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Meredith A Bean, MD

Sports Medicine · Walnut Creek

NPI 1225116726

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
26 years
New York Medical College, 2000

Offices

1 location

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus · UCSF Health Hyde Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Bean’s office at (925) 934-3536 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A78993 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2002 · expires 2028-03-31 · New York Medical College.

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 Family Medicine - Family Medicine
  • American Board of Family Medicine - Sports Medicine

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of John Muir Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 77% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate: 2.01 (1.17 to 2.85) · 2,206 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 222.42 (177.82 to 267.02) · 120 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.4 (0.91 to 1.9) · 9,764 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.734, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.536, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.341, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.455, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.245, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • UCSF Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 61% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.251, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 2 the same, 2 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 2 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths2.01 (1.17 to 2.85) · 2,206 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths222.42 (177.82 to 267.02) · 120 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths1.4 (0.91 to 1.9) · 9,764 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.734WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.536BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.341BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.455BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.245BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.14 (0.87 to 1.4)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 131 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 148 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.8 · 695 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 827 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths14.1 · 509 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.4 · 4,483 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.35 (0.18 to 0.53) · 11,630 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.05 to 0.39) · 11,793 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.33 (1.69 to 4.96) · 3,268 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.37 (0 to 2.94) · 1,631 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.76 (1.43 to 4.09) · 3,066 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.12 (0.22 to 12.02) · 1,580 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.43 (1.21 to 7.64) · 1,594 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.82 (0.4 to 3.24) · 685 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.9 · 615 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections1.88No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.7 · 93 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.9 · 729 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-30.1 · 91 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13 · 736 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits34.8 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.7 · 818 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.3 (3.3 to 8.4) · 28 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.8 (7.2 to 15.5) · 28 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits4.9 · 584 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.4 · 139 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.9) · 222 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) · 321 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (758 patients answered, 24% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained55%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Doctors "always" listened carefully75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)69%
Staff "always" explained new medications68%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully72%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital77%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Safety: 1 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 5 the same, 2 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.251BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 146 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.84 (0.41 to 1.26)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.5 · 26 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths13.8 · 52 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.6 · 84 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 37 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.6 · 379 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 1,255 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.25 (0.04 to 0.46) · 1,226 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.5 (1.04 to 5.97) · 221 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.65 (0 to 3.37) · 109 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.2 (0.52 to 3.89) · 222 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.17 (0 to 16.08) · 111 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.97 (0.74 to 9.21) · 87 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.72 (0.2 to 3.23) · 55 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0 to 1.32) · 1,068 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.1 · 35 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.499No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.1 · 55 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits15.7 · 61 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits54 · 84 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.8 · 100 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.6 · 36 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.1 · 36 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.6 (10.1 to 18.1) · 87 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) · 35 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (217 patients answered, 14% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness2
Recommend hospital2
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
Room was "always" clean68%
Nurses "always" communicated well69%
Doctors "always" communicated well72%
Staff "always" explained56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information84%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand67%
Doctors "always" listened carefully68%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)62%
Staff "always" explained new medications69%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand61%
Nurses "always" listened carefully67%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect79%
"Always" quiet at night45%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital61%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects43%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,866

Medicare paid this office $12,866 for 59 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)30$5,613$84
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,771$115
Long return visit (40+ min)20$2,737$119

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure201920202021202220232024
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint405336–––

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

59 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 66% · Health risk score 0.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical sports medicine clinician is at 1.05.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 37%.

The office billed $31,425, Medicare allowed $17,133 and paid $12,866; for 152 services of 8 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
202459152760.91$31,425$12,866
202371167750.79$33,525$12,910
2022104287740.66$56,950$22,321
202199353740.88$72,650$30,976
202087272730.82$51,500$16,307
201998265740.94$48,675$16,484
2018137385740.79$60,430$22,997
2017132377740.92$61,220$24,253
201659142730.73$25,105$11,115

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: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)40$5,545$78
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,248$94
Long return visit (40+ min)18$2,158$120

2022: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)70$10,574$81
Long return visit (40+ min)35$4,503$113
New patient visit (45+ min)33$2,949$89
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,844$56
Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes14$496$29

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)67$13,678$84
Long return visit (40+ min)42$7,516$123
New patient visit (45+ min)39$4,463$114
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint16$1,353$38

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)56$6,102$62
Long return visit (40+ min)28$3,091$91
New patient visit (45+ min)26$2,383$92
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint13$1,781$34
Short return visit (20+ min)16$971$44

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)69$7,847$62
New patient visit (45+ min)32$3,391$106
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint14$1,397$35
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,198$92
Short return visit (20+ min)17$1,170$40

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)85$9,375$62
New patient visit (45+ min)64$6,488$101
Short return visit (20+ min)40$2,693$39
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint24$1,992$36

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
New patient visit (45+ min)88$8,937$102
Return visit (30+ min)54$6,565$68
Short return visit (20+ min)46$3,514$44
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint26$2,613$37
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,009$63

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
New patient visit (45+ min)55$5,966$108
Return visit (30+ min)24$2,916$68
Short return visit (20+ min)17$1,005$44

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$213

Pharmacies billed $213 in 2024.

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

21 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $213 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.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202421NoneNone0%$213
20202015None0%$369
20192212None0%$366
201816NoneNoneNone$555
201716NoneNone0%$90

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

Money from drug and device companies

$81 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$81
201911None$25

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
Ossur AmericasMiami J$81
1 payment
  • Meals for Miami J · 2024-04-14 · $81
See the published payment
Every published payment
Ossur AmericasMeals · 2024-04-14Miami J$81
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $25

Payments by company in 2019
BioventusExogen$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Exogen · 2019-06-27 · $25

Professional record

NPI
1225116726
Licence
CA A78993California A78993: Current · expires 2028-03-31
Trained
New York Medical College, 2000 · 26 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RS0010X (207RS0010X)
Mailing address
275 W Macarthur, Oakland, CA, 94611
NPI first listed
2006-11-01
NPI last updated
2014-12-03

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