Ioana Baiu, MD
Thoracic Surgery · Columbus
- 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
- Since medical school
- 13 years
- Harvard Medical School, 2013
Offices
1 location · Osu Surgery, LLC · 207 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute · Ohio State University Hospitals. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Baiu’s office at (614) 293-9059 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence A143354 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2028-04-30 · Harvard Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery
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.
- Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus, OHAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, which runs 8 hospitalsHome of Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: 3.329, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.6, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.498, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Ohio State University State Health System
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 11 the same, 0 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 3.329 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.6 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.498 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.99 (0.21 to 1.77) · 3,100 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0.77 to 1.14) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 192.6 (163.31 to 221.9) · 349 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.3 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.9 · 134 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.8 · 159 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.5 · 695 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 354 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 942 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 6,180 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.3) · 14,138 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.29 (0.13 to 0.46) · 14,833 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.43 (2.01 to 4.85) · 4,450 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.57 (1.54 to 3.61) · 2,026 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.2 (1.05 to 3.35) · 3,639 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.88 (6.37 to 13.39) · 2,231 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.82 (3.5 to 8.14) · 2,130 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.39 (1.13 to 3.66) · 1,065 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0 to 0.65) · 12,527 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 120 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.867 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.093 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.129 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.5 · 302 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.4 · 1,369 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -24.4 · 199 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -5.6 · 862 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.2 · 398 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.7 · 661 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (3.3 to 7.9) · 54 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 8.7 (6 to 12.5) · 54 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.7 · 116 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 13.5 · 157 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.1 · 361 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 15.8 (12.4 to 20.2) · 1,554 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,241 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (2,595 patients answered, 21% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 65% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 55% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$3,658
Medicare paid this office $3,658 for 15 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 1-10 | None |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
15 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Health risk score 1.81. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical thoracic surgery clinician is at 1.74.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Coronary heart disease 73%.
The office billed $15,585, Medicare allowed $4,588 and paid $3,658; for 26 services of 14 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 | 15 | 26 | 72 | 1.81 | $15,585 | $3,658 |
| 2022 | 59 | 120 | 73 | 2.01 | $84,743 | $13,266 |
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
2022: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 31 | $2,740 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $1,547 | $91 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 17 | $889 | $34 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$524
Pharmacies billed $524 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
24 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $524 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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 26 | 11 | None | None | $524 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 | None | 0% | $89 |
| 2021 | 31 | 17 | 36% (11) | None | $1,179 |
| 2020 | 28 | 22 | 79% (22) | 0% | $217 |
| 2019 | 40 | 31 | 68% (27) | None | $1,040 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | 92% (24) | None | $305 |
| 2017 | 33 | 27 | 82% (27) | 0% | $535 |
| 2016 | 29 | 20 | 55% (16) | None | $582 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2021: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 11 | $94 | $9 |
2020: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 18 | $116 | $6 |
2019: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 19 | $103 | $5 |
2018: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 13 | $126 | $10 |
2017: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 16 | $205 | $13 |
Money from drug and device companies
$5,273 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 15 | None | $5,273 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | None | $1,190 |
| 2023 | 3 | 7 | $500 | $2,486 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | $542 | $1,258 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $4,631 | 10 payments
|
| Galvanize Therapeutics | Aliya System | $320 | 3 payments
|
| Medtronic | Illumisite | $167 | 1 payment
|
| Axogen | None | $155 | 1 payment
|
See all 15 published payments
| Axogen | Meals · 2025-06-20 | None | $155 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-06-12 | Aliya System | $145 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-04-22 | Aliya System | $13 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-04-18 | Aliya System | $161 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-03-21 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $128 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-03-19 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $160 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-03-14 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $128 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-03-14 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $160 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-03-13 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $135 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-03-13 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $16 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Education · 2025-03-13 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $2,500 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-03-07 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $28 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-02-21 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $1,346 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Travel · 2025-02-21 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $30 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-01-25 | Illumisite | $167 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022)
2024: $1,190
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $1,157 | 3 payments
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $33 | 2 payments
|
2023: $2,486
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $1,964 | 5 payments
|
| Davol | None | $500 | 1 payment
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $22 | 1 payment
|
2022: $1,258
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $716 | 4 payments
|
| Becton Dickinson and | None | $542 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1598007544
- Licence
- CA A143354California A143354: Current · expires 2028-04-30
- Trained
- Harvard Medical School, 2013 · 13 years ago
- Group
- Osu Surgery, LLC
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Thoracic surgery (208G00000X)
- Mailing address
- 700 Ackerman Rd Ste 2120, Columbus, OH, 43202
- NPI first listed
- 2013-03-17
- NPI last updated
- 2026-05-19
- NPI record certified
- 2026-05-19
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
This office lists an electronic records connection.