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Julia Katherine Cremer, MD

Geriatric Medicine · Tucson

NPI 1558758300

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Plans that list them
Not verified
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Office
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Offices

1 location · Banner-University Medical Group · 1,066 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Banner-University Medical Center South Campus · Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
97.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Banner Health, which runs 33 hospitals in 6 statesHome of University of Arizona Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 2 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.69 (3.93 to 7.45) · 2,236 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.4, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.642, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Banner Health, which runs 33 hospitals in 6 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 56% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.69 (3.93 to 7.45) · 2,236 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.4BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.642BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.35 (0.5 to 2.2) · 1,658 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.09 (0.84 to 1.34)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths179.64 (138.61 to 220.67) · 178 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.7 · 71 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.9 · 49 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 107 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 237 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14 · 386 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.6 · 365 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.2 · 4,004 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.08 to 0.46) · 6,096 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.31 (0.12 to 0.51) · 6,470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2.64 (1.24 to 4.04) · 926 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.89 (1.65 to 4.12) · 2,177 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.93 (4.58 to 15.29) · 835 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.37 (2.47 to 8.27) · 912 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.42 (0.05 to 2.8) · 591 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.3 (0 to 0.81) · 5,842 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.916No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.534No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.979No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 586 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17.6 · 257 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-18.7 · 390 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.7 · 814 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5 (3.8 to 6.5) · 634 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.8 (8 to 11.8) · 634 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.5 · 27 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11 · 106 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 167 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits14.9 (11.6 to 19.1) · 1,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 1,129 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,281 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus
Room was "always" clean63%
Nurses "always" communicated well72%
Doctors "always" communicated well72%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information83%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge81%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand64%
Doctors "always" listened carefully71%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect81%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand66%
Nurses "always" listened carefully67%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect81%
"Always" quiet at night49%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital68%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects43%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Banner-University Medical Center South Campus

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Banner-University Medical Center South Campus
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.01 (0 to 2.07) · 185 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.03 (0.58 to 1.48)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 35 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.1 · 32 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 84 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.2 · 168 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.6 · 58 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 1,307 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 1,522 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.04 to 0.47) · 1,506 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.68 (1.15 to 6.21) · 178 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.66 (0 to 3.39) · 30 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.26 (0.55 to 3.96) · 169 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.89 (0 to 18.81) · 34 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.01 (0.76 to 9.26) · 26 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.71 (0.2 to 3.22) · 54 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.81 (0 to 1.84) · 1,337 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.217No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.953No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections1.062No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.795No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.1 · 78 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.9 · 256 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17.9 · 88 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits0.8 · 166 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 432 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits17.5 · 117 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.2 (9.1 to 16.2) · 456 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) · 335 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (455 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Banner-University Medical Center South Campus
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness2
Recommend hospital2
Share of patients giving the best answer at Banner-University Medical Center South Campus
Room was "always" clean60%
Nurses "always" communicated well74%
Doctors "always" communicated well75%
Staff "always" explained54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information81%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge77%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully70%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect81%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)61%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect81%
"Always" quiet at night40%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital56%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects36%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms84%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$33,678

Medicare paid this office $33,678 for 259 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)113$19,242$99
Return visit (30+ min)67$5,041$64
Short return visit (20+ min)94$4,921$42
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,087$130

Who their Medicare patients are

259 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 5% · Health risk score 1.23. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical geriatric medicine clinician is at 1.84.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 33% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Diabetes 28% · Cancer 23% · Depression 23% · Atrial fibrillation 20% · Heart failure 18% · COPD 14% · Dementia 9% · Stroke 8%.

