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Yi Li, MD

Neurology · Stanford

NPI 1528486602

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2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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5 plans · 2 carriers

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5 of 5 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A152249 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-05-31 · Central South University Xiangya School 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.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

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: 2 better, 5 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$47,127

Medicare paid this office $47,127 for 187 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 12-26 hours with review and report by health care professional63$20,332$183
Long return visit (40+ min)38$8,432$151
Long return visit (40+ min)41$6,109$102
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 2-12 hours with review and report by health care professional12$1,570$121
Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and asleep12$621$52

Who their Medicare patients are

187 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 67 · Under 65 28% · 85 and older 12% · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 43% · Health risk score 2.00. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 72% · Stroke 32% · Diabetes 31% · Coronary heart disease 31% · Chronic kidney disease 30% · Depression 30% · Dementia 28% · Heart failure 21% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Cancer 12% · COPD 10%.

The office billed $394,081, Medicare allowed $64,802 and paid $47,127; for 359 services of 23 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
2024187359672.00$394,081$47,127
2023209355682.15$655,052$45,057
2022166328661.98$756,241$43,376
2021110200661.82$430,034$25,399
20203848672.13$73,591$5,674

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: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)88$17,093$119
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 12-26 hours with review and report by health care professional58$15,371$187
New patient visit (60+ min)27$3,893$144
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 2-12 hours with review and report by health care professional22$2,722$118
Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), 2-12 hours with health care professional review and report13$1,210$93
Return visit (30+ min)12$903$69

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 12-26 hours with review and report by health care professional47$17,794$189
Long return visit (40+ min)74$13,672$122
New patient visit (60+ min)30$3,939$131
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 2-12 hours with review and report by health care professional19$2,361$124

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 12-26 hours with review and report by health care professional26$9,196$192
Long return visit (40+ min)46$7,842$121
New patient visit (60+ min)23$3,453$150
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or14$477$28

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,446$103

Medicaid work

$20,194 in 2024

Medicaid paid $20,194 for 231 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 24 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Long return visit (40+ min)164$12,487
Electroencephalogram (EEG), continuous recording, physician or other qualified health care professional review of recorded events, analysis of spike and seizure detection, each increment of greater than 12 hours, up to 26 hours of EEG recording, interpretation and report after each 24-hour period; with video (VEEG)67$7,707
Medicaid work by year
2024231224$20,194
2023392232$49,498
2022183126$9,459
202158216$4,842
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Electroencephalogram (EEG), continuous recording, physician or other qualified health care professional review of recorded events, analysis of spike and seizure detection, each increment of greater than 12 hours, up to 26 hours of EEG recording, interpretation and report after each 24-hour period; with video (VEEG)127$35,690
Long return visit (40+ min)265$13,808

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)183$9,459

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES28$2,960
Long return visit (40+ min)30$1,882

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$274,281

Pharmacies billed $274,281 in 2024.

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

1,000 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $274,281 in drug cost.

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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Xcopri57$67,898$1,191
Lacosamide199$29,537$148
Fycompa19$15,967$840
Levetiracetam258$14,505$56
Nayzilam19$13,584$715
See all 17 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Xcopri57$67,898$1,191
Lacosamide199$29,537$148
Fycompa19$15,967$840
Levetiracetam258$14,505$56
Nayzilam19$13,584$715
Lamotrigine Er58$13,065$225
Oxcarbazepine47$3,479$74
Lamotrigine145$3,404$23
Levetiracetam Er18$2,438$135
Clobazam74$2,324$31
Zonisamide64$2,109$33
Topiramate29$758$26
Divalproex13$370$28
Gabapentin13$286$22
Pregabalin22$217$10
Phenytoin Sodium Extended12$87$7
Lorazepam15$10$1

