Debra Lauren Diaz, PA
Physician Assistant · Portland
- 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
- 12 years
- George Washington University School of Medicine, 2014
Offices
1 location · Oregon Health and Science University · 93 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Adventist Health Portland · OHSU Hospital and Clinics. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A54422 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2027-04-30 · Tulane University School of Medicine.
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No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
2 hospitals
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Adventist Health PortlandPortland, ORAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Adventist Health, which runs 28 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.501, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- OHSU Hospital and ClinicsPortland, ORAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Oregon Health and Science University, which runs 2 hospitalsHome of Knight Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.31 (1.1 to 1.51), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 6.83 (5.37 to 8.29) · 3,784 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.733, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Adventist Health Portland
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.501 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.92 (0 to 1.94) · 467 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.72 (0.36 to 1.07) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 181.15 (123.15 to 239.14) · 40 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7 · 48 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.5 · 131 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.3 · 187 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10 · 157 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 2,018 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.38) · 2,537 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.45) · 2,745 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.59 (1.36 to 5.82) · 840 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.41 (0 to 3) · 272 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.85 (0.31 to 3.4) · 736 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.72 (0 to 11.94) · 280 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5 (1.09 to 8.9) · 275 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.67 (0.18 to 3.16) · 127 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0 to 1.02) · 2,058 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.615 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.89 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 12.6 · 301 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 628 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -26.3 · 162 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -21.8 · 268 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 22.2 · 188 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.6 · 454 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.4 · 101 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 148 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.1 (9 to 16.1) · 549 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) · 359 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (704 patients answered, 19% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 58% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
See every measure and the patient survey for OHSU Hospital and Clinics
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.31 (1.1 to 1.51) | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 6.83 (5.37 to 8.29) · 3,784 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.733 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.61 to 2.14) · 2,275 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 150.45 (118.94 to 181.96) · 340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 3 · 44 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.3 · 98 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.6 · 197 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.7 · 145 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.7 · 273 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 3,434 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.07 to 0.43) · 7,501 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.06 to 0.42) · 7,980 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.42 (1.27 to 3.57) · 2,337 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.27 (1.24 to 3.31) · 3,615 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.99 (7.55 to 14.42) · 2,153 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.35 (5.23 to 9.48) · 2,355 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.98 (0.69 to 3.27) · 1,001 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.66 (0.18 to 1.14) · 6,661 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.2 · 56 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.838 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.8 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.936 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 1.381 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.174 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.7 · 180 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 320 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 11.9 · 120 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 7.9 · 223 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 24.5 · 142 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.6 · 204 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5 (3.9 to 6.3) · 952 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.5 (8 to 11.4) · 952 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.4 · 88 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 49 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.8 (9.1 to 15.4) · 1,483 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) · 1,425 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (812 patients answered, 24% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 64% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 51% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 49% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Medicaid work
$8,335 in 2024
Medicaid paid $8,335 for 318 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 31 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 47 | $4,504 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $2,653 |
| Influenza virus vaccine, trivalent (IIV3), split virus, preservative free, 0.5 mL dosage, for intramuscular use | 20 | $403 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | 16 | $212 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) | 14 | $202 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 12 | $148 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 12 | $85 |
| Hemoglobin A1C level | 13 | $78 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 12 | $51 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 66 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 70 | $0 |
| 2024 | 318 | 11 | 31 | $8,335 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1 | 14 | $1,555 |
| 2019 | 994 | 13 | 43 | $69,962 |
| 2018 | 79 | 3 | 25 | $3,539 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2020
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 29 | $1,555 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 200 | $28,790 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 296 | $15,889 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 61 | $13,308 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 92 | $7,635 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 15 | $2,227 |
| Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 33 | $1,274 |
| Short return visit | 13 | $705 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 14 | $84 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 146 | $36 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 32 | $8 |
| Gonadotropin, chorionic (hCG); qualitative | 12 | $6 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 28 | $0 |
2018
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $2,177 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 23 | $1,362 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 17 | $0 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$13,164
Pharmacies billed $13,164 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
136 generic and 25 brand-name prescriptions · $13,164 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
| 2024 | 161 | 41 | None | 16% | $13,164 |
| 2020 | 11 | None | None | 0% | $63 |
| 2019 | 97 | 76 | 19% (18) | None | $1,551 |
| 2018 | 84 | 55 | None | 17% | $4,207 |
| 2017 | 62 | 43 | None | None | $1,130 |
| 2016 | 28 | 18 | None | None | $376 |
| 2015 | 85 | 52 | 19% (16) | 16% | $5,931 |
| 2014 | 32 | 23 | None | None | $713 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2019: 1 drug
| Cephalexin | 12 | $90 | $7 |
2018: 1 drug
| Cephalexin | 13 | $103 | $8 |
Money from drug and device companies
$119 in 2022
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $119 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | None | $39 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $100 | 1 payment
|
| Travere Therapeutics | Thiola | $19 | 1 payment
|
See all 2 published payments
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2022-07-05 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $100 |
| Travere Therapeutics | Meals · 2022-06-23 | Thiola | $19 |
See earlier years (2021)
2021: $39
| Travere Therapeutics | Thiola | $39 | 2 payments
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1417362096
- Licence
- CA 54422, OR PA189344California A54422: Current · expires 2027-04-30
- Trained
- George Washington University School of Medicine, 2014 · 12 years ago
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1650 Nw Naito Pkwy, Ste 185, Portland, OR, 97209
- NPI first listed
- 2014-06-23
- NPI last updated
- 2022-07-21
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 2120 L St Nw Ste 400, Washington, DC, 20037