Amanda Michelle Almond, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Stanford Health Care · Doctors on Duty Medical Group, Inc
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Hospitals listed: Dominican Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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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.
- Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 11.66 (8.02 to 15.3) · 412 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.168, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.169, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.489, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Dominican Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 2 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 11.66 (8.02 to 15.3) · 412 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.168 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.169 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.489 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.01 (0.06 to 1.95) · 1,248 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.14 (0.85 to 1.43) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 134.37 (94.33 to 174.41) · 132 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.2 · 137 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 228 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.5 · 534 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.8 · 491 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 278 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 2,973 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.34) · 7,510 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,695 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.42 (1.44 to 5.4) · 1,594 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.26 (0 to 2.76) · 436 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.85 (0.4 to 3.29) · 1,474 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.73 (3 to 14.46) · 437 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.58 (0.13 to 3.03) · 343 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.57 (0 to 1.17) · 6,336 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.615 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.937 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16 · 212 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22 · 505 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 45 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -13.5 · 594 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.9 · 510 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 473 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (3.4 to 7.8) · 126 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13 (9.4 to 17.7) · 126 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 12.7 · 43 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 143 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.1 (9.4 to 15.4) · 1,585 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.3) · 390 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (774 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 32% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 48% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$8,608
Medicare paid this office $8,608 for 86 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,708 | $78 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 28 | $1,704 | $57 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $828 | $46 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 14 | More than 40% of doctors who do this |
| Spinal fusion | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
86 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 28% · Health risk score 1.02. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 53% · Diabetes 22% · Depression 20% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Cancer 16% · Stroke 14% · Heart failure 13%.
The office billed $143,217, Medicare allowed $12,849 and paid $8,608; for 142 services of 33 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 | 86 | 142 | 72 | 1.02 | $143,217 | $8,608 |
| 2023 | 56 | 97 | 71 | 0.81 | $78,390 | $4,889 |
| 2022 | 70 | 130 | 68 | 0.88 | $17,493 | $6,190 |
| 2021 | 114 | 187 | 70 | 0.81 | $27,217 | $11,674 |
| 2020 | 102 | 205 | 67 | 0.83 | $27,580 | $9,461 |
| 2019 | 43 | 84 | 68 | 0.99 | $10,756 | $3,563 |
| 2018 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 0.68 | $2,402 | $827 |
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
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $798 | $44 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $662 | $55 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $612 | $44 |
2022: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 20 | $1,733 | $75 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 12 | $878 | $73 |
| 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 16 | $811 | $51 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $583 | $49 |
2021: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 39 | $3,624 | $76 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 23 | $2,020 | $81 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,575 | $83 |
| 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 27 | $1,437 | $51 |
2020: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 46 | $3,997 | $68 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 22 | $1,587 | $72 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 20 | $953 | $45 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 13 | $809 | $62 |
| Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample | 11 | $36 | $3 |
2019: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $2,148 | $72 |
Money from drug and device companies
$84 in 2024
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | None | $84 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | None | $30 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | None | $4 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abbvie | Epkinly | $84 | 3 payments
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See all 3 published payments
| Abbvie | Meals · 2024-11-22 | Epkinly | $27 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2024-07-22 | Imbruvica | $31 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2024-03-21 | Epkinly | $26 |
See earlier years (2023, 2021)
2023: $30
| Integra LifeSciences | Codman Certas | $17 | 1 payment
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| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $13 | 1 payment
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2021: $4
| Genentech USA | Xofluza | $4 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 84.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1306365416
- Licence
- CA 95007996
- Group
- Stanford Health Care · Doctors on Duty Medical Group, Inc
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LA2200X (363LA2200X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2017-09-11
- NPI last updated
- 2025-12-24
- NPI record certified
- 2025-12-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 615 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060