Shahin Foroutan, MD
General Surgery · San Jose
- 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
- 2
Offices
2 locations · County of Santa Clara · Peacehealth
Hospitals listed: Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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California Medical Board record
Licence A118403 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2011 · expires 2027-09-30 · University of Vermont College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Washington MD.MD.61275961Physician And Surgeon License · since 2022 · expires 2026-09-26Matched by name, not licence number; check the name before relying on it.ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Sacred Heart Medical Center - RiverbendSpringfield, ORAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Peacehealth, which runs 10 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 77% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 0.66 (0.42 to 0.9), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.203, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.547, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 9 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 | 0.66 (0.42 to 0.9) | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.203 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.547 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.15 (0.31 to 1.99) · 1,888 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 179.52 (135.79 to 223.25) · 134 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.5 · 127 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 125 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.9 · 229 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 475 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 389 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.5 · 855 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 6,137 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.36) · 8,517 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.07 to 0.43) · 8,654 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.18 (1.58 to 4.78) · 3,162 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.22 (0 to 2.53) · 1,713 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.87 to 3.4) · 2,893 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 5.27 (1.04 to 9.5) · 1,663 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.27 (1.57 to 6.97) · 1,666 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.58 (0.26 to 2.91) · 685 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.11 (0 to 0.67) · 6,499 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 354 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.454 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.17 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.46 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 12.9 · 494 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.3 · 1,061 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -2.7 · 262 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -21.7 · 547 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 4.1 · 401 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.7 · 839 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.9 · 320 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.1 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.2 · 308 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 14.5 (11.3 to 18.6) · 1,378 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (1 to 1.5) · 979 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (634 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 74% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 55% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 47% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$30,443
Medicare paid this office $30,443 for 122 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 67 | $8,717 | $126 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 38 | $3,351 | $60 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
122 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 15% · 85 and older 16% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 28% · Health risk score 1.82. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 38% · Chronic kidney disease 35% · Depression 34% · Diabetes 33% · Coronary heart disease 29% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · COPD 21% · Cancer 18% · Dementia 18% · Stroke 13%.
The office billed $119,086, Medicare allowed $39,198 and paid $30,443; for 178 services of 42 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 | 122 | 178 | 73 | 1.82 | $119,086 | $30,443 |
| 2023 | 129 | 193 | 72 | 2.06 | $114,203 | $33,439 |
| 2022 | 114 | 194 | 72 | 1.87 | $163,693 | $33,042 |
| 2021 | 135 | 286 | 76 | 1.60 | $155,256 | $26,633 |
| 2020 | 133 | 266 | 77 | 1.94 | $121,750 | $26,006 |
| 2019 | 188 | 344 | 75 | 2.05 | $162,434 | $36,487 |
| 2018 | 265 | 613 | 76 | 1.97 | $243,284 | $48,137 |
| 2017 | 173 | 386 | 71 | 2.08 | $157,351 | $42,036 |
| 2016 | 67 | 162 | 69 | 1.34 | $86,155 | $25,196 |
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
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 55 | $7,307 | $133 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $3,702 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 26 | $2,432 | $94 |
2022: 6 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 31 | $3,165 | $102 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,071 | $159 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $1,393 | $54 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 16 | $1,209 | $76 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $409 | $29 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen | 12 | $283 | $24 |
2021: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $7,835 | $178 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 38 | $5,865 | $154 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 34 | $1,984 | $58 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen | 83 | $1,977 | $24 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 16 | $1,586 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,068 | $56 |
2020: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 16 | $8,232 | $183 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 36 | $6,021 | $167 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 28 | $2,806 | $97 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen | 54 | $1,351 | $25 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 20 | $1,068 | $53 |
2019: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 24 | $12,260 | $180 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 38 | $6,265 | $161 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 41 | $3,825 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $2,256 | $59 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 22 | $1,320 | $60 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 14 | $699 | $50 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 12 | $545 | $32 |
2018: 12 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 22 | $11,665 | $172 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 68 | $7,125 | $57 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 39 | $5,781 | $148 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 44 | $4,608 | $105 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 47 | $4,217 | $90 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 38 | $2,085 | $55 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 41 | $1,853 | $30 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,393 | $100 |
| Ct scan of upper spine without contrast | 21 | $842 | $40 |
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 21 | $664 | $32 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 21 | $172 | $7 |
| X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views | 22 | $152 | $7 |
2017: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 25 | $16,567 | $173 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 44 | $6,595 | $150 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 31 | $2,363 | $56 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $1,300 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 20 | $1,137 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $986 | $34 |
2016: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $5,295 | $177 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $1,817 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,769 | $161 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $1,089 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $649 | $41 |
Medicaid work
$1,969 in 2024
Medicaid paid $1,969 for 29 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 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.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 13 | $1,428 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 16 | $542 |
| 2024 | 29 | 2 | 12 | $1,969 |
| 2023 | 35 | 1 | 15 | $3,075 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2 | 15 | $2,809 |
| 2021 | 470 | 4 | 38 | $25,812 |
| 2020 | 253 | 4 | 34 | $15,520 |
| 2019 | 294 | 6 | 19 | $22,539 |
| 2018 | 480 | 6 | 22 | $25,044 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 35 | $3,075 |
2022
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $1,862 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 42 | $947 |
2021
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 118 | $13,791 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 285 | $6,372 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 54 | $5,206 |
| Service | 13 | $443 |
2020
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 49 | $6,196 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 30 | $3,730 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 32 | $2,833 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 142 | $2,762 |
2019
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 60 | $8,033 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 59 | $5,513 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 57 | $4,145 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 65 | $2,829 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 30 | $1,248 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES | 23 | $771 |
2018
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 78 | $10,019 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 228 | $9,094 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES | 133 | $4,099 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 13 | $940 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 14 | $493 |
| OFF/OP EST MAY X REQ PHY/QHP | 14 | $399 |
Money from drug and device companies
$33 in 2024
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $33 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $12 |
| 2020 | 2 | 12 | None | $1,335 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | None | $4,606 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Avita Medical Americas | Recell | $33 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Avita Medical Americas | Meals · 2024-07-18 | Recell | $33 |
See earlier years (2023, 2020, 2019)
2023: $12
| Kerecis | Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose | $12 | 1 payment
|
2020: $1,335
| NuVasive | Alif | $1,144 | 10 payments
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| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $191 | 2 payments
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2019: $4,606
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $4,606 | 4 payments
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 95.1 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1508171570
- Licence
- CA A118403, OR MD208986, WA MD208986California A118403: Current · expires 2027-09-30Washington MD.MD.61275961: Expired
- Trained
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2010
- Group
- County of Santa Clara · Peacehealth
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X); Federal specialty code 2086S0102X (2086S0102X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 1020, Stockton, CA, 95201
- NPI first listed
- 2010-08-13
- NPI last updated
- 2022-06-08
- NPI record certified
- 2022-06-08
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 500 W Hospital Rd, French Camp, CA, 95231 · 3355 Riverbend Dr Ste 300, Springfield, OR, 97477