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Irene M Ritterman, NP

Nurse Practitioner · Palo Alto

NPI 1336505247

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
11 years
Graduated 2015

Offices

1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. 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.

  • Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 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.

Every scored measure at Peninsula Medical Center
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.139BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.242BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.81 (0.51 to 1.1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.5 · 32 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 82 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 188 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9 · 473 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.8 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.4 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 3,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.7 · 192 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.215No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.263No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.74No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.3 · 300 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19 · 702 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1.2 · 207 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13.6 · 531 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits24.3 · 343 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 449 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11 · 45 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 117 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Peninsula Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Peninsula Medical Center
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)75%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night54%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital78%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$9,565

Medicare paid this office $9,565 for 71 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)28$3,329$101
Short return visit (20+ min)20$1,556$74
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,086$91

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure201920202021202220232024
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing11–––––

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

71 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 63% · Health risk score 1.00. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 52% · Chronic kidney disease 23% · Diabetes 18% · Coronary heart disease 18% · Cancer 15%.

The office billed $35,814, Medicare allowed $12,789 and paid $9,565; for 109 services of 15 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
202471109751.00$35,814$9,565
20234257740.93$19,434$4,685
2022122185740.79$55,745$16,061
2021232289780.96$82,212$24,944
20208098740.82$24,807$6,706
2019213314771.08$82,165$21,082
2018287398771.02$107,077$27,045
2017179270781.04$69,264$19,497

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,436$103

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)49$5,477$100
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,025$112
Short return visit (20+ min)25$1,860$69
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,777$127
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit11$1,453$132
New patient visit (30+ min)14$1,120$80

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)112$11,007$92
Long return visit (40+ min)35$5,227$149
Short return visit (20+ min)52$3,463$64
Short return visit15$626$42

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)48$3,777$76
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,059$48

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)139$13,026$79
Short return visit (20+ min)65$3,720$52
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,252$104
Removal of impacted ear wax by washing11$140$13

2018: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)163$14,936$78
Short return visit (20+ min)121$6,298$47
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit13$1,551$119

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)78$7,986$85
Short return visit (20+ min)93$5,717$54
Long return visit (40+ min)29$3,567$111
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free11$485$44
Administration of influenza virus vaccine12$387$32

Medicaid work

$0 in 2018

Medicaid paid $0 for 58 billed services this clinician did in 2018, up to 24 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)58$0
Medicaid work by year
201858124$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$7,570

Pharmacies billed $7,570 in 2024.

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

109 generic and 25 brand-name prescriptions · $7,570 in drug cost.

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.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202413464None19%$7,570
202316767None7%$6,502
20222701187% (19)9%$16,065
20213421887% (23)None$17,493
20202801236% (18)8%$17,717
20194902126% (28)None$31,509
20188472922% (20)None$52,668
20177132133% (20)None$43,134
2016180460% (0)None$10,804

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Amlodipine Besylate13$159$12
Escitalopram15$132$9
Lisinopril12$58$5

2022: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Paxlovid (Eua)12$126$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$125$10
Escitalopram16$110$7
Amlodipine Besylate12$44$4

2021: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$304$23
Atorvastatin25$246$10
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro17$221$13
Zolpidem16$156$10
Lisinopril11$154$14
Lorazepam13$86$7
Ciprofloxacin13$60$5

2020: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Atorvastatin30$289$10
Meclizine11$102$9
Amlodipine Besylate14$54$4

2019: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Atorvastatin42$633$15
Levothyroxine17$515$30
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen18$206$11
Zolpidem15$152$10
Metformin14$148$11
Tamsulosin11$145$13
Spironolactone12$135$11
Amlodipine Besylate15$131$9
Benazepril11$106$10
Azithromycin18$100$6
Lorazepam11$79$7

2018: 20 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Xarelto15$13,064$871
Tamsulosin31$1,133$37
Atorvastatin63$1,090$17
Valsartan15$891$59
Levothyroxine23$667$29
Metoprolol19$649$34
Lisinopril37$397$11
Escitalopram16$327$20
Hydrochlorothiazide24$315$13
Amlodipine Besylate37$309$8
Zolpidem27$273$10
Allopurinol20$260$13
Simvastatin34$222$7
Losartan14$220$16
Fluticasone Propionate11$204$19
Metformin20$173$9
Cephalexin20$151$8
Azithromycin12$101$8
Montelukast11$87$8
Citalopram Hbr12$53$4

2017: 19 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Proair Hfa13$857$66
Levothyroxine28$788$28
Atorvastatin43$649$15
Metoprolol11$366$33
Tamsulosin13$363$28
Fluticasone Propionate13$275$21
Gabapentin16$241$15
Zolpidem16$223$14
Quetiapine11$204$19
Lisinopril21$164$8
Hydrochlorothiazide17$163$10
Simvastatin20$132$7
Amlodipine Besylate25$122$5
Lorazepam13$110$8
Famotidine14$109$8
Losartan13$106$8
Warfarin15$105$7
Ciprofloxacin15$72$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$64$5

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Gabapentin22$397$18

Professional record

NPI
1336505247
Licence
CA 847527, CA NP95002843
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 363LF0000X (363LF0000X); Federal specialty code 163W00000X (163W00000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2016-01-07
NPI last updated
2020-05-29
NPI record certified
2020-05-29

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