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Nicole Schneider, MD

Internal Medicine · Downey

NPI 1326239237

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
22 years
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2004

Offices

1 location · Southern California Permanente Medical Group · 11,250 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Schneider’s office at (800) 923-4040 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence A97033 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2028-06-30 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.

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 - 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.

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital - DowneyDowney, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.205, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.205BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 222 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1 (0.55 to 1.45)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths16.8 · 28 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.8 · 310 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.9 · 3,832 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 1,012 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 1,039 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.16 (1.63 to 6.69) · 177 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.65 (0 to 3.38) · 49 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.53 (0.84 to 4.22) · 174 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.3 (1.53 to 21.06) · 50 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.05 (0.79 to 9.31) · 52 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 59 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.39 (0 to 1.44) · 900 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 26 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.635No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.914No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.551No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.601No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.1 · 106 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.4 · 721 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits33.8 · 28 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.8 · 710 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.5 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (553 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
Room was "always" clean69%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)73%
Staff "always" explained new medications70%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully77%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night58%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital72%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects43%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

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

Opioids were 8% of their 191 Part D prescriptions in 2015.

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20177932None29%$10,718
20166027None22%$3,906
2015191628% (16)None$10,470
2014177627% (12)None$13,796
20131033715% (15)None$6,304

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Atorvastatin16$131$8

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Ampicillin-Sulbactam22$2,484$113

Professional record

NPI
1326239237
Licence
CA A97033California A97033: Current · expires 2028-06-30
Trained
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2004 · 22 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
400 Race St, San Jose, CA, 95126
NPI first listed
2007-08-06
NPI last updated
2024-12-30

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.