Falin Joanne Schaefer, NP

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

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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.

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Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases	Worse	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases	Better	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.317	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.446	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.241	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.86 (0.72 to 1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	1.1 · 192 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6.4 · 146 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	9.7 · 253 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	6.3 · 880 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	10.3 · 935 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	8.7 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.1 · 7,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.6 · 416 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.869	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.857	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.368	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.2 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.5 · 1,021 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	47.8 · 258 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-1.6 · 990 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	20.8 · 976 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 959 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.1 · 425 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	9.6 · 158 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.6 · 183 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

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

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Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	4
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	82%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	79%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88%
"Always" quiet at night	53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$35,613

Medicare paid this office $35,613 for 299 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Long return visit (40+ min)	134	$15,884	$108
Return visit (30+ min)	162	$13,597	$72
Return visit (30+ min)	26	$2,805	$100
Short return visit (20+ min)	16	$1,210	$76
Short return visit (20+ min)	17	$915	$51

Who their Medicare patients are

299 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 81 · 85 and older 33% · Women 43% · Also on Medicaid 24% · Health risk score 2.15. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 68% · Coronary heart disease 67% · Atrial fibrillation 48% · Diabetes 40% · Cancer 20% · COPD 18% · Depression 17% · Stroke 13% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $93,428, Medicare allowed $46,348 and paid $35,613; for 410 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	299	410	81	2.15	$93,428	$35,613
2023	224	275	79	1.95	$48,935	$23,992
2022	109	197	76	1.46	$36,426	$13,740
2021	263	418	78	1.53	$84,350	$23,864
2020	130	193	76	1.73	$27,147	$8,269

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.

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2023: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Long return visit (40+ min)	137	$16,212	$113
Return visit (30+ min)	57	$4,630	$68
Return visit (30+ min)	27	$2,064	$74
Short return visit (20+ min)	14	$775	$52
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report	17	$136	$8

2022: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Return visit (30+ min)	102	$12,682	$85
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report	36	$347	$10

2021: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Return visit (30+ min)	149	$14,579	$84
Short return visit (20+ min)	39	$2,330	$60
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	42	$2,325	$46
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	18	$1,301	$72
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	37	$1,052	$24
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report	26	$273	$10
Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic	15	$169	$8

2020: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	27	$2,436	$51
Short return visit (20+ min)	19	$1,048	$52
Return visit (30+ min)	11	$859	$72
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	17	$692	$28
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	42	$672	$16

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$39,406

Pharmacies billed $39,406 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 156) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.

119 generic and 37 brand-name prescriptions · $39,406 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Eliquis	24	$34,415	$1,434
Metoprolol	17	$254	$15
Clopidogrel	12	$221	$18
Furosemide	12	$87	$7
Amlodipine Besylate	11	$61	$6

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Eliquis	24	$34,415	$1,434
Metoprolol	17	$254	$15
Clopidogrel	12	$221	$18
Furosemide	12	$87	$7
Amlodipine Besylate	11	$61	$6
Metoprolol	13	$31	$2

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	156	74	0% (0)	24%	$39,406
2023	907	249	0% (0)	18%	$177,752
2022	1,019	290	0% (0)	18%	$178,248
2021	583	164	None	13%	$69,716
2020	72	38	0% (0)	None	$1,708

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

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2023: 22 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Eliquis	64	$84,014	$1,313
Entresto	28	$32,657	$1,166
Jardiance	24	$21,425	$893
Xarelto	19	$17,041	$897
Metoprolol	88	$1,228	$14
Amiodarone	18	$960	$53
Atorvastatin	89	$911	$10
Clopidogrel	44	$798	$18
Ezetimibe	23	$514	$22
Carvedilol	55	$351	$6
Losartan	38	$335	$9
Potassium Chloride	23	$321	$14
Rosuvastatin	37	$280	$8
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	11	$262	$24
Hydralazine	22	$261	$12
Metoprolol	32	$258	$8
Torsemide	14	$242	$17
Lisinopril	37	$206	$6
Furosemide	40	$110	$3
Amlodipine Besylate	30	$92	$3
Spironolactone	13	$77	$6
Hydrochlorothiazide	35	$49	$1

