0200X (207RI0200X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2018-03-18
NPI last updated
2024-08-27
NPI record certified
2024-08-27

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