Landon Schaffer Polakof, MD

1 location · Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation · 1,684 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: 058218 · 058277 · 559615 · Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Saint John'S Health Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Licence A162737 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-05-31 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

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

3 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey, CAAcute Care Hospital · Proprietary · Has an emergency departmentPart of Cedars Sinai Health System, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 64% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.326, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Cedars Sinai Health System, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 7.77 (6.11 to 9.44) · 6,132 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.2 to 14.7) · 1,174 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 134.15 (109.33 to 158.98) · 557 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.386, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.661, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.628, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.503, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 3.8 (3 to 4.8) · 1,174 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.8) · 2,580 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
• Saint John'S Health CenterSanta Monica, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Providence, which runs 54 hospitals in 7 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 73% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$233,683

Medicare paid this office $233,683 for 552 people.

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

Procedures Medicare counted

Who their Medicare patients are

552 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 2% · 85 and older 18% · Women 64% · Also on Medicaid 14% · Health risk score 1.21. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Coronary heart disease 34% · Diabetes 24% · Depression 22% · Chronic kidney disease 19% · Cancer 19% · Heart failure 18% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · COPD 10% · Stroke 10% · Dementia 9%.

The office billed $1,064,142, Medicare allowed $302,399 and paid $233,683; for 2,800 services of 70 kinds; $25,363 of it was for drugs given in the office and $208,321 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 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.

$6,560

Pharmacies billed $6,560 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 28% of their Part D prescriptions (98 of 348) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 31%.

339 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $6,560 in drug cost · 19 antibiotic prescriptions to 14 people.

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.

$3,362 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.

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

NPI

1417442682

Licence

CA A162737California A162737: Current · expires 2027-05-31

Trained

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2017

Group

Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Male