Al V Taira, MD

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

Hospitals listed: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center · UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

15 plans · 3 carriers

Licence A111479 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2010 · expires 2028-01-31 · Stanford University School of Medicine.

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

1 licence

• Washington MDRE.ML.20008759Physician And Surgeon Residency Limited License · since 2006 · expires 2010-07-31
  ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.

2 hospitals

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
• UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

$393,470

Medicare paid this office $393,470 for 307 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

307 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Women 49% · Also on Medicaid 7% · Health risk score 1.70. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical radiation oncology clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: Cancer 75% · High blood pressure 73% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Diabetes 26% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Atrial fibrillation 22% · Heart failure 21% · COPD 16% · Depression 14% · Stroke 7% · Dementia 5%.

The office billed $2,152,556, Medicare allowed $493,636 and paid $393,470; for 4,705 services of 32 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 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.

$2,262

Pharmacies billed $2,262 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 15% of their Part D prescriptions (24 of 157) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical radiation oncology clinician is at 11%.

149 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,262 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 prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

$192 in 2025

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1346322567

Licence

CA A111479, WA ML20008759California A111479: Current · expires 2028-01-31Washington MDRE.ML.20008759: Expired

Trained

Stanford University School of Medicine, 2005

Group

Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Video visits

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Gender

Male