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Sara Coleman Emrich, NP

Nurse Practitioner · Stanford

NPI 1154892149

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
Since medical school
15 years
Graduated 2011

Offices

1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care. 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.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
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)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$20,747

Medicare paid this office $20,747 for 158 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)98$13,936$100
Short return visit (20+ min)50$3,926$71
Short return visit13$679$42
Short return visit (20+ min)13$626$42

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure2021202220232024
Reprogramming of cerebrospinal fluid shunt–16––

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

158 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 49% · Also on Medicaid 18% · Health risk score 2.19. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 65% · Cancer 51% · Diabetes 27% · Chronic kidney disease 22% · Coronary heart disease 21% · Depression 21% · Stroke 15% · Heart failure 13% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · COPD 11% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $158,984, Medicare allowed $27,436 and paid $20,747; for 253 services of 7 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
2024158253722.19$158,984$20,747
2023137186732.06$89,877$9,359
2022111154742.11$68,725$8,119
20211820661.94$8,601$1,209

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)99$5,874$48
Return visit (30+ min)36$2,610$69

2022: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)74$4,025$48
Return visit (30+ min)12$925$77
Extended patient service without direct patient contact, first hour11$862$78
Reprogramming of cerebrospinal fluid shunt13$529$33
Short return visit14$448$28

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,612

Pharmacies billed $1,612 in 2024.

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

79 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,612 in drug cost.

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
Levetiracetam19$763$40
Famotidine19$248$13
Dexamethasone13$108$8

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20247934None0%$1,612
202347240% (0)0%$540
20227331NoneNone$2,900
20216825None0%$1,106
202027110% (0)0%$329

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Gabapentin15$543$36
Famotidine12$105$9

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Gabapentin17$399$23
Dexamethasone13$175$13
Famotidine15$147$10

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Gabapentin12$125$10

Money from drug and device companies

$1,095 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202418None$1,095
202311None$33
202212None$40
202113None$124

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
icotec MedicalIcotec Blackarmor Spine System$1,095
8 payments
  • Travel for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-08-24 · $140
  • Travel for Vader Pedicle System · 2024-07-23 · $26
  • Travel for Vader Pedicle System · 2024-07-19 · $245
  • Meals for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-07-05 · $59
  • Meals for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-07-05 · $184
  • Meals for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-07-05 · $95
  • Travel for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-07-05 · $313
  • Meals for Icotec Blackarmor Spine System · 2024-07-05 · $33
See all 8 published payments
Every published payment
icotec MedicalTravel · 2024-08-24Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$140
icotec MedicalTravel · 2024-07-23Vader Pedicle System$26
icotec MedicalTravel · 2024-07-19Vader Pedicle System$245
icotec MedicalMeals · 2024-07-05Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$59
icotec MedicalMeals · 2024-07-05Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$184
icotec MedicalMeals · 2024-07-05Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$95
icotec MedicalTravel · 2024-07-05Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$313
icotec MedicalMeals · 2024-07-05Icotec Blackarmor Spine System$33
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021)

2023: $33

Payments by company in 2023
Merck Sharp & DohmeWelireg$33
1 payment
  • Meals for Welireg · 2023-05-31 · $33

2022: $40

Payments by company in 2022
Merck Sharp & DohmeWelireg$40
2 payments
  • Meals for Welireg · 2022-08-17 · $17
  • Meals for Welireg · 2022-05-04 · $22

2021: $124

Payments by company in 2021
Boston ScientificGeneral Atherectomy$124
3 payments
  • Meals for General Atherectomy · 2021-05-24 · $54
  • Meals for General Atherectomy · 2021-05-20 · $49
  • Meals for General Atherectomy · 2021-05-04 · $20

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1154892149
Licence
CA NP95010356
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LA2200X (363LA2200X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2018-12-17
NPI last updated
2025-12-30
NPI record certified
2025-12-30

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

Extra NPI addresses: 460 N Wiget Ln Ste B, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598