Julia B Caton, MD
Internal Medicine · New Hyde Park
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 12 years
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014
Offices
1 location · North Shore-Lij Medical PC · 6,374 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Long Island Jewish 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 A160858 · Delinquent
Licence status: Delinquent · since 2019 · expires 2023-02-28 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.
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
- 91.3 / 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.
- Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Northwell Health, which runs 19 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate: 3.63 (2.53 to 4.72) · 4,276 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.5 to 15.8) · 1,338 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.417, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.172, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.411, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.227, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 3.9 (3.1 to 4.8) · 1,338 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 6 the same, 3 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.63 (2.53 to 4.72) · 4,276 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.5 to 15.8) · 1,338 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.417 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.172 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.178 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.411 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.227 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 3.9 (3.1 to 4.8) · 1,338 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.7 (0 to 1.41) · 4,099 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.03 (0.82 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 182.4 (139.49 to 225.31) · 175 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.6 · 297 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 197 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.4 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.3 · 1,465 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 6.5 · 888 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.5 · 12,893 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.11 (0 to 0.26) · 21,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.09 to 0.4) · 22,438 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.63 (3.19 to 6.08) · 4,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.72 (0.31 to 3.12) · 1,756 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.16 (4.97 to 15.35) · 1,364 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.15 (2.68 to 7.61) · 1,730 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.27 (0 to 2.57) · 1,141 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.57 (0.25 to 0.9) · 19,622 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 1,207 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.569 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14 · 292 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 2,088 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -0.8 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.2 · 1,066 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 1,421 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.7 · 2,201 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.6 · 1,311 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.1 · 518 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.2 (9.4 to 15.9) · 964 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 1,048 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (681 patients answered, 13% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 66% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$21,648
Medicare paid this office $21,648 for 81 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 59 | $10,846 | $69 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 37 | $5,020 | $102 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 33 | $3,263 | $99 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,686 | $153 |
Who their Medicare patients are
81 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 21% · 85 and older 16% · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 40% · Health risk score 2.91. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 52% · Diabetes 51% · Chronic kidney disease 46% · Dementia 40% · Depression 38% · Heart failure 37% · COPD 31% · Atrial fibrillation 31% · Stroke 27% · Cancer 19%.
The office billed $103,321, Medicare allowed $27,481 and paid $21,648; for 258 services of 6 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 | 81 | 258 | 73 | 2.91 | $103,321 | $21,648 |
| 2023 | 92 | 301 | 76 | 2.63 | $129,287 | $27,900 |
| 2022 | 161 | 486 | 75 | 3.00 | $226,885 | $51,750 |
| 2021 | 175 | 554 | 74 | 2.75 | $242,924 | $59,469 |
| 2020 | 274 | 766 | 75 | 3.02 | $349,090 | $89,811 |
| 2019 | 225 | 552 | 75 | 3.12 | $217,813 | $55,450 |
| 2018 | 155 | 206 | 72 | 3.17 | $98,356 | $22,980 |
| 2017 | 67 | 85 | 73 | 3.46 | $51,318 | $11,304 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 62 | $10,858 | $72 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 39 | $8,447 | $106 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 40 | $4,272 | $107 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 25 | $3,857 | $154 |
2022: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 102 | $28,985 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 55 | $10,034 | $179 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 47 | $4,629 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with same-day admission and discharge with high level of medical decision making, per day at least 85 minutes | 13 | $2,405 | $185 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 19 | $1,987 | $66 |
2021: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 113 | $30,311 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 74 | $13,675 | $182 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 77 | $7,650 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with same-day admission and discharge with high level of medical decision making, per day at least 85 minutes | 11 | $2,152 | $196 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,905 | $66 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 11 | $807 | $73 |
2020: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 146 | $36,739 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 124 | $24,032 | $189 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 123 | $12,384 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with same-day admission and discharge with high level of medical decision making, per day at least 85 minutes | 40 | $8,271 | $207 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 36 | $3,152 | $64 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 15 | $2,740 | $183 |
2019: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 68 | $14,558 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 74 | $12,981 | $171 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 92 | $11,711 | $64 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 61 | $5,871 | $96 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 31 | $5,030 | $162 |
2018: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 65 | $10,488 | $159 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 42 | $5,099 | $86 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 14 | $2,238 | $160 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,749 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 11 | $696 | $63 |
2017: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 36 | $6,128 | $170 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 13 | $1,841 | $88 |
Medicaid work
$1,508 in 2023
Medicaid paid $1,508 for 50 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 14 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.
