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Lucas Boyd Kipp, MD

Neurology · Stanford

NPI 1548624661

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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 A137774 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-04-30 · University of Western Ontario Faculty 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

$16,588

Medicare paid this office $16,588 for 72 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)48$7,677$116
Long return visit (40+ min)33$6,000$143
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$455$23
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's19$300$15
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's11$165$15

Who their Medicare patients are

72 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 62 · Under 65 49% · 85 and older 0% · Women 72% · Also on Medicaid 33% · Health risk score 1.49. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 47% · Depression 32% · Diabetes 18%.

The office billed $66,695, Medicare allowed $22,771 and paid $16,588; for 174 services of 5 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
202472174621.49$66,695$16,588
202379148621.22$56,634$15,120
202267134611.22$47,248$14,230
202167134611.21$42,439$13,842
20206391601.32$30,386$9,188
20194770621.45$11,363$7,534
201859105631.58$16,418$10,951
20176097651.46$26,482$10,538
20162331601.31$11,412$3,752

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)66$12,153$119
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 or13$319$16

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)58$11,655$124
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 or13$677$29

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)57$10,212$116
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,573$161
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 or17$809$30

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)42$5,741$93
New patient visit (60+ min)20$2,791$140

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Long return visit (40+ min)32$4,905$94
New patient visit (60+ min)17$2,589$152

2018: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Long return visit (40+ min)41$6,278$92
New patient visit (60+ min)21$2,874$137
Long return visit (40+ min)11$1,197$100

2017: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Long return visit (40+ min)40$5,280$91
New patient visit (60+ min)35$4,930$141

2016: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,096$150
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,585$99

Medicaid work

$2,661 in 2023

Medicaid paid $2,661 for 51 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 13 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 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)51$2,661
Medicaid work by year
202351113$2,661
202213113$950
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)13$950

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$204,768

Pharmacies billed $204,768 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 344) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.

316 generic and 28 brand-name prescriptions · $204,768 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
Fingolimod23$46,512$2,022
Nuedexta12$16,118$1,343
Modafinil15$6,623$442
Dimethyl28$4,714$168
Sumatriptan26$1,118$43
See all 12 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Fingolimod23$46,512$2,022
Nuedexta12$16,118$1,343
Modafinil15$6,623$442
Dimethyl28$4,714$168
Sumatriptan26$1,118$43
Baclofen35$901$26
Pregabalin30$765$26
Gabapentin59$687$12
Duloxetine37$511$14
Rizatriptan17$161$9
Sertraline13$55$4
Clonazepam11$50$5

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024344370% (0)8%$204,768
2023315330% (0)8%$268,842
2022192310% (0)20%$296,527
2021258270% (0)28%$457,774
2020209230% (0)33%$278,618
2019174180% (0)45%$416,904
2018187230% (0)58%$474,328
2017137220% (0)49%$258,340
201621None0% (0)67%$73,172

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Dimethyl40$50,906$1,273
Ampyra11$41,910$3,810
Fingolimod14$18,160$1,297
Modafinil23$1,378$60
Baclofen25$1,317$53
Gabapentin68$979$14
Pregabalin18$943$52
Duloxetine24$940$39
Sumatriptan18$686$38
Rizatriptan17$307$18
Clonazepam11$77$7

2022: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ampyra12$41,566$3,464
Dimethyl25$10,382$415
Pregabalin20$1,105$55
Gabapentin28$459$16
Baclofen14$331$24
Rizatriptan11$208$19
Sumatriptan11$64$6

2021: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Copaxone19$106,449$5,603
Tecfidera11$96,685$8,790
Ampyra12$40,811$3,401
Dimethyl20$25,863$1,293
Myrbetriq11$8,381$762
Pregabalin23$2,299$100
Gabapentin37$824$22
Oxybutynin Chloride Er17$427$25
Rizatriptan12$227$19
Clonazepam15$58$4
Sertraline13$18$1

2020: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Aubagio13$96,783$7,445
Copaxone14$61,979$4,427
Ampyra13$37,560$2,889
Myrbetriq21$10,495$500
Baclofen15$679$45
Gabapentin38$517$14
Tizanidine17$434$26

