Asaf Presente, MD
Internal Medicine · Long Beach
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 5
Offices
5 locations · Cep America - Intensivists PC · County of Santa Clara
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Hospitals listed: Tri-City Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A99158 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2027-03-31 · Northwestern University Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 86.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
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.
- Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency departmentPart of Tri City Healthcare DistrictPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 52% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.39, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Tri-City Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 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.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.39 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0 to 1.97) · 536 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.93 (0.56 to 1.31) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 185.5 (123.11 to 247.89) · 32 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 84 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 109 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 156 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 17.1 · 255 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 15.6 · 251 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.4 · 2,347 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 3,248 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.08 to 0.49) · 3,281 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3 (0.72 to 5.29) · 760 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.53 (0 to 3.19) · 279 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.93 (0.35 to 3.5) · 743 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.69 (1.61 to 17.78) · 289 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (1.29 to 9.34) · 268 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.71 (0.2 to 3.22) · 176 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0 to 1.35) · 2,305 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.9 · 59 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.052 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.974 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.103 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.522 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.1 · 215 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.7 · 298 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -7.8 · 116 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 29.1 · 191 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 14 · 287 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18 · 447 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.6 (3.5 to 8.9) · 32 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10.7 (7.2 to 15.6) · 32 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.8 · 62 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.9 · 31 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 172 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.1 (9.4 to 17.5) · 36 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 257 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (403 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 64% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 71% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 79% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 79% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 53% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 68% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 77% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 39% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 52% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 48% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$18,746
Medicare paid this office $18,746 for 69 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 42 | $12,640 | $178 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 21 | $2,408 | $105 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $2,125 | $152 |
Who their Medicare patients are
69 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 58% · Health risk score 3.40. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 57% · Heart failure 57% · Atrial fibrillation 51% · Chronic kidney disease 49% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Dementia 43% · Depression 35% · COPD 33% · Stroke 32% · Cancer 17%.
The office billed $208,381, Medicare allowed $23,769 and paid $18,746; for 127 services of 11 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
| 2024 | 69 | 127 | 75 | 3.40 | $208,381 | $18,746 |
| 2023 | 94 | 235 | 73 | 3.58 | $328,815 | $35,337 |
| 2022 | 121 | 261 | 72 | 3.44 | $316,977 | $37,895 |
| 2021 | 122 | 335 | 71 | 2.65 | $350,587 | $46,970 |
| 2020 | 158 | 378 | 71 | 3.07 | $373,265 | $54,203 |
| 2019 | 184 | 422 | 74 | 2.97 | $372,160 | $56,490 |
| 2018 | 162 | 371 | 75 | 2.76 | $216,261 | $51,661 |
| 2017 | 156 | 407 | 74 | 2.69 | $213,848 | $55,303 |
| 2016 | 211 | 480 | 74 | 2.60 | $224,836 | $61,571 |
| 2015 | 243 | 615 | 73 | 2.75 | $182,974 | $65,210 |
| 2014 | 147 | 295 | 71 | 3.09 | $68,082 | $29,685 |
| 2013 | 71 | 78 | 73 | 3.66 | $28,318 | $8,543 |
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: 3 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 68 | $25,862 | $177 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 37 | $4,833 | $105 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $1,776 | $148 |
2022: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 75 | $27,387 | $179 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 37 | $4,333 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,449 | $163 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 12 | $1,163 | $89 |
2021: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 70 | $30,968 | $182 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 54 | $7,566 | $86 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $2,991 | $166 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 25 | $2,746 | $92 |
2020: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 94 | $36,026 | $185 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 54 | $6,843 | $88 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 27 | $4,766 | $170 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 40 | $3,907 | $93 |
2019: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 110 | $35,721 | $179 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 74 | $8,167 | $85 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 44 | $4,523 | $90 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 24 | $3,972 | $166 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $952 | $60 |
| Advance care planning, first 30 minutes | 11 | $779 | $65 |
2018: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 102 | $34,743 | $180 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 60 | $6,724 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 19 | $3,143 | $165 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 18 | $1,623 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 19 | $1,307 | $59 |
2017: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 112 | $38,834 | $177 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 64 | $7,812 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,419 | $161 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 24 | $2,301 | $88 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,036 | $58 |
2016: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 133 | $38,663 | $179 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 86 | $11,751 | $84 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 35 | $3,249 | $88 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,085 | $139 |
| Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | 14 | $1,247 | $89 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 12 | $1,185 | $91 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $1,111 | $58 |
2015: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 159 | $28,234 | $84 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 110 | $25,080 | $180 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 20 | $3,290 | $164 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 33 | $2,475 | $59 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 13 | $833 | $59 |
2014: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 86 | $11,487 | $84 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 41 | $10,387 | $179 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $1,962 | $163 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 25 | $1,919 | $58 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 15 | $1,703 | $90 |
2013: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 23 | $4,188 | $174 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 35 | $2,770 | $79 |
Medicaid work
$10,497 in 2021
Medicaid paid $10,497 for 131 billed services this clinician did in 2021, up to 27 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.
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 110 | $9,640 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 21 | $857 |
| 2021 | 131 | 2 | 27 | $10,497 |
| 2020 | 91 | 1 | 18 | $6,112 |
| 2019 | 81 | 2 | 12 | $6,818 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2020
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 91 | $6,112 |
2019
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 65 | $6,088 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 16 | $729 |
Money from drug and device companies
$784 in 2020
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Covidien LP | Puritan Bennett | $750 | 1 payment
|
| NxStage Medical | System One | $34 | 1 payment
|
See all 2 published payments
| Covidien LP | Consulting · 2020-10-27 | Puritan Bennett | $750 |
| NxStage Medical | Meals · 2020-08-04 | System One | $34 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1497944805
- Licence
- CA A99158California A99158: Current · expires 2027-03-31
- Group
- Cep America - Intensivists PC · County of Santa Clara
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92109
- NPI first listed
- 2007-10-22
- NPI last updated
- 2022-08-11
- NPI record certified
- 2022-08-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.