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Mckenna Natalie Gin, PA

Physician Assistant · Stanford

NPI 1578214128

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Offices
2
Since medical school
5 years
Graduated 2021

Offices

2 locations · Stanford Health Care · Benjamin Yim MD Apc

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

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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.

  • John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of John Muir Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 77% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate: 2.01 (1.17 to 2.85) · 2,206 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 222.42 (177.82 to 267.02) · 120 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.4 (0.91 to 1.9) · 9,764 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.734, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.536, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.341, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.455, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.245, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 2 the same, 2 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 2 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 John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths2.01 (1.17 to 2.85) · 2,206 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths222.42 (177.82 to 267.02) · 120 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths1.4 (0.91 to 1.9) · 9,764 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.734WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.536BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.341BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.455BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.245BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.14 (0.87 to 1.4)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 131 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 148 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.8 · 695 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 827 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths14.1 · 509 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.4 · 4,483 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.35 (0.18 to 0.53) · 11,630 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.05 to 0.39) · 11,793 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.33 (1.69 to 4.96) · 3,268 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.37 (0 to 2.94) · 1,631 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.76 (1.43 to 4.09) · 3,066 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.12 (0.22 to 12.02) · 1,580 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.43 (1.21 to 7.64) · 1,594 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.82 (0.4 to 3.24) · 685 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.9 · 615 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections1.88No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.7 · 93 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.9 · 729 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-30.1 · 91 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13 · 736 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits34.8 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.7 · 818 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.3 (3.3 to 8.4) · 28 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.8 (7.2 to 15.5) · 28 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits4.9 · 584 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.4 · 139 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.9) · 222 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) · 321 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (758 patients answered, 24% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained55%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Doctors "always" listened carefully75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)69%
Staff "always" explained new medications68%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully72%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital77%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$2,869

Medicare paid this office $2,869 for 22 people.

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

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)1-10None
Spinal fusion1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

22 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · Health risk score 1.82. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Stroke 59%.

The office billed $22,366, Medicare allowed $3,589 and paid $2,869; for 31 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.

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,217

Pharmacies billed $3,217 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 34% of their Part D prescriptions (31 of 91) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

88 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,217 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
Ondansetron Odt24$168$7
Oxycodone17$117$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$90$7

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024914634% (31)None$3,217
20231054736% (38)None$3,535
2022723232% (23)None$1,306

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Oxycodone22$151$7
Ondansetron Odt22$106$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16$98$6

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ondansetron Odt14$122$9
Oxycodone12$76$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11$42$4

Money from drug and device companies

$131 in 2023

Industry payments by year
202311None$131
202211None$40

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
Integra LifeSciencesCodman Certas$131
1 payment
  • Meals for Codman Certas · 2023-03-08 · $131
See the published payment
Every published payment
Integra LifeSciencesMeals · 2023-03-08Codman Certas$131
See earlier years (2022)

2022: $40

Payments by company in 2022
Integra LifeSciencesCodman Certas$40
1 payment
  • Meals for Codman Certas · 2022-07-18 · $40

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
1578214128
Licence
CA 60747
Group
Stanford Health Care · Benjamin Yim MD Apc
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Physician assistant (363A00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2022-01-14
NPI last updated
2022-06-06
NPI record certified
2022-06-06

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