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20241,135118NoneNone$274,281
20231,0321410% (0)13%$404,772
2022656990% (0)14%$165,933
2021307510% (0)None$105,128
202050220% (0)None$21,625
201917None0% (0)0%$352
201880150% (0)0%$3,166
201797240% (0)None$2,739
2016232490% (0)5%$7,069
201513742NoneNone$9,592
20142917NoneNone$567

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 16 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Xcopri45$52,354$1,163
Fycompa36$39,700$1,103
Lacosamide150$34,899$233
Lamotrigine Er45$30,293$673
Levetiracetam244$19,014$78
Clobazam63$13,436$213
Nayzilam15$11,973$798
Lamotrigine143$9,998$70
Oxcarbazepine41$3,706$90
Zonisamide74$3,541$48
Levetiracetam Er12$2,880$240
Gabapentin15$1,053$70
Topiramate26$970$37
Pregabalin17$705$41
Clonazepam12$105$9
Lorazepam11$21$2

2022: 16 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Vimpat28$25,154$898
Fycompa20$20,372$1,019
Lacosamide65$18,232$280
Briviact11$15,371$1,397
Levetiracetam171$12,540$73
Clobazam20$5,971$299
Lamotrigine Er21$4,370$208
Oxcarbazepine44$4,271$97
Lamotrigine88$2,719$31
Carbamazepine17$2,291$135
Zonisamide49$1,921$39
Pregabalin19$1,222$64
Carbamazepine Er12$396$33
Topiramate12$280$23
Divalproex12$171$14
Lorazepam13$12$1

2021: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Vimpat25$21,838$874
Lamotrigine Er22$5,140$234
Levetiracetam95$4,723$50
Oxcarbazepine17$1,796$106
Zonisamide28$1,558$56
Lamotrigine40$610$15

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Levetiracetam16$1,066$67

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Gabapentin11$102$9

2018: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Levetiracetam14$622$44
Baclofen11$213$19
Gabapentin14$136$10

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Levetiracetam22$641$29
Clopidogrel21$161$8

2016: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Levetiracetam41$1,275$31
Phenobarbital22$551$25
Zonisamide15$534$36
Atorvastatin43$521$12
Gabapentin12$322$27
Carbidopa-Levodopa13$190$15
Primidone11$118$11

Money from drug and device companies

$293 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202524None$293
202412None$204
202314None$69
202212None$29
202111None$50
202011None$18

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
SK Life ScienceNone$207
3 payments
  • Meals · 2025-12-23 · $18
  • Meals · 2025-12-06 · $126
  • Meals · 2025-12-06 · $63
Jazz PharmaceuticalsEpidiolex$86
1 payment
  • Meals for Epidiolex · 2025-12-05 · $86
See all 4 published payments
Every published payment
SK Life ScienceMeals · 2025-12-23None$18
SK Life ScienceMeals · 2025-12-06None$126
SK Life ScienceMeals · 2025-12-06None$63
Jazz PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-12-05Epidiolex$86
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)

2024: $204

Payments by company in 2024
SK Life ScienceNone$204
2 payments
  • Meals · 2024-12-08 · $131
  • Meals · 2024-12-07 · $73

2023: $69

Payments by company in 2023
Horizon Therapeutics plcKrystexxa$69
4 payments
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2023-09-12 · $17
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2023-03-08 · $20
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2023-02-10 · $15
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2023-01-07 · $18

2022: $29

Payments by company in 2022
Horizon Therapeutics plcKrystexxa$29
2 payments
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2022-05-05 · $16
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2022-01-28 · $14

2021: $50

Payments by company in 2021
Boston ScientificNone$50
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-11-17 · $50

2020: $18

Payments by company in 2020
Horizon Therapeutics plcKrystexxa$18
1 payment
  • Meals for Krystexxa · 2020-01-28 · $18

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
NEUROPACE, INC. · Nautilus Study · 2024This clinician$3,445

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1528486602
Licence
CA A152249California A152249: Current · expires 2027-05-31
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2084E0001X (2084E0001X); Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2014-04-04
NPI last updated
2023-11-10
NPI record certified
2023-11-10

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