Brian A Reuter, MD
Emergency Medicine · San Jose
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Offices
3 locations · County of Santa Clara · Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC
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California Medical Board record
Licence A150940 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-07-31 · University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School.
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.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$44,557
Medicare paid this office $44,557 for 275 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 160 | $24,039 | $147 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $9,042 | $192 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 46 | $4,399 | $94 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,169 | $90 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 119 | $1,031 | $7 |
See all 9 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 160 | $24,039 | $147 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $9,042 | $192 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 46 | $4,399 | $94 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,169 | $90 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 119 | $1,031 | $7 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 20 | $473 | $24 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen | 14 | $370 | $26 |
| Ultrasound scan of chest | 12 | $292 | $24 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 12 | $96 | $8 |
Who their Medicare patients are
275 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 18% · 85 and older 20% · Women 49% · Also on Medicaid 80% · Health risk score 2.51. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 45% · Chronic kidney disease 39% · Heart failure 37% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Depression 27% · COPD 23% · Dementia 23% · Stroke 18% · Cancer 13%.
The office billed $348,099, Medicare allowed $59,265 and paid $44,557; for 522 services of 36 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 | 275 | 522 | 73 | 2.51 | $348,099 | $44,557 |
| 2023 | 365 | 514 | 77 | 2.00 | $450,128 | $57,300 |
| 2022 | 365 | 419 | 71 | 2.67 | $502,901 | $59,017 |
| 2021 | 286 | 340 | 71 | 2.15 | $377,829 | $46,242 |
| 2020 | 388 | 454 | 75 | 2.17 | $722,097 | $54,479 |
| 2019 | 474 | 625 | 70 | 2.25 | $981,782 | $63,829 |
| 2018 | 120 | 158 | 68 | 1.70 | $243,207 | $14,761 |
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
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 239 | $38,680 | $160 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 74 | $6,993 | $92 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 28 | $5,541 | $198 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 11 | $632 | $57 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 37 | $302 | $8 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $275 | $23 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 21 | $165 | $7 |
2022: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 224 | $40,000 | $172 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 74 | $7,572 | $97 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 23 | $5,492 | $239 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 31 | $1,660 | $54 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $873 | $67 |
2021: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 150 | $27,590 | $176 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 67 | $6,894 | $103 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 29 | $6,622 | $228 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 29 | $1,735 | $60 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 13 | $83 | $6 |
2020: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 276 | $38,926 | $138 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 48 | $8,908 | $186 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 48 | $4,374 | $91 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 19 | $1,021 | $51 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 38 | $258 | $7 |
2019: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 349 | $47,953 | $131 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 38 | $6,577 | $173 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 51 | $4,215 | $83 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 41 | $1,914 | $47 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 94 | $667 | $6 |
2018: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 81 | $11,020 | $134 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 25 | $2,062 | $82 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 12 | $542 | $45 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 29 | $206 | $7 |
Medicaid work
$47,430 in 2024
Medicaid paid $47,430 for 1,850 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 66 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.
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 547 | $20,239 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 519 | $14,686 |
| Service | 124 | $4,563 |
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 76 | $4,084 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 85 | $1,694 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 348 | $1,080 |
| Service | 13 | $443 |
| ECHO TRANSTHORC R-T 2D W/WO M-MODE REC F-UP/LMTD | 13 | $233 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 26 | $194 |
| ELECTROLYTE PANEL | 12 | $95 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $60 |
| Blood glucose (sugar) level | 12 | $19 |
| 2024 | 1,850 | 16 | 66 | $47,430 |
| 2023 | 1,369 | 8 | 113 | $42,055 |
| 2022 | 982 | 6 | 71 | $37,721 |
| 2021 | 954 | 6 | 66 | $38,822 |
| 2020 | 734 | 7 | 41 | $39,815 |
| 2019 | 3,822 | 16 | 125 | $192,693 |
| 2018 | 1,275 | 9 | 59 | $66,975 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 580 | $19,513 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 409 | $16,735 |
| Service | 97 | $3,711 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 46 | $886 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 102 | $495 |
| Service | 12 | $409 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 31 | $265 |
| Service | 92 | $41 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 528 | $24,227 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 314 | $9,591 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 43 | $1,279 |
| Service | 33 | $1,191 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 49 | $1,004 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $428 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 423 | $22,177 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 310 | $10,900 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 136 | $3,543 |
| Service | 43 | $1,621 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $525 |
| Service | 17 | $56 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 349 | $28,900 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 142 | $6,093 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 82 | $4,421 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 53 | $197 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 17 | $122 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 45 | $47 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 46 | $34 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 901 | $82,639 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 780 | $48,713 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 1,097 | $46,259 |
| Service | 217 | $8,159 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 318 | $4,773 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 122 | $607 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 123 | $455 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 25 | $298 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 12 | $189 |
| Service | 98 | $170 |
| Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 13 | $150 |
| Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 16 | $87 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 288 | $28,604 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 254 | $16,083 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 368 | $15,772 |
| Service | 111 | $4,188 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 104 | $1,500 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 48 | $321 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 12 | $239 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 47 | $228 |
| Service | 43 | $40 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,405
Pharmacies billed $2,405 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
85 generic and 12 brand-name prescriptions · $2,405 in drug cost · 38 antibiotic prescriptions to 35 people.
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.
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 12 | $79 | $7 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $51 | $5 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 97 | 78 | None | 12% | $2,405 |
| 2023 | 105 | 86 | 15% (16) | None | $1,795 |
| 2022 | 83 | 65 | None | None | $3,453 |
| 2021 | 60 | 51 | None | None | $1,436 |
| 2020 | 93 | 72 | 13% (12) | None | $2,042 |
| 2019 | 138 | 96 | 11% (15) | 12% | $2,547 |
| 2018 | 63 | 45 | None | None | $1,897 |
| 2017 | 65 | 43 | None | None | $820 |
| 2016 | 59 | 44 | None | None | $846 |
| 2015 | 14 | 13 | None | None | $256 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2020: 1 drug
| Levofloxacin | 12 | $113 | $9 |
2019: 3 drugs
| Ondansetron Odt | 13 | $89 | $7 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $47 | $4 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $39 | $3 |
Money from drug and device companies
$125 in 2022
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Ultomiris | $125 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2022-06-13 | Ultomiris | $125 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 94.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1285011064
- Licence
- CA A150940California A150940: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Group
- County of Santa Clara · Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 6146 Bollinger Rd # 700134, San Jose, CA, 95129
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-30
- NPI last updated
- 2022-06-21
- NPI record certified
- 2022-06-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.