Alai Alvarez, MD
Emergency Medicine · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
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- 1
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
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| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A114602 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2010 · expires 2028-06-30 · State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$68,869
Medicare paid this office $68,869 for 440 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 313 | $45,361 | $143 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 73 | $13,356 | $183 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 44 | $4,223 | $96 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 18 | $399 | $22 |
Who their Medicare patients are
440 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 24% · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 38% · Health risk score 2.37. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Chronic kidney disease 40% · Diabetes 39% · Atrial fibrillation 35% · Depression 35% · Heart failure 32% · Dementia 27% · Cancer 24% · Stroke 18% · COPD 16%.
The office billed $478,699, Medicare allowed $89,677 and paid $68,869; for 533 services of 31 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 | 440 | 533 | 75 | 2.37 | $478,699 | $68,869 |
| 2023 | 375 | 443 | 74 | 2.25 | $357,846 | $56,088 |
| 2022 | 295 | 353 | 75 | 2.16 | $226,972 | $43,275 |
| 2021 | 276 | 334 | 72 | 2.42 | $231,838 | $42,902 |
| 2020 | 240 | 305 | 71 | 2.72 | $216,404 | $40,351 |
| 2019 | 350 | 416 | 74 | 2.48 | $318,567 | $54,532 |
| 2018 | 507 | 685 | 71 | 2.24 | $488,722 | $71,668 |
| 2017 | 617 | 942 | 71 | 2.26 | $487,577 | $104,578 |
| 2016 | 448 | 611 | 70 | 2.07 | $360,233 | $58,419 |
| 2014 | 477 | 785 | 65 | 1.90 | $570,734 | $63,828 |
| 2013 | 516 | 843 | 66 | 1.92 | $553,067 | $64,548 |
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: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 207 | $31,637 | $151 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 108 | $11,021 | $101 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 41 | $7,705 | $188 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 15 | $890 | $59 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $275 | $23 |
2022: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 153 | $18,336 | $118 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 107 | $17,955 | $166 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $2,472 | $190 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 15 | $1,071 | $71 |
2021: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 135 | $17,075 | $124 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 93 | $15,668 | $167 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 24 | $5,132 | $214 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 14 | $534 | $38 |
2020: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 158 | $25,661 | $160 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 31 | $6,812 | $220 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 41 | $4,442 | $103 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 15 | $362 | $24 |
2019: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 194 | $28,743 | $145 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 68 | $13,452 | $192 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 69 | $6,842 | $98 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 13 | $284 | $22 |
2018: 8 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 258 | $36,855 | $141 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 148 | $13,713 | $92 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 61 | $11,955 | $196 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 30 minutes | 14 | $1,247 | $89 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 24 | $1,121 | $47 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 73 | $577 | $7 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 12 | $465 | $39 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 15 | $369 | $23 |
2017: 8 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 366 | $64,489 | $173 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 156 | $15,840 | $101 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 50 | $11,617 | $228 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 215 | $2,186 | $9 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 38 | $2,034 | $54 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 12 | $1,458 | $122 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 13 | $694 | $53 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 12 | $348 | $29 |
2016: 6 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 171 | $25,234 | $145 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 164 | $16,213 | $96 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 42 | $8,106 | $193 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 34 | $1,918 | $52 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 11 | $1,817 | $165 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 93 | $789 | $7 |
2014: 8 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 225 | $34,111 | $144 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 141 | $14,008 | $95 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 35 | $6,841 | $195 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 39 | $2,005 | $50 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 225 | $1,880 | $7 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 11 | $1,174 | $107 |
| Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | 11 | $1,051 | $96 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 15 | $547 | $36 |
2013: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 278 | $40,679 | $137 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 157 | $15,024 | $91 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 42 | $1,856 | $43 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 224 | $1,806 | $7 |
Medicaid work
$59,367 in 2024
Medicaid paid $59,367 for 536 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 52 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.
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 462 | $53,153 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 74 | $6,214 |
| 2024 | 536 | 2 | 52 | $59,367 |
| 2023 | 504 | 5 | 66 | $40,930 |
| 2022 | 327 | 2 | 39 | $26,487 |
| 2021 | 325 | 2 | 32 | $20,636 |
| 2020 | 255 | 2 | 30 | $21,896 |
| 2019 | 299 | 2 | 28 | $24,045 |
| 2018 | 1,313 | 6 | 52 | $43,541 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 226 | $21,154 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 240 | $17,716 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 13 | $1,058 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 12 | $545 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 13 | $457 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 258 | $19,237 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 69 | $7,250 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 265 | $15,830 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 60 | $4,806 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 197 | $18,179 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 58 | $3,717 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 201 | $17,588 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 98 | $6,457 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 434 | $23,975 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 394 | $14,305 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 162 | $2,415 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 270 | $1,540 |
| Service | 33 | $1,249 |
| Service | 20 | $57 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1366677486
- Licence
- CA A114602, NY 251414California A114602: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2009-05-19
- NPI last updated
- 2024-03-14
- NPI record certified
- 2024-03-14
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128