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Brieze Keeley Bell, MD

Hospice/Palliative Care · San Francisco

NPI 1225441371

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
3
1 carrier
Offices
2
Since medical school
12 years
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2014

Offices

2 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco

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Plans that list them

3 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Imperial Courage Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A149385 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-03-31 · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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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 Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

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.

  • UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center

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: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 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 UCSF Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.622BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.626BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.491BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.05 (0.89 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 89 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 132 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.6 · 454 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 618 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 380 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,000 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 399 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.899No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.689No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.224No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 156 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 564 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits60.3 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-9.7 · 550 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.1 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 667 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 421 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 53 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$41,806

Medicare paid this office $41,806 for 82 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)50$20,801$122
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes21$6,517$105
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes18$2,982$69
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,375$158
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's48$2,331$15
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)50$20,801$122
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes21$6,517$105
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes18$2,982$69
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,375$158
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's48$2,331$15
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or30$1,530$27
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes13$1,347$104

Who their Medicare patients are

82 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 45% · Health risk score 2.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospice and palliative care clinician is at 2.98.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Cancer 52% · Chronic kidney disease 38% · Depression 33% · Diabetes 32% · Coronary heart disease 24% · Heart failure 24% · Atrial fibrillation 24% · COPD 22% · Stroke 16% · Dementia 13%.

The office billed $254,288, Medicare allowed $53,890 and paid $41,806; for 613 services of 11 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
202482613712.91$254,288$41,806
202384257712.83$150,386$24,451
2022128753712.47$369,840$58,042
2021144781702.30$373,725$61,298
202093372692.09$268,862$36,317
201946126671.73$102,780$12,445
20182656671.92$48,014$6,394

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: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)41$13,027$123
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes23$3,186$68
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,947$162
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$1,502$107
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes11$1,020$68
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or18$930$28
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less12$890$74

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)83$32,593$122
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or83$7,768$27
New patient visit (60+ min)35$5,213$149
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes34$3,363$63
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes21$3,218$63
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes16$2,991$91

2021: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)54$22,823$127
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes27$6,371$92
Long return visit (40+ min)25$6,361$120
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or54$5,914$29
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes33$5,184$62
New patient visit (60+ min)26$4,324$166
Advance care planning, first 30 minutes29$3,565$70
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or26$1,912$28
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes13$1,256$97

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)27$12,315$99
Long return visit (40+ min)38$10,436$96
New patient visit (60+ min)20$2,748$137
New patient visit (60+ min)19$2,688$141
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes15$2,105$66

2019: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Long return visit (40+ min)26$5,768$89
Long return visit (40+ min)12$2,277$88
New patient visit (60+ min)14$1,831$131

Medicaid work

$1,511 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,511 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 13 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,511
Medicaid work by year
202414113$1,511

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$31,624

Pharmacies billed $31,624 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 40% of their Part D prescriptions (210 of 532) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospice and palliative care clinician is at 43%. Long-acting opioids: 48% of their opioid prescriptions.

504 generic and 28 brand-name prescriptions · $31,624 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
Fentanyl23$3,953$172
Morphine Sulfate Er52$2,076$40
Pregabalin11$1,176$107
Morphine Sulfate17$1,069$63
Oxycodone44$877$20
See all 16 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Fentanyl23$3,953$172
Morphine Sulfate Er52$2,076$40
Pregabalin11$1,176$107
Morphine Sulfate17$1,069$63
Oxycodone44$877$20
Hydromorphone23$744$32
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$738$57
Naloxone11$680$62
Trazodone41$495$12
Methadone24$468$19
Methylphenidate22$282$13
Duloxetine20$257$13
Gabapentin19$167$9
Lorazepam32$142$4
Mirtazapine15$113$8
Sertraline32$84$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20245329040% (210)5%$31,624
20233135827% (84)7%$22,976
20225749231% (176)4%$39,663
202155011133% (180)6%$41,080
20203095630% (94)None$31,409
20191173027% (32)None$12,147
2018812547% (38)None$5,361
2017203146% (13)13%$7,669
201625831NoneNone$6,819
2015303238% (24)14%$8,800
20147023NoneNone$1,584

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
Fentanyl13$1,893$146
Gabapentin26$678$26
Morphine Sulfate Er20$619$31
Oxycodone19$455$24
Hydromorphone12$318$27
Duloxetine15$264$18
Lorazepam22$196$9
Sertraline12$109$9
Mirtazapine13$108$8

2022: 18 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Fentanyl19$3,249$171
Oxycodone68$2,810$41
Morphine Sulfate Er39$1,996$51
Bupropion Xl18$1,823$101
Ondansetron18$1,152$64
Naloxone12$1,072$89
Gabapentin54$704$13
Methadone22$495$22
Prochlorperazine Maleate16$448$28
Trazodone22$417$19
Methylphenidate15$358$24
Morphine Sulfate12$345$29
Escitalopram42$277$7
Duloxetine11$226$21
Hydromorphone11$216$20
Mirtazapine22$206$9
Omeprazole19$155$8
Lorazepam20$135$7

2021: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Oxycodone58$10,868$187
Gabapentin32$3,160$99
Fentanyl32$2,303$72
Venlafaxine Hcl Er13$2,050$158
Morphine Sulfate Er33$1,933$59
Pregabalin13$672$52
Methadone26$445$17
Methylphenidate21$445$21
Bupropion Xl21$322$15
Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er12$312$26
Escitalopram33$300$9
Olanzapine13$228$18
Mirtazapine24$166$7
Omeprazole13$79$6
Lorazepam17$56$3

2020: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Oxycodone47$8,497$181
Gabapentin23$1,139$50
Pregabalin12$751$63
Escitalopram22$218$10
Methadone13$207$16

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Oxycodone11$1,321$120

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Morphine Sulfate Er11$539$49

2017: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Omeprazole21$234$11
Gabapentin11$176$16
Metoprolol14$121$9
Levothyroxine11$82$7

2016: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Omeprazole29$287$10
Allopurinol11$119$11
Amlodipine Besylate13$66$5
Sertraline14$65$5
Atenolol15$61$4
Carvedilol11$53$5
Lisinopril15$51$3

2015: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Metoprolol13$303$23
Warfarin17$250$15
Omeprazole25$218$9
Gabapentin13$138$11
Allopurinol13$135$10
Glipizide Er13$88$7
Amlodipine Besylate12$53$4
Tramadol11$52$5
Lisinopril14$34$2
Furosemide17$33$2

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
74.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1225441371
Licence
CA 149385, MA L-259323California A149385: Current · expires 2027-03-31
Trained
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2014 · 12 years ago
Group
UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
1545 Divisadero St Fl 4, San Francisco, CA, 94143
NPI first listed
2014-06-06
NPI last updated
2020-12-14
NPI record certified
2020-12-14

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