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Elaine Alexandra A Brown, MD

Neurology · San Francisco

NPI 1356651681

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Offices
3
Since medical school
16 years
George Washington University School of Medicine, 2010

Offices

3 locations · University of California Sfgh Medical Group · University of California San Francisco

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Brown’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A135432 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2028-07-31 · George Washington University 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 Psychiatry and Neurology - Clinical Neurophysiology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology

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.

  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of San Francisco Health Network, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.449, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.37, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.538, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 2 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.449BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.37BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.538BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.9 (0 to 1.91) · 667 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.12 (0.76 to 1.49)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths195.34 (147.34 to 243.34) · 76 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.2 · 114 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.2 · 48 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 201 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.5 · 214 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 261 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.5 · 1,351 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.29 (0.07 to 0.5) · 4,709 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.39 (0.19 to 0.59) · 4,644 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.34 (2.11 to 6.56) · 795 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.59 (0 to 3.28) · 234 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.85 (1.33 to 4.38) · 861 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.95 (0.25 to 17.64) · 261 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6 (2.01 to 9.98) · 242 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.66 (0.17 to 3.14) · 167 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.79 (0.08 to 1.49) · 4,129 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.4 · 35 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.709No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.769No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.7 · 41 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 227 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits28.6 · 257 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits75.1 · 239 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.2 · 232 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 175 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits11.3 (8.3 to 15.1) · 175 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 37 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.2 · 132 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.6 (10.4 to 17.9) · 966 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) · 88 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,644 patients answered, 16% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
Room was "always" clean69%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well75%
Staff "always" explained56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information84%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge83%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand68%
Doctors "always" listened carefully75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)72%
Staff "always" explained new medications67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand68%
Nurses "always" listened carefully70%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night55%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital72%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms84%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$11,314

Medicare paid this office $11,314 for 37 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes14$4,856$106

Who their Medicare patients are

37 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 43% · Also on Medicaid 70% · Health risk score 2.12. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 54% · Stroke 46% · Dementia 43% · Diabetes 38% · Chronic kidney disease 35% · Atrial fibrillation 32% · Heart failure 30%.

The office billed $63,664, Medicare allowed $14,424 and paid $11,314; for 121 services of 11 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
202437121712.12$63,664$11,314
20232551732.09$28,701$5,328
20221646742.55$17,239$3,203
202180120742.75$66,873$12,823
201974221742.10$89,741$17,376
20173161741.92$24,541$4,539
201671152722.06$49,911$8,814
20152660741.62$19,599$3,914

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

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes32$5,619$176
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$2,954$64
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes13$1,576$121

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes34$9,530$64
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes16$2,864$179
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes14$1,256$90
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes11$1,176$107

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes37$3,919$57
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes13$1,438$111
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less16$846$53
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes11$791$34

2015: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes15$2,090$65

Medicaid work

$998 in 2024

Medicaid paid $998 for 33 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 16 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 2024
Service15$998
Return visit (30+ min)18$0
Medicaid work by year
202433216$998
202162223$2,157
201928116$710
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES46$1,522
IP/OBS CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 80 MINUTES16$634

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES28$710

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$8,011

Pharmacies billed $8,011 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 64) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.

52 generic and 12 brand-name prescriptions · $8,011 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
202464190% (0)19%$8,011
202341140% (0)None$7,496
202229130% (0)None$13,575
2021103310% (0)None$7,994
202073190% (0)None$5,894
201922120% (0)None$1,798
201875150% (0)0%$5,055
201787250% (0)None$2,247
201673250% (0)0%$2,363

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Carbidopa-Levodopa18$1,090$61

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Lamotrigine24$171$7

2018: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Carbidopa-Levodopa15$1,926$128
Propranolol13$393$30
Topiramate13$236$18

2017: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Levetiracetam11$535$49
Topiramate17$216$13
Nortriptyline13$157$12

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Gabapentin11$189$17

Money from drug and device companies

$22 in 2023

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
DaxorBva-100$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Bva-100 · 2023-09-22 · $22
See the published payment
Every published payment
DaxorMeals · 2023-09-22Bva-100$22

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
91.9 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1356651681
Licence
CA A135432California A135432: Current · expires 2028-07-31
Trained
George Washington University School of Medicine, 2010 · 16 years ago
Group
University of California Sfgh Medical Group · University of California San Francisco
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94110
NPI first listed
2010-10-20
NPI last updated
2016-09-27

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