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Jennifer Ryan Brown, CNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna) · Boston

NPI 1447768973

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  • Medicare does not list them as allowed to order and refer

Offices

1 location · Harvard Medical Faculty Phys at Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr Inc · 1,693 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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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.

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Beth Israel Lahey Health, which runs 10 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Beth Israel Lahey Health, which runs 10 hospitalsHome of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate: 3.94 (2.98 to 4.91) · 5,770 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: 3.752, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 1,558 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.55, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.565, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.593, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Safety: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 5 the same, 2 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.97 (0 to 2.01) · 408 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.88 (0.46 to 1.3)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.8 · 100 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8 · 491 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 716 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10 · 150 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 1,829 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.18 (0 to 0.4) · 4,910 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.31 (0.11 to 0.51) · 4,857 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.36 (0.94 to 5.77) · 390 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.48 (0.81 to 4.15) · 369 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.71 (0.2 to 3.22) · 111 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.25 (0 to 1.1) · 3,674 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.182No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.524No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.641No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.601No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits23.2 · 517 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits22 · 547 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits4.4 · 768 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.2 · 740 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.1 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13 (10.3 to 16.4) · 2,584 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (712 patients answered, 28% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Room was "always" clean63%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)68%
Staff "always" explained new medications73%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night45%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%
See every measure and the patient survey for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 4 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 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 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths3.94 (2.98 to 4.91) · 5,770 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections3.752WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 1,558 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.55BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.565BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.593BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.07 (0.4 to 1.74) · 4,681 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.03 (0.85 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths182.52 (157.03 to 208.01) · 432 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.3 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.7 · 170 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.3 · 366 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.9 · 964 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths11 · 620 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 554 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 6,560 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0.04 to 0.33) · 17,760 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.11 to 0.43) · 18,937 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.73 (2.48 to 4.99) · 6,442 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.53 (0.47 to 2.6) · 3,059 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.37 (3.07 to 9.67) · 2,892 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.05 (3.85 to 8.26) · 3,016 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.33 (0.11 to 2.54) · 1,427 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.84 (0.49 to 1.19) · 16,829 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 252 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.884No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.145No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.3 · 629 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.9 · 1,411 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits25.9 · 583 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits30.3 · 1,235 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits7.3 · 673 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.1 · 767 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5 (4.2 to 6.1) · 1,558 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.7 · 245 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.2 · 233 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.1 · 239 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.4 (10.2 to 14.9) · 5,120 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 1,196 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (5,505 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained64%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications78%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand78%
Nurses "always" listened carefully80%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night51%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital79%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$10,841

Medicare paid this office $10,841 for 143 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope33$1,883$57
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope27$1,544$57
Anesthesia for procedure on small and large bowel using an endoscope13$962$74
Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope15$811$54

Who their Medicare patients are

143 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 19% · Health risk score 1.28. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical certified registered nurse anesthetist (crna) clinician is at 1.45.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Diabetes 32% · Depression 32% · Cancer 26% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 22% · Atrial fibrillation 19% · Heart failure 15% · COPD 13% · Stroke 10% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $86,970, Medicare allowed $13,533 and paid $10,841; for 143 services of 27 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

Original Medicare by year
2024143143731.28$86,970$10,841
2023161163711.31$96,785$12,505
2022151153731.46$93,405$12,198
2021111111721.75$81,770$10,861
20207171711.80$49,465$6,867

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope51$3,193$61
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope26$1,656$61
Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope19$1,169$62
Anesthesia for procedure on small and large bowel using an endoscope11$733$67

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope46$2,991$65
Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope25$1,553$62
Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope19$1,408$70

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope26$1,859$71
Anesthesia for lens surgery17$1,120$66
Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope17$1,052$62

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope16$1,157$72
Anesthesia for lens surgery12$945$79

Money from drug and device companies

$750 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411$750$750
202311None$104

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
Becton Dickinson andNone$750
1 payment
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2024-11-13 · $750
See the published payment
Every published payment
Becton Dickinson andPaid to speak or teach · 2024-11-13None$750
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $104

Payments by company in 2023
Gilead SciencesDescovy$104
1 payment
  • Meals for Descovy · 2023-06-15 · $104

Professional record

NPI
1447768973
Licence
CA NA95000840
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 367500000X (367500000X)
Mailing address
610 Gilbert Ave Apt 29, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
NPI first listed
2018-01-18
NPI last updated
2020-02-13
NPI record certified
2020-02-13

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

Extra NPI addresses: 250 Hospital Pkwy, San Jose, CA, 95119