Linda Truong, MD | UniHealth

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1 location · Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC · 131 clinicians in this group

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California Medical Board record

Licence A161015 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-02-28 · Pennsylvania State University College 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.

Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	2.572	Worse	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.563	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.256	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.369	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	2.8 · 41 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6 · 141 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	10.2 · 124 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	8.3 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.9 · 653 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	10.1 · 348 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3 · 4,502 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	5.4 · 94 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.735	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	2.573	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	14.6 · 185 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	22.1 · 951 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	56.3 · 128 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	6.4 · 644 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	1.3 · 699 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.3 · 921 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.4 · 94 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	11.4 · 54 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	20.3 · 242 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Cleanliness	3
Nurse communication	3
Doctor communication	3
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	2
Overall hospital rating	3
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	4

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Room was "always" clean	70%
Nurses "always" communicated well	73%
Doctors "always" communicated well	76%
Staff "always" explained	57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	67%
Staff "always" explained new medications	71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	80%
"Always" quiet at night	43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$35,192

Medicare paid this office $35,192 for 256 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	151	$21,103	$136
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	73	$7,010	$91
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	24	$4,271	$178
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	97	$688	$7

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Removal of nail tissue	1-10	None

Who their Medicare patients are

256 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 21% · Women 57% · Also on Medicaid 56% · Health risk score 2.05. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 45% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Depression 32% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Heart failure 29% · Atrial fibrillation 26% · COPD 19% · Dementia 17% · Stroke 14% · Cancer 12%.

The office billed $293,082, Medicare allowed $48,462 and paid $35,192; for 385 services of 25 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	256	385	73	2.05	$293,082	$35,192
2023	312	473	72	2.22	$286,729	$44,021
2022	380	627	73	2.35	$253,750	$59,991
2021	446	834	73	1.76	$497,953	$74,976
2020	557	1,064	73	2.03	$600,106	$85,073
2019	296	497	74	1.98	$276,778	$39,811

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.

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2023: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	193	$27,158	$139
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	71	$7,121	$94
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	39	$6,822	$175
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	123	$915	$7

2022: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	210	$35,970	$167
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	79	$8,451	$106
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	30	$6,947	$232
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	63	$4,092	$60
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	174	$1,264	$7

2021: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	263	$46,152	$161
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	55	$13,712	$232
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	68	$7,489	$99
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	45	$2,530	$54
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	254	$2,114	$7

2020: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	311	$47,863	$142
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	79	$16,041	$196
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	99	$10,657	$95
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	333	$2,845	$7
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	48	$2,431	$50

2019: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making	173	$25,404	$138
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	64	$5,987	$92
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	22	$4,021	$183
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making	32	$1,646	$50
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	156	$1,208	$7

Medicaid work

$70,375 in 2024

Medicaid paid $70,375 for 2,058 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 124 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.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	990	$34,383
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	615	$29,568
Service	108	$3,881
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	53	$1,287
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	264	$1,227
Service	28	$28

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Medicaid work by year

2024	2,058	6	124	$70,375
2023	2,991	14	127	$88,837
2022	2,312	8	64	$72,948
2021	3,442	10	104	$282,823
2020	3,519	10	152	$251,359
2019	1,775	7	143	$93,255

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2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	1,130	$38,106
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	757	$34,447
Service	282	$10,450
New patient visit (45+ min)	29	$1,326
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	251	$1,045
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	112	$917
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	67	$720
Service	12	$409
Service	260	$388
Return visit (30+ min)	12	$387
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular	14	$268
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	16	$263

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	619	$29,379
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	914	$20,616
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	518	$17,079
Service	131	$4,769
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	38	$422
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	44	$388
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	31	$247
Service	17	$49

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	826	$116,620
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	765	$85,290
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	870	$59,448
Service	227	$8,559
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP	88	$7,157
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	602	$4,406
2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc	14	$800
Service	24	$215
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	13	$187
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	13	$138

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	788	$99,555
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	720	$72,081
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	970	$55,713
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP	138	$10,661
Service	189	$7,015
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	596	$4,227
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); influenza virus, for multiple types or sub-types, includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, first 2 types or sub-types	12	$901
Service	54	$587
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL	25	$338
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count	27	$281

2019

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Largest Medicaid services in 2019

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM	365	$29,640
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM	625	$26,738
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM	394	$24,762
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP	76	$6,078
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	250	$2,806
Service	53	$2,038
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes	12	$1,193

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,964

Pharmacies billed $1,964 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 11% of their Part D prescriptions (23 of 206) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

187 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,964 in drug cost · 48 antibiotic prescriptions to 47 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Naproxen	27	$76	$3
Cephalexin	16	$69	$4
Tramadol	15	$11	$1

Year by year

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	206	138	11% (23)	None	$1,964
2023	239	149	12% (28)	None	$2,780
2022	238	164	15% (35)	None	$3,253
2021	232	148	24% (56)	7%	$3,769
2020	225	156	20% (44)	8%	$4,165
2019	110	81	16% (18)	None	$2,403
2018	60	46	27% (16)	0%	$556
2017	33	24	None	None	$400

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

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2023: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Cephalexin	19	$177	$9
Naproxen	36	$151	$4
Ondansetron Odt	14	$143	$10
Tramadol	16	$22	$1

2022: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Ondansetron Odt	15	$128	$9
Cephalexin	15	$118	$8
Naproxen	22	$105	$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	12	$47	$4
Ibuprofen	13	$36	$3
Tramadol	17	$28	$2

2021: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Cephalexin	19	$110	$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	23	$100	$4
Ondansetron Odt	11	$85	$8
Naproxen	14	$68	$5
Prednisone	12	$48	$4
Tramadol	26	$47	$2

2020: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Ondansetron Odt	18	$123	$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	19	$87	$5
Cephalexin	14	$76	$5
Prednisone	16	$62	$4
Ibuprofen	13	$46	$4
Naproxen	15	$42	$3
Tramadol	18	$33	$2

2019: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Ondansetron Odt	11	$100	$9
Cephalexin	12	$76	$6

Professional record

NPI: 1427403187
Licence: CA A161015California A161015: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Group: Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PC
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: Yes
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address: 320 East North Avenue, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212
NPI first listed: 2016-05-02
NPI last updated: 2019-06-17

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