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 24 | $994 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 26 | $513 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2 | 14 | $1,508 |
| 2022 | 116 | 2 | 17 | $2,257 |
| 2021 | 322 | 3 | 21 | $9,347 |
| 2020 | 434 | 3 | 24 | $16,432 |
| 2019 | 37 | 2 | 13 | $1,274 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 103 | $1,616 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 13 | $641 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 267 | $7,432 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 36 | $1,013 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 19 | $901 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 294 | $9,716 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 72 | $4,327 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 68 | $2,389 |
2019
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 13 | $753 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 24 | $521 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 2% of their 540 Part D prescriptions in 2017.
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Year by year
| 2022 | 89 | 27 | None | None | $5,924 |
| 2021 | 111 | 41 | None | 10% | $5,003 |
| 2020 | 198 | 80 | None | None | $19,992 |
| 2019 | 68 | 30 | None | None | $10,682 |
| 2018 | 77 | 26 | None | 36% | $5,433 |
| 2017 | 540 | 47 | 2% (11) | 22% | $28,084 |
| 2016 | 578 | 48 | 4% (24) | None | $21,679 |
| 2015 | 412 | 43 | None | 20% | $21,206 |
| 2014 | 30 | 12 | None | None | $628 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2021: 1 drug
| Azithromycin | 11 | $125 | $11 |
2020: 1 drug
| Pantoprazole | 12 | $178 | $15 |
2017: 13 drugs
| Advair Diskus | 12 | $3,982 | $332 |
| Proair Hfa | 15 | $1,116 | $74 |
| Atorvastatin | 45 | $854 | $19 |
| Metoprolol | 26 | $385 | $15 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 18 | $374 | $21 |
| Losartan | 37 | $223 | $6 |
| Montelukast | 17 | $219 | $13 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 24 | $136 | $6 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $133 | $9 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $120 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $96 | $3 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $83 | $6 |
| Ranitidine | 13 | $74 | $6 |
2016: 16 drugs
| Metoprolol | 28 | $626 | $22 |
| Atorvastatin | 37 | $371 | $10 |
| Fluoxetine | 11 | $300 | $27 |
| Oxycodone | 18 | $276 | $15 |
| Losartan | 39 | $180 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 36 | $176 | $5 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $173 | $9 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 19 | $154 | $8 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 33 | $134 | $4 |
| Lisinopril | 32 | $116 | $4 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 30 | $111 | $4 |
| Glipizide Xl | 14 | $110 | $8 |
| Allopurinol | 13 | $103 | $8 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $86 | $5 |
| Montelukast | 14 | $81 | $6 |
| Metformin | 14 | $31 | $2 |
2015: 8 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 36 | $956 | $27 |
| Metoprolol | 23 | $599 | $26 |
| Losartan | 26 | $211 | $8 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $159 | $6 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $140 | $10 |
| Lisinopril | 27 | $119 | $4 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | $93 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $89 | $6 |
Money from drug and device companies
$27 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Esperion Therapeutics | Nexletol | $27 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Esperion Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-11-03 | Nexletol | $27 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1538572672
- Licence
- CA A160858, MA 259305, MA 269290California A160858: Delinquent · expires 2023-02-28
- Trained
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2014 · 12 years ago
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X); Hospitalist (208M00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2014-06-06
- NPI last updated
- 2019-07-02
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115