2019: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Tecfidera19$147,730$7,775
Aubagio17$114,391$6,729
Ampyra13$36,353$2,796
Myrbetriq15$6,784$452
Dalfampridine Er17$4,337$255
Tizanidine11$416$38
Gabapentin30$302$10

2018: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Aubagio22$141,592$6,436
Tecfidera19$139,321$7,333
Copaxone18$110,792$6,155
Ampyra23$61,541$2,676
Myrbetriq14$5,972$427
Oxybutynin Chloride Er11$738$67
Tizanidine15$553$37
Gabapentin29$512$18

2017: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Tecfidera13$103,188$7,938
Ampyra16$36,034$2,252
Baclofen13$317$24
Gabapentin20$285$14

Money from drug and device companies

$210 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202512None$210
202212None$109
202122None$34
202034None$91
201935None$278

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
GenentechOcrevus$210
2 payments
  • Meals for Ocrevus · 2025-09-25 · $101
  • Meals for Ocrevus · 2025-05-29 · $109
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
GenentechMeals · 2025-09-25Ocrevus$101
GenentechMeals · 2025-05-29Ocrevus$109
See earlier years (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2022: $109

Payments by company in 2022
BiogenTysabri$109
2 payments
  • Meals for Tysabri · 2022-10-26 · $59
  • Meals for Tysabri · 2022-10-09 · $50

2021: $34

Payments by company in 2021
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Zeposia$18
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2021-02-02 · $18
CelgeneZeposia$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2021-07-22 · $16

2020: $91

Payments by company in 2020
BiogenTysabri$37
2 payments
  • Meals for Tysabri · 2020-11-05 · $19
  • Meals for Tysabri · 2020-07-14 · $18
EMD SeronoMavenclad$35
1 payment
  • Meals for Mavenclad · 2020-10-28 · $35
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Zeposia$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2020-07-01 · $19

2019: $278

Payments by company in 2019
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMayzent$124
3 payments
  • Meals for Mayzent · 2019-04-10 · $111
  • Meals for Gilenya · 2019-03-08 · $2
  • Meals for Gilenya · 2019-01-08 · $10
EMD SeronoMavenclad$88
1 payment
  • Meals for Mavenclad · 2019-11-05 · $88
Alexion PharmaceuticalsNone$67
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-05-08 · $67

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
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Ppms High Dose Study · 2023Their institution$129,891
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Ppms High Dose Study · 2024Their institution$122,727
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Rms High Dose Study · 2024Their institution$96,980
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Ppms High Dose Study · 2025Their institution$92,991
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Ppms High Dose Study · 2022Their institution$76,226
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Rms High Dose Study · 2025Their institution$63,113
Biogen, Inc. · A Study To Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Eid of Natalizumab (Bg00002) in Participants With Rrms Switching From Treatment With Natalizumab Sid in Relation To Continued Sid Treatment- Followed By Extension Study Comprising Sc and IV Natalizumab Administration · 2020Their institution$59,547
Biogen, Inc. · A Study To Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 6-Week Extended Interval Dosing of Natalizumab (Bg00002) in Participants With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (Rrms) Switching From Treatment With 4-Week Natalizumab Standard Interval Dosing (Sid) in Relation To Continued Sid Treatment · 2019Their institution$55,243
Biogen, Inc. · A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Rater-Blinded, Phase 3b Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 6-Week Extended Interval Dosing of Natalizumab (Bg00002) in Subjects With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosisswitching From Treatment With 4-Week Natalizumab Standard Interval Dosing (Sid) in Relation To Continued Sid Treatment · 2022Their institution$39,433
Biogen, Inc. · A Study To Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Eid of Natalizumab (Bg00002) in Participants With Rrms Switching From Treatment With Natalizumab Sid in Relation To Continued Sid Treatment- Followed By Extension Study Comprising Sc and IV Natalizumab Administration · 2021Their institution$30,452
Genentech, Inc. · Ocrelizumab Ppms High Dose Study · 2021Their institution$20,262
Genentech, Inc. · Evaluation of Fenebrutinib in Rms Patients II · 2024Their institution$3,309

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
1548624661
Licence
CA A137774California A137774: Current · expires 2027-04-30
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2084N0600X (2084N0600X); Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2016-04-06
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.