Ciara Johnson, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 3
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Alameda Health System · 597 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Highland Hospital · 05t320. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
3 plans · 2 carriers
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3 of 3 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A162497 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-05-31 · Meharry Medical College School 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
$67,822
Medicare paid this office $67,822 for 174 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 139 | $54,951 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 56 | $8,778 | $154 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $3,140 | $70 |
Who their Medicare patients are
174 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · 85 and older 30% · Women 45% · Also on Medicaid 25% · Health risk score 1.84. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physical medicine and rehabilitation clinician is at 1.53.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Stroke 47% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Diabetes 41% · Chronic kidney disease 37% · Depression 35% · Heart failure 33% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Cancer 25% · COPD 18% · Dementia 18%.
The office billed $209,229, Medicare allowed $85,123 and paid $67,822; for 631 services of 5 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 | 174 | 631 | 79 | 1.84 | $209,229 | $67,822 |
| 2023 | 184 | 638 | 79 | 1.83 | $209,757 | $70,281 |
| 2022 | 146 | 535 | 79 | 1.88 | $177,120 | $54,563 |
| 2021 | 67 | 232 | 77 | 1.23 | $75,440 | $22,978 |
| 2020 | 122 | 515 | 81 | 1.70 | $148,580 | $46,646 |
| 2019 | 11 | 58 | 78 | 1.16 | $15,320 | $4,725 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 168 | $59,877 | $107 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 61 | $9,030 | $148 |
2022: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 134 | $43,952 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 59 | $10,513 | $178 |
2021: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 65 | $20,781 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,197 | $183 |
2020: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 105 | $23,569 | $95 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 55 | $13,653 | $66 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 41 | $7,537 | $184 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 19 | $1,886 | $99 |
Medicaid work
$1,015 in 2023
Medicaid paid $1,015 for 19 billed services this clinician did in 2023, 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 19 | $1,015 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 | 13 | $1,015 |
Money from drug and device companies
$150 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $150 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $82 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Gilead Sciences | None | $150 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Gilead Sciences | Meals · 2025-07-19 | None | $150 |
See earlier years (2023)
2023: $82
| Merz Pharmaceuticals | Xeomin | $82 | 1 payment
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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
- 1255718144
- Licence
- CA A-162497California A162497: Current · expires 2027-05-31
- Trained
- Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, 2015
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 208100000X (208100000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 1635 Candace Way, Los Altos, CA, 94024
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-30
- NPI last updated
- 2019-09-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS, 66160 · 1635 Candace Way, Los Altos, CA, 94024