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Robson Capasso, MD

Sleep Medicine · Stanford

NPI 1265635452

Medicare standing
Clear
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Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Offices
3

Offices

3 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

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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 A98812 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2028-07-31 · Federal University of Parana Center of Health Sciences.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

State licence records

1 licence

  • Florida ME95925Medical Doctor · since 2006 · expires 2020-01-31
    RetiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

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School, training and certification

4 placements

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.

Education

  • Universidad Federal do Paraua · MD1990–1995Medical school

Residency and fellowship

  • Stanford University, OtherSTANFORD, CA · 2007–2008
  • University of Miami, PSYCHIATRYMiami, FL · 2003–2007
  • University of Miami, PLASTIC SURGERY WITHIN THE HEAD AND NECKMiami, FL · 1999–2001
  • Universidade Federal do Parana, OTOLARYNGOLOGYCuritiba, BR · 1996–1999

What else the board holds

Hospitals they may admit to

Where the clinician told their state board they may admit and treat patients.

  • Out of State · CA

Also licensed in

States the clinician told their board they are also licensed in. Only the states we check are verified.

California

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.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

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: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$23,497

Medicare paid this office $23,497 for 103 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)50$4,944$90
New patient visit (45+ min)46$4,465$97
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope47$2,317$49
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,668$119

Who their Medicare patients are

103 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 44% · Also on Medicaid 14% · Health risk score 1.02. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical sleep medicine clinician is at 1.21.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 61% · Depression 24% · Chronic kidney disease 18% · Coronary heart disease 17% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Diabetes 14% · Heart failure 14% · Cancer 13%.

The office billed $138,613, Medicare allowed $31,840 and paid $23,497; for 207 services of 20 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
2024103207701.02$138,613$23,497
2023111247701.27$110,148$25,865
2022102231690.97$175,752$24,538
202181218691.03$145,598$23,067
202083202711.29$91,749$16,341
201984208691.08$90,878$20,667
201886226691.06$113,856$21,824
201784196661.15$122,050$16,816
2016106221671.02$78,901$15,863
201573136680.89$39,536$9,719
201479170680.96$42,174$11,543
201376133651.07$87,882$12,457

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)59$6,957$85
New patient visit (45+ min)38$4,195$110
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope54$2,278$41
Long return visit (40+ min)19$2,264$119
Short return visit (20+ min)14$900$53

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)56$4,966$79
New patient visit (45+ min)29$3,158$109
Long return visit (40+ min)22$2,594$113
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope47$1,137$24
Evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing by examination of upper airway using an endoscope11$1,127$102
New patient visit (30+ min)12$820$68
Short return visit (20+ min)12$701$50

2021: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)43$5,167$85
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,750$115
Long return visit (40+ min)17$2,144$126
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope47$1,140$23
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope13$540$42

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)47$3,745$62
New patient visit (45+ min)28$3,018$108
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope43$781$18
Short return visit (20+ min)11$656$47

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Implantation of cranial nerve neurostimulator electrodes and generator12$6,866$572
Return visit (30+ min)54$4,234$65
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,504$104
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope53$2,125$40
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope13$791$61

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
New patient visit (45+ min)38$4,089$108
Return visit (30+ min)50$3,843$66
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope56$3,068$53
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope24$1,276$53

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)42$3,468$67
New patient visit (45+ min)17$1,934$114
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope24$1,454$61
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,167$61
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope21$1,107$53
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope19$1,070$56
Short return visit (20+ min)13$611$44

2016: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)48$3,528$67
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope43$2,343$54
New patient visit (30+ min)34$2,025$60
Short return visit (20+ min)36$1,961$43
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope16$955$60

2015: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)33$2,581$59
Short return visit (20+ min)29$1,641$43
New patient visit (45+ min)13$1,447$111
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope17$931$55

2014: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)39$2,896$67
Short return visit (20+ min)42$2,596$45
New patient visit (45+ min)13$1,459$112
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope13$967$69
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope16$900$56

2013: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)48$2,150$36
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,224$64
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope11$643$58

Money from drug and device companies

$153 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$153
202423None$313
202344$1,860$2,181
202234$930$1,212
202133$700$1,068
202011$1,000$1,000

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
LivaNova USAThn Sleep Therapy$153
1 payment
  • Meals for Thn Sleep Therapy · 2025-10-10 · $153
See the published payment
Every published payment
LivaNova USAMeals · 2025-10-10Thn Sleep Therapy$153
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)

2024: $313

Payments by company in 2024
Inspire Medical SystemsInspire$177
2 payments
  • Meals for Inspire · 2024-10-05 · $36
  • Meals for Inspire · 2024-10-04 · $141
KLS-Martin L.P.None$136
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-04-22 · $136

2023: $2,181

Payments by company in 2023
EthiconMonocryl$1,860
1 payment
  • Consulting for Monocryl · 2023-06-27 · $1,860
Inspire Medical SystemsInspire$150
1 payment
  • Meals for Inspire · 2023-11-16 · $150
KLS-Martin L.P.None$96
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-05-24 · $96
DePuy Synthes SalesTrumatch$76
1 payment
  • Meals for Trumatch · 2023-11-11 · $76

2022: $1,212

Payments by company in 2022
EthiconMonocryl$930
1 payment
  • Consulting for Monocryl · 2022-10-03 · $930
KLS-Martin L.P.None$223
2 payments
  • Meals · 2022-06-15 · $98
  • Meals · 2022-05-18 · $125
DePuy Synthes SalesTrumatch$58
1 payment
  • Meals for Trumatch · 2022-09-12 · $58

2021: $1,068

Payments by company in 2021
Aerin MedicalVivaer Stylus$700
1 payment
  • Honoraria for Vivaer Stylus · 2021-04-01 · $700
KLS-Martin L.P.None$200
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-06-15 · $200
Inspire Medical SystemsInspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$168
1 payment
  • Meals for Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System · 2021-10-07 · $168

2020: $1,000

Payments by company in 2020
Nonin MedicalNone$1,000
1 payment
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2020-10-29 · $1,000

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1265635452
Licence
CA A98812, FL ME95925California A98812: Current · expires 2028-07-31Florida ME95925: Retired
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207YS0012X (207YS0012X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X); Psychiatry (2084P0800X); Federal specialty code 2084S0012X (2084S0012X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-06-06
NPI last updated
2024-04-28
NPI record certified
2024-04-28

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1695 Nw 9th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136