2022: 21 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Eliquis	60	$64,133	$1,069
Entresto	39	$37,464	$961
Jardiance	38	$37,438	$985
Metoprolol	99	$1,229	$12
Potassium Chloride	68	$983	$14
Clopidogrel	60	$964	$16
Hydralazine	54	$692	$13
Torsemide	35	$651	$19
Atorvastatin	50	$515	$10
Ezetimibe	17	$431	$25
Spironolactone	34	$331	$10
Carvedilol	45	$319	$7
Amiodarone	31	$292	$9
Furosemide	66	$210	$3
Metoprolol	24	$172	$7
Amlodipine Besylate	38	$152	$4
Rosuvastatin	17	$138	$8
Losartan	23	$138	$6
Lisinopril	27	$125	$5
Hydrochlorothiazide	13	$56	$4
Olmesartan Medoxomil	11	$48	$4

2021: 13 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Eliquis	26	$25,333	$974
Entresto	14	$15,983	$1,142
Clopidogrel	149	$1,976	$13
Metoprolol	43	$692	$16
Atorvastatin	36	$510	$14
Potassium Chloride	23	$480	$21
Lisinopril	40	$256	$6
Losartan	17	$196	$12
Spironolactone	35	$163	$5
Furosemide	31	$155	$5
Carvedilol	21	$147	$7
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	11	$146	$13
Metoprolol	16	$137	$9

2020: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Clopidogrel	31	$405	$13

Money from drug and device companies

$115 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	1	1	None	$115
2024	3	3	None	$85
2023	2	3	None	$260
2022	5	20	None	$1,538
2021	4	4	None	$166

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

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Payments by company

Novo Nordisk	None	$115	1 payment Meals · 2025-11-08 · $115

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Every published payment

Novo Nordisk	Meals · 2025-11-08	None	$115

See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

2024: $85

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Payments by company in 2024

Cardiva Medical	Savvywire	$45	1 payment Meals for Savvywire · 2024-10-17 · $45
Medtronic	None	$27	1 payment Meals · 2024-01-30 · $27
Philips North America	(5044) Mcot	$13	1 payment Meals for (5044) Mcot · 2024-01-09 · $13

2023: $260

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Payments by company in 2023

Edwards Lifesciences	Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia	$238	2 payments Meals · 2023-10-25 · $41 Meals for Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia · 2023-07-11 · $197
Medtronic	Corevalve Evolut R	$22	1 payment Meals for Corevalve Evolut R · 2023-01-05 · $22

2022: $1,538

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Payments by company in 2022

Edwards Lifesciences	Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv)	$1,321	11 payments Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $14 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $82 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $39 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $39 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $99 Education · 2022-10-14 · $1 Travel for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $426 Travel for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $137 Travel for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-14 · $69 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv) · 2022-10-13 · $203 Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve · 2022-02-15 · $212
Novartis Pharmaceuticals	Entresto	$101	5 payments Meals for Entresto · 2022-12-16 · $19 Meals for Entresto · 2022-12-02 · $29 Meals for Entresto · 2022-10-28 · $16 Meals for Entresto · 2022-05-05 · $16 Meals for Entresto · 2022-04-27 · $20
Abiomed	Impella	$51	2 payments Meals for Impella · 2022-06-23 · $19 Meals for Impella · 2022-03-25 · $32
Medtronic	Corevalve Evolut R	$51	1 payment Meals for Corevalve Evolut R · 2022-11-16 · $51
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Farxiga	$15	1 payment Meals for Farxiga · 2022-11-30 · $15

2021: $166

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Payments by company in 2021

Edwards Lifesciences	None	$114	1 payment Meals · 2021-01-27 · $114
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)	Lifevest	$21	1 payment Meals for Lifevest · 2021-08-18 · $21
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals	Jardiance	$18	1 payment Meals for Jardiance · 2021-10-12 · $18
Boston Scientific	Watchman	$13	1 payment Meals for Watchman · 2021-08-25 · $13

Professional record

NPI: 1548883101
Licence: CA 95024759
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LA2200X (363LA2200X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2020-05-18
NPI last updated: 2025-12-30
NPI record certified: 2025-12-30

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

Extra NPI addresses: 2900 12th Ave N Ste 204e, Billings, MT, 59101 · 9260 W Sunset Rd Ste 100, Las Vegas, NV, 89148