Charlene M Swift, MD
Anesthesiology · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 3
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 11 years
- Washington University School of Medicine, 2015
Offices
1 location · University Anesthesia Medical Group · 402 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
3 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Swift’s office at (415) 476-1000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A136169 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-05-31 · Duke University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology - Anesthesiology
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.
- UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.622 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.626 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.491 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.05 (0.89 to 1.2) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.9 · 89 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 132 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.6 · 454 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 618 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 380 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 5,000 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 399 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.899 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.689 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.224 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16 · 156 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20 · 564 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 60.3 · 160 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.7 · 550 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 44.1 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 667 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6 · 421 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.5 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$38,033
Medicare paid this office $38,033 for 110 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for extensive surgery on spine | 13 | $6,853 | $527 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 27 | $1,045 | $37 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 15 | $703 | $47 |
Procedures year by year
| Procedure | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 24 | 24 | – | 30 | 20 | 28 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 14 | 14 | – | 14 | – | – |
Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.
Who their Medicare patients are
110 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 59% · Also on Medicaid 39% · Health risk score 1.90. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 39% · Chronic kidney disease 39% · Heart failure 36% · Diabetes 35% · Atrial fibrillation 35% · Depression 32% · Cancer 25% · COPD 25% · Stroke 16%.
The office billed $414,551, Medicare allowed $48,111 and paid $38,033; for 149 services of 38 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 | 110 | 149 | 73 | 1.90 | $414,551 | $38,033 |
| 2023 | 68 | 108 | 71 | 2.76 | $312,050 | $31,421 |
| 2022 | 83 | 145 | 71 | 1.93 | $394,773 | $35,169 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 3.08 | $30,752 | $2,840 |
| 2020 | 81 | 141 | 71 | 2.83 | $437,849 | $46,268 |
| 2019 | 87 | 140 | 69 | 2.52 | $416,502 | $42,345 |
| 2018 | 59 | 88 | 72 | 1.90 | $197,591 | $22,208 |
| 2017 | 149 | 244 | 70 | 2.10 | $613,278 | $67,662 |
| 2016 | 131 | 180 | 69 | 2.06 | $460,362 | $47,823 |
| 2015 | 48 | 70 | 68 | 2.12 | $172,578 | $18,817 |
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: 1 service
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 20 | $770 | $38 |
2022: 3 services
| Anesthesia for extensive surgery on spine | 15 | $6,667 | $444 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 30 | $1,152 | $38 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 14 | $1,028 | $73 |
2020: 3 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels | 16 | $8,837 | $552 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 14 | $1,056 | $75 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 24 | $944 | $39 |
2019: 2 services
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 14 | $1,049 | $75 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 24 | $940 | $39 |
2017: 3 services
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 14 | $5,655 | $404 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 25 | $2,642 | $106 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 39 | $1,735 | $44 |
2016: 3 services
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 11 | $4,649 | $423 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 15 | $1,585 | $106 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 25 | $1,106 | $44 |
2015: 1 service
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 12 | $538 | $45 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 41% of their 32 Part D prescriptions in 2013. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1528386588
- Licence
- CA A136169, MO 2012027909California A136169: Current · expires 2027-05-31
- Trained
- Washington University School of Medicine, 2015 · 11 years ago
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 500 Parnassus Ave, West Tower, 4th Floor, Box 0122, San Francisco, CA, 94143
- NPI first listed
- 2010-05-14
- NPI last updated
- 2016-02-01
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.