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Kenneth Michael Lin, MD

Orthopedic Surgery · Stanford

NPI 1417311556

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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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 A171724 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-02-28 · Washington University in St. Louis 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 it
    Overall 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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$143,551

Medicare paid this office $143,551 for 309 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)164$27,574$111
Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder12$16,687$1,391
Long return visit (40+ min)69$13,156$162
Replacement of knee joint on side of knee11$13,001$1,083
Short return visit (20+ min)99$9,646$82
See all 13 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)164$27,574$111
Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder12$16,687$1,391
Long return visit (40+ min)69$13,156$162
Replacement of knee joint on side of knee11$13,001$1,083
Short return visit (20+ min)99$9,646$82
New patient visit (45+ min)62$8,918$144
New patient visit (30+ min)58$5,964$103
Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg14$5,900None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint51$5,595$68
Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose13$4,588None
New patient visit (60+ min)11$2,280$207
Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg47$261None
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg24$127None

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Knee replacement1-10None
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)40More than 98% of doctors who do this
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)19More than 61% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

309 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 11% · Health risk score 0.82. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 59% · Depression 18% · Cancer 15% · Diabetes 14% · Coronary heart disease 14% · Chronic kidney disease 14% · Atrial fibrillation 10% · Heart failure 7% · COPD 6% · Stroke 5%.

The office billed $973,993, Medicare allowed $187,252 and paid $143,551; for 8,238 services of 42 kinds; $11,099 of it was for drugs given in the office and $132,452 for care.

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
20243098,238730.82$973,993$143,551
20232394,970720.86$824,252$103,046
2022952,289711.00$272,369$28,733

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: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)140$30,210$116
New patient visit (45+ min)71$10,289$145
Long return visit (40+ min)34$6,183$151
Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg13$4,736None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint48$4,639$63
New patient visit (30+ min)46$4,446$97
Short return visit (20+ min)43$4,009$85
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,869$191
Telehealth originating site facility fee15$359$22
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg29$211None
Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg44$190None

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)44$5,453$119
New patient visit (45+ min)22$3,371$153
New patient visit (30+ min)30$2,811$94
Short return visit (20+ min)28$2,794$85
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint28$2,074$65
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg23$159None
Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg28$107None

Money from drug and device companies

$520 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202558None$520
202422None$121
202326None$475
2022437None$23,291
2021324None$17,251

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Smith+NephewAetos Shoulder System$239
2 payments
  • Meals for Real Intelligence · 2025-08-19 · $91
  • Meals for Aetos Shoulder System · 2025-03-04 · $148
Medical Device Business ServicesDynatape$107
1 payment
  • Meals for Dynatape · 2025-03-12 · $107
ArthrexNone$92
2 payments
  • Meals · 2025-03-25 · $37
  • Meals · 2025-03-25 · $54
Pacira PharmaceuticalsExparel$44
2 payments
  • Meals for Exparel · 2025-11-21 · $27
  • Meals for Exparel · 2025-02-19 · $17
Orthofix MedicalPhysio-Stim$38
1 payment
  • Meals for Physio-Stim · 2025-06-18 · $38
See all 8 published payments
Every published payment
Pacira PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-11-21Exparel$27
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-08-19Real Intelligence$91
Orthofix MedicalMeals · 2025-06-18Physio-Stim$38
ArthrexMeals · 2025-03-25None$37
ArthrexMeals · 2025-03-25None$54
Medical Device Business ServicesMeals · 2025-03-12Dynatape$107
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-03-04Aetos Shoulder System$148
Pacira PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-02-19Exparel$17
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

2024: $121

Payments by company in 2024
ArthrexArthrex$87
1 payment
  • Meals for Arthrex · 2024-11-19 · $87
Evolution SurgicalNone$35
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-02-16 · $35

2023: $475

Payments by company in 2023
Evolution SurgicalNone$358
5 payments
  • Meals · 2023-12-16 · $6
  • Meals · 2023-12-16 · $6
  • Meals · 2023-08-29 · $31
  • Meals · 2023-04-13 · $29
  • Meals · 2023-01-12 · $286
ArthrexArthroplasty Implants Anatomic Total Shoulder Eclipse$117
1 payment
  • Meals for Arthroplasty Implants Anatomic Total Shoulder Eclipse · 2023-02-02 · $117

2022: $23,291

Payments by company in 2022
Smith+NephewNone$10,625
1 payment
  • Education · 2022-01-05 · $10,625
Evolution SurgicalNone$7,541
15 payments
  • Meals · 2022-12-08 · $18
  • Education · 2022-12-08 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-11-10 · $25
  • Education · 2022-11-10 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-06-04 · $10
  • Education · 2022-06-04 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-06-04 · $5
  • Education · 2022-05-16 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-05-16 · $28
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $112
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $111
  • Meals · 2022-03-15 · $18
  • Education · 2022-03-15 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-01-22 · $14
  • Education · 2022-01-22 · $1,200
ArthrexNone$4,986
20 payments
  • Meals · 2022-05-14 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-14 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-14 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-14 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-14 · $24
  • Education · 2022-05-14 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-13 · $24
  • Education · 2022-05-13 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $24
  • Meals · 2022-05-12 · $75
  • Education · 2022-05-12 · $1,200
  • Travel · 2022-04-08 · $517
  • Travel · 2022-04-08 · $612
StrykerBlueprint Patient Specific Instrumentation$140
1 payment
  • Meals for Blueprint Patient Specific Instrumentation · 2022-02-01 · $140

2021: $17,251

Payments by company in 2021
Smith+NephewQ-Fix Hip$10,950
3 payments
  • Education · 2021-11-15 · $10,625
  • Education for Q-Fix Hip · 2021-09-22 · $182
  • Meals for Q-Fix Shoulder · 2021-08-12 · $143
Evolution SurgicalNone$4,583
9 payments
  • Education · 2021-10-26 · $1,200
  • Meals · 2021-10-26 · $16
  • Travel · 2021-10-08 · $46
  • Travel · 2021-10-07 · $43
  • Travel · 2021-10-06 · $812
  • Travel · 2021-10-06 · $40
  • Meals · 2021-09-15 · $25
  • Education · 2021-09-15 · $1,200
  • Education · 2021-08-03 · $1,200
ArthrexNone$1,718
12 payments
  • Meals · 2021-10-08 · $25
  • Meals · 2021-10-08 · $12
  • Meals · 2021-10-08 · $14
  • Meals · 2021-10-08 · $5
  • Meals · 2021-10-07 · $60
  • Meals · 2021-10-07 · $25
  • Meals · 2021-10-07 · $12
  • Meals · 2021-10-07 · $5
  • Meals · 2021-10-07 · $14
  • Education · 2021-10-07 · $1,200
  • Education · 2021-10-07 · $150
  • Travel · 2021-10-06 · $196

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Linvatec Corporation · Biobrace Augmentation for Anterolateral Complex Stabilization: A Biomechanical Study · 2025This clinician$48,938

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
1417311556
Licence
CA A171724California A171724: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207XX0005X (207XX0005X); Orthopedic surgery (207X00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2016-04-05
NPI last updated
2024-04-28
NPI record certified
2024-04-28

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.