The office billed $94,569, Medicare allowed $47,307 and paid $33,678; for 452 services of 16 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
2024259452771.23$94,569$33,678
2023171229741.40$49,973$16,469
2022299471802.60$273,426$44,338
2021361608782.52$330,187$54,660
2020271463792.77$236,661$41,401
2019118266782.21$131,303$22,749

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)35$4,382$112
Short return visit (20+ min)51$2,050$38
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,300$76
Short return visit (20+ min)19$775$41

2022: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes95$11,717$118
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes47$8,757$175
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes53$7,793$91
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes36$3,069$63
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes27$2,395$89
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making20$2,072$99
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making21$1,288$61
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes28$1,211$34
Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day at least 30 minutes12$1,067$71
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour12$964$80
Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making21$766$36

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes133$16,744$119
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes63$8,610$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes83$8,194$64
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes74$7,070$86
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes23$4,296$179
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,661$166
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes55$2,432$34
New patient visit (45+ min)11$1,345$122

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes85$10,604$123
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes115$10,338$62
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes76$7,126$91
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes42$5,253$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes27$5,073$188
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes32$1,171$35

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes66$7,211$64
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes30$4,967$92
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes37$4,587$121
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes31$2,748$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes14$2,685$179
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes15$520$35

Medicaid work

$11,094 in 2024

Medicaid paid $11,094 for 238 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 36 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
Short return visit (20+ min)191$9,007
Return visit (30+ min)32$2,087
Other evaluation and management service15$0
Medicaid work by year
2024238336$11,094
2023373859$11,759
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)219$8,946
Return visit (30+ min)37$2,258
Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid)14$336
Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, 0.5 mL dosage, for intramuscular use13$219
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)16$0
Review of all medications by a prescribing practitioner or clinical pharmacist (such as, prescriptions, OTCs, herbal therapies and supplements) documented in the medical record (COA)13$0
FXNL STATUS ASSESSED46$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)15$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$157,258

Pharmacies billed $157,258 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 1% of their Part D prescriptions (13 of 1,689) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical geriatric medicine clinician is at 2%.

1,472 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $157,258 in drug cost · 43 antibiotic prescriptions to 31 people.

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
Eliquis16$16,116$1,007
Januvia12$13,005$1,084
Estradiol29$1,932$67
Lantus Solostar18$1,031$57
Gabapentin43$1,030$24
See all 43 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Eliquis16$16,116$1,007
Januvia12$13,005$1,084
Estradiol29$1,932$67
Lantus Solostar18$1,031$57
Gabapentin43$1,030$24
Memantine31$952$31
Atorvastatin80$826$10
Levothyroxine71$688$10
Bupropion Xl18$672$37
Alendronate52$646$12
Metformin Hcl Er33$597$18
Omeprazole29$584$20
Escitalopram34$563$17
Losartan59$516$9
Amlodipine Besylate91$500$5
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa34$467$14
Lisinopril48$464$10
Rosuvastatin31$443$14
Famotidine18$417$23
Tamsulosin28$417$15
Donepezil30$396$13
Montelukast16$357$22
Ezetimibe12$338$28
Metoprolol23$331$14
Trazodone22$322$15
Valacyclovir24$303$13
Fluticasone Propionate13$302$23
Potassium Chloride14$291$21
Pantoprazole11$270$25
Carvedilol23$254$11
Pravastatin17$243$14
Venlafaxine Hcl Er13$228$18
Furosemide15$222$15
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro14$183$13
Finasteride13$180$14
Ondansetron Odt11$178$16
Simvastatin17$164$10
Diazepam11$161$15
Hydrochlorothiazide27$157$6
Metformin18$127$7
Allopurinol26$126$5
Citalopram Hbr15$78$5
Benazepril13$75$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20241,6892471% (13)None$157,258
202315281NoneNone$15,192
20225911NoneNone$2,166
202120NoneNoneNone$252

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

Money from drug and device companies

$117 in 2025

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Novo NordiskNone$66
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-08-06 · $66
Boston ScientificWatchman Flx$50
1 payment
  • Meals for Watchman Flx · 2025-03-28 · $50
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Novo NordiskMeals · 2025-08-06None$66
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-03-28Watchman Flx$50

Professional record

NPI
1558758300
Trained
University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2015
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
13559 E Bloomfield Dr, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259
NPI first listed
2015-04-20
NPI last updated
2015-04-20

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