Justin Taylor Ward, MD
Anesthesiology · Truckee
- 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
- 13 years
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2013
Offices
1 location · Tahoe Forest Hospital District · 140 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Tahoe Forest Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Ward’s office at (530) 587-6011 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence A152932 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-10-31 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology - Anesthesiology
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.
- Tahoe Forest HospitalTruckee, CACritical Access Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Tahoe Forest Hospital District, which runs 2 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 5 of 5 · 90% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Tahoe Forest Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 55 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.2 · 59 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 293 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.8 · 63 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.38 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -56.5 · 61 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 12.6 · 64 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.3 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.8 (4 to 8.5) · 155 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10.5 (7.6 to 14.1) · 155 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) · 65 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (278 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 5 |
| Nurse communication | 5 |
| Doctor communication | 5 |
| Communication about medicines | 5 |
| Discharge information | 5 |
| Overall hospital rating | 5 |
| Quietness | 5 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 86% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 90% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 88% |
| Staff "always" explained | 76% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 93% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 93% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 82% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 88% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 93% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 90% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 86% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 86% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 89% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 95% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 72% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 90% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 66% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 93% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,791
Medicare paid this office $5,791 for 29 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
29 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 45% · Health risk score 1.49. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 41%.
The office billed $24,973, Medicare allowed $7,511 and paid $5,791; for 35 services of 22 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 | 29 | 35 | 75 | 1.49 | $24,973 | $5,791 |
| 2023 | 40 | 41 | 74 | 1.38 | $28,677 | $7,654 |
| 2022 | 78 | 92 | 73 | 1.15 | $90,373 | $13,410 |
| 2021 | 93 | 137 | 71 | 0.80 | $146,262 | $19,584 |
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
2022: 1 service
| Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope | 12 | $1,486 | $124 |
2021: 1 service
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 17 | $434 | $26 |
Money from drug and device companies
$20 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $20 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $21 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $34 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Novo Nordisk | Rybelsus | $20 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Novo Nordisk | Meals · 2025-08-27 | Rybelsus | $20 |
See earlier years (2024, 2022)
2024: $21
| Medtronic | Azure Xt Dr Mri Surescan | $21 | 1 payment
|
2022: $34
| Boston Scientific | Spaceoar Vue System - 10ml | $34 | 1 payment
|
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 69.2 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1215371893
- Licence
- CA A152932California A152932: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2013 · 13 years ago
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2013-04-25
- NPI last updated
- 2021-07-29
- NPI record certified
- 2021-07-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.