Poornima Yechoor, MD
Emergency Medicine · Oakland
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- Clear
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- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Alameda Health System · Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC
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California Medical Board record
Licence A137402 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-07-31 · Baylor College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- Highland HospitalOakland, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Alameda Health System, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.568, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Highland Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 0 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 6 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.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.568 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0 to 1.99) · 487 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.7 to 1.42) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 198.35 (145.43 to 251.26) · 50 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.8 · 83 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 60 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 148 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 11.9 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.7 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 1,143 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.38) · 4,370 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) · 4,344 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.54 (0.29 to 4.79) · 689 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.07 (0.37 to 3.78) · 165 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.91 (0.34 to 3.48) · 681 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.62 (2.72 to 20.53) · 179 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.44 (1.37 to 9.5) · 163 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.97 (0.49 to 3.45) · 126 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.76 (0.07 to 1.44) · 3,387 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.519 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.682 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 51 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.9 · 184 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 141.8 · 59 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 27.6 · 186 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 35.3 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.6 · 243 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5 (3.2 to 7.7) · 64 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.5 (9.7 to 18.5) · 64 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 14.4 (10.8 to 19.4) · 355 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.5) · 84 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,960 patients answered, 26% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 55% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 68% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 78% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 42% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 82% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$16,915
Medicare paid this office $16,915 for 123 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 85 | $12,068 | $140 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 23 | $512 | $22 |
| Ultrasound scan of chest | 14 | $331 | $24 |
Who their Medicare patients are
123 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Under 65 26% · 85 and older 15% · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 84% · Health risk score 2.54. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 41% · Chronic kidney disease 41% · Heart failure 33% · Depression 31% · COPD 28% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Atrial fibrillation 24% · Stroke 24% · Dementia 23% · Cancer 13%.
The office billed $81,449, Medicare allowed $22,169 and paid $16,915; for 179 services of 21 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
| 2024 | 123 | 179 | 70 | 2.54 | $81,449 | $16,915 |
| 2023 | 158 | 232 | 72 | 2.06 | $101,109 | $20,836 |
| 2022 | 267 | 343 | 70 | 2.40 | $169,971 | $37,739 |
| 2021 | 280 | 353 | 71 | 2.19 | $236,469 | $41,756 |
| 2020 | 303 | 416 | 71 | 2.19 | $292,861 | $44,932 |
| 2019 | 394 | 647 | 71 | 2.02 | $342,411 | $52,578 |
| 2018 | 149 | 207 | 63 | 1.94 | $105,023 | $14,688 |
| 2017 | 85 | 123 | 66 | 1.57 | $65,612 | $9,418 |
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: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 95 | $13,124 | $135 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 32 | $3,321 | $101 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 13 | $686 | $53 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 22 | $497 | $23 |
| Ultrasound scan of chest | 13 | $314 | $24 |
2022: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 210 | $31,201 | $142 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 16 | $1,474 | $92 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 16 | $990 | $62 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 29 | $635 | $22 |
2021: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 208 | $30,099 | $141 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 31 | $5,699 | $173 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 14 | $1,355 | $97 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 21 | $1,099 | $50 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 26 | $572 | $22 |
2020: 6 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 203 | $30,180 | $143 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 26 | $4,933 | $190 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 46 | $4,468 | $97 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 21 | $1,129 | $51 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 43 | $986 | $23 |
| Ultrasound scan of chest | 12 | $309 | $26 |
2019: 10 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 192 | $27,905 | $142 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 117 | $10,446 | $85 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 16 | $3,077 | $192 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 53 | $2,695 | $49 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 60 | $1,269 | $21 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 21 | $708 | $27 |
| Ultrasound scan of chest | 26 | $603 | $23 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen | 19 | $438 | $23 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 50 | $369 | $7 |
| Limited ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity | 15 | $332 | $22 |
2018: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 41 | $5,395 | $132 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 55 | $4,807 | $86 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 35 | $1,437 | $41 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 17 | $502 | $26 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 17 | $291 | $17 |
2017: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 22 | $3,499 | $146 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 28 | $2,674 | $96 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 22 | $1,098 | $50 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 14 | $491 | $35 |
Medicaid work
$77,599 in 2024
Medicaid paid $77,599 for 1,219 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 41 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.
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 362 | $39,031 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 322 | $23,494 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 218 | $9,420 |
| Service | 126 | $4,614 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 29 | $380 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 29 | $287 |
| Service | 120 | $204 |
| ECHO TRANSTHORC R-T 2D W/WO M-MODE REC F-UP/LMTD | 13 | $170 |
| 2024 | 1,219 | 8 | 41 | $77,599 |
| 2023 | 1,167 | 10 | 60 | $53,273 |
| 2022 | 1,202 | 8 | 69 | $83,704 |
| 2021 | 1,481 | 9 | 50 | $62,812 |
| 2020 | 1,169 | 5 | 63 | $72,892 |
| 2019 | 1,553 | 9 | 71 | $82,674 |
| 2018 | 1,514 | 13 | 53 | $58,538 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 244 | $16,611 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 171 | $16,593 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 315 | $12,151 |
| Service | 151 | $5,721 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 35 | $505 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 13 | $409 |
| ECHO TRANSTHORC R-T 2D W/WO M-MODE REC F-UP/LMTD | 14 | $385 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 36 | $383 |
| Service | 175 | $272 |
| Ultrasound, chest (includes mediastinum), real time with image documentation | 13 | $243 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 577 | $59,223 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 317 | $11,747 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 121 | $8,118 |
| Service | 96 | $3,569 |
| ECHO TRANSTHORC R-T 2D W/WO M-MODE REC F-UP/LMTD | 16 | $677 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 14 | $186 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 13 | $128 |
| Service | 48 | $56 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 546 | $37,433 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 189 | $8,693 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 268 | $7,791 |
| Service | 183 | $6,631 |
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $642 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 61 | $553 |
| Service | 178 | $497 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 28 | $341 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 14 | $232 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 420 | $38,500 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 234 | $15,519 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 353 | $14,003 |
| Service | 121 | $4,430 |
| Service | 41 | $440 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 489 | $32,722 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 318 | $28,222 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 271 | $9,820 |
| Service | 141 | $5,224 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 217 | $4,968 |
| ECHO TRANSTHORC R-T 2D W/WO M-MODE REC F-UP/LMTD | 44 | $897 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 28 | $352 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 30 | $265 |
| Service | 15 | $205 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 352 | $22,629 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 126 | $12,305 |
| Service | 224 | $8,218 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 171 | $5,488 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 180 | $4,238 |
| Service | 112 | $1,463 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 91 | $1,115 |
| HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY | 67 | $1,074 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 84 | $724 |
| Antibody; HIV-1 and HIV-2, single result | 51 | $713 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 13 | $420 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, without microscopy | 28 | $81 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.0 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1205274974
- Licence
- CA A137402California A137402: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- Baylor College of Medicine, 2012
- Group
- Alameda Health System · Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1411 E 31st St, Oakland, CA, 94602
- NPI first listed
- 2013-06-04
- NPI last updated
- 2018-07-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.