Joseph F Borau, MD
Anesthesiology · Burlingame
- 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
Offices
1 location · Anesthesia Care Associates Medical Group, Inc · 108 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A108030 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2009 · expires 2026-12-31 · Albany Medical College of Union University.
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.
- Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.139 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.242 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.81 (0.51 to 1.1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.5 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 82 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10 · 188 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9 · 473 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.8 · 342 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 485 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 3,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 192 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.215 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.263 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.74 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.3 · 300 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19 · 702 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.2 · 207 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -13.6 · 531 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 24.3 · 343 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.1 · 449 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.7 · 189 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.6 · 117 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained | 58% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| 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 | 54% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$41,045
Medicare paid this office $41,045 for 178 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 29 | $3,121 | $108 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope | 15 | $1,962 | $131 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 14 | $484 | $35 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 13 | $177 | $11 |
Who their Medicare patients are
178 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 9% · Health risk score 1.76. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 42% · Diabetes 35% · Heart failure 34% · Chronic kidney disease 34% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Cancer 21% · Depression 21% · COPD 16% · Dementia 10% · Stroke 10%.
The office billed $386,400, Medicare allowed $51,722 and paid $41,045; for 252 services of 73 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 | 178 | 252 | 76 | 1.76 | $386,400 | $41,045 |
| 2023 | 152 | 227 | 77 | 1.71 | $316,050 | $34,107 |
| 2022 | 191 | 304 | 77 | 1.36 | $434,550 | $47,702 |
| 2021 | 157 | 258 | 76 | 1.76 | $399,300 | $44,082 |
| 2020 | 148 | 224 | 76 | 1.97 | $248,880 | $34,676 |
| 2019 | 164 | 257 | 76 | 1.71 | $310,160 | $41,941 |
| 2018 | 201 | 274 | 75 | 1.82 | $341,215 | $46,184 |
| 2017 | 171 | 227 | 75 | 1.56 | $250,890 | $33,900 |
| 2016 | 127 | 185 | 75 | 1.50 | $204,750 | $27,718 |
| 2015 | 110 | 160 | 71 | 2.04 | $167,089 | $27,249 |
| 2014 | 182 | 324 | 73 | 1.96 | $284,718 | $53,154 |
| 2013 | 220 | 425 | 75 | 2.40 | $373,692 | $66,531 |
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
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 36 | $3,898 | $108 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 18 | $677 | $38 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 15 | $216 | $12 |
| Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound | 12 | $115 | $10 |
2022: 8 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels | 15 | $6,166 | $411 |
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 12 | $4,664 | $389 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 27 | $2,973 | $110 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope | 12 | $1,623 | $135 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 20 | $796 | $38 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 13 | $379 | $27 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 18 | $288 | $12 |
| Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound | 19 | $195 | $10 |
2021: 4 services
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 18 | $708 | $39 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 16 | $451 | $28 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 17 | $262 | $12 |
| Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound | 12 | $121 | $10 |
2020: 2 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 20 | $2,135 | $107 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 18 | $548 | $29 |
2019: 4 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 28 | $3,088 | $110 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 17 | $660 | $39 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 17 | $486 | $29 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 11 | $140 | $13 |
2018: 3 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 38 | $4,674 | $123 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 19 | $549 | $29 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $427 | $33 |
2017: 3 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 36 | $4,235 | $118 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 18 | $522 | $29 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $521 | $35 |
2016: 2 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 16 | $2,028 | $127 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 18 | $687 | $36 |
2015: 2 services
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 13 | $501 | $39 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 11 | $490 | $45 |
2014: 9 services
| Anesthesia for procedure for total knee joint replacement | 11 | $3,656 | $332 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope | 22 | $3,580 | $163 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 11 | $3,287 | $299 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 20 | $3,260 | $163 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 11 | $1,478 | $134 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 33 | $1,471 | $45 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 25 | $809 | $30 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch | 15 | $637 | $42 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 12 | $159 | $13 |
2013: 11 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 29 | $4,007 | $138 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 13 | $3,711 | $285 |
| Anesthesia for placement or revision of blood flow shunt | 12 | $3,604 | $257 |
| Anesthesia for x-ray on arteries | 15 | $3,384 | $226 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope | 20 | $3,350 | $167 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 43 | $1,814 | $42 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 17 | $1,666 | $98 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 35 | $1,123 | $29 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $945 | $34 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch | 12 | $533 | $44 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 19 | $254 | $13 |
Money from drug and device companies
$19 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $19 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $120 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Stryker | Flowtriever | $19 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-08-23 | Flowtriever | $19 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $120
| AcelRx Pharmaceuticals | Dsuvia | $120 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1578765699
- Licence
- CA A108030California A108030: Current · expires 2026-12-31
- Trained
- Albany Medical College of Union University, 2005
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 338 Toyon Ave, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2007-06-01
- NPI last updated
- 2014-02-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.