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Joe Hsu, MD

Critical Care (Intensivists) · Stanford

NPI 1609073717

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A85715 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2004 · expires 2028-01-31 · Tufts University School of Medicine.

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.

  • 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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

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

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$55,116

Medicare paid this office $55,116 for 96 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes64$41,488$186
Return visit (30+ min)17$3,428$84
Return visit (30+ min)12$2,193$100

Who their Medicare patients are

96 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 69 · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 29% · Health risk score 2.59. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 2.58.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 65% · Chronic kidney disease 61% · Atrial fibrillation 56% · Coronary heart disease 55% · COPD 44% · Diabetes 43% · Stroke 31% · Depression 23% · Dementia 16% · Cancer 11%.

The office billed $556,999, Medicare allowed $69,675 and paid $55,116; for 357 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
202496357692.59$556,999$55,116
202391430693.19$676,616$70,644
2022105390702.80$607,622$64,321
2021112442682.20$665,357$72,183
2020157547682.60$770,220$92,177
2019163509712.12$619,167$80,343
2018185630712.35$782,527$95,538
2017165493712.33$585,300$73,518
2016144551702.37$617,781$78,081
2015134459692.42$398,308$58,348
2014190690721.98$626,423$98,411
2013142460722.09$399,085$65,696

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: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes67$58,391$191
Return visit (30+ min)17$4,286$86
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes14$2,894$96

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes76$54,073$195
Return visit (30+ min)21$4,926$86

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes75$57,205$199
Return visit (30+ min)24$4,652$93
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes12$3,404$100

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes119$78,919$201
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes26$3,456$102
Return visit (30+ min)18$3,249$71
Short return visit (20+ min)13$665$48

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes105$67,139$198
Return visit (30+ min)25$3,876$68
Long return visit (40+ min)12$3,433$101
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes12$2,184$99
Short return visit (20+ min)16$789$46

2018: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes118$79,652$190
Return visit (30+ min)34$6,013$65
Short return visit (20+ min)26$1,178$39

2017: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes98$62,099$196
Return visit (30+ min)29$5,149$68
Short return visit (20+ min)25$1,416$42

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes84$65,161$196
Short return visit (20+ min)23$3,385$43
Short return visit30$1,049$20

2015: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes68$47,161$197
Short return visit (20+ min)26$3,564$43
Short return visit35$1,681$21

2014: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes120$86,984$195
Short return visit (20+ min)26$3,077$43
Short return visit41$2,028$22

2013: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes88$58,929$191
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes14$1,885$90
Short return visit (20+ min)13$1,668$41
Short return visit28$1,314$21

Medicaid work

$3,989 in 2023

Medicaid paid $3,989 for 40 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 12 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 2023
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes40$3,989
Medicaid work by year
202340112$3,989
202168113$3,936
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes68$3,936

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$135,037

Pharmacies billed $135,037 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 301) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 0%.

191 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $135,037 in drug cost · 20 antibiotic prescriptions to 11 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
Dulera17$11,304$665
Spiriva Handihaler12$9,868$822
Wixela Inhub23$3,054$133
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa38$834$22
Ipratropium29$602$21
See all 8 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Dulera17$11,304$665
Spiriva Handihaler12$9,868$822
Wixela Inhub23$3,054$133
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa38$834$22
Ipratropium29$602$21
Dexamethasone18$473$26
Montelukast12$225$19
Prednisone24$151$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024301370% (0)None$135,037
2023240310% (0)None$35,114
202217424None36%$221,480
202117529None46%$148,820
2020209300% (0)41%$53,241
2019301550% (0)45%$92,614
2018448640% (0)48%$93,031
2017334570% (0)46%$100,794
201635453None51%$93,332
201541753None39%$71,273
2014500530% (0)37%$114,238
2013302390% (0)43%$68,579

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Symbicort15$6,559$437
Ipratropium32$1,036$32
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa29$677$23
Azithromycin13$513$39
Prednisone32$435$14
Montelukast18$248$14
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim11$137$12

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Symbicort16$10,073$630
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa20$785$39
Montelukast19$344$18
Prednisone27$305$11
Acyclovir11$225$20

2021: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Spiriva17$13,041$767
Symbicort22$11,726$533
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa20$988$49
Montelukast24$620$26
Acyclovir11$370$34

2020: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Advair Diskus18$12,660$703
Symbicort20$7,322$366
Ipratropium14$545$39
Montelukast39$390$10
Prednisone18$137$8

2019: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Advair Diskus27$15,419$571
Spiriva17$10,010$589
Symbicort12$5,216$435
Ventolin Hfa16$1,040$65
Montelukast42$688$16
Ipratropium17$583$34
Prednisone34$271$8

2018: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Advair Diskus65$36,365$559
Spiriva12$8,772$731
Symbicort18$6,872$382
Incruse Ellipta15$6,300$420
Anoro Ellipta14$5,617$401
Ventolin Hfa30$2,030$68
Proair Hfa17$1,086$64
Azithromycin27$721$27
Ipratropium20$554$28
Montelukast41$484$12
Prednisone33$304$9
Fluticasone Propionate30$300$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim12$35$3

2017: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Advair Diskus59$31,516$534
Spiriva19$10,989$578
Symbicort11$3,902$355
Proair Hfa12$790$66
Ventolin Hfa14$750$54
Ipratropium22$571$26
Azithromycin22$413$19
Montelukast28$409$15
Prednisone30$360$12
Fluticasone Propionate15$172$11

2016: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Advair Diskus48$27,260$568
Spiriva38$15,613$411
Symbicort12$4,735$395
Mycophenolate Mofetil13$1,461$112
Ventolin Hfa15$1,261$84
Azithromycin18$504$28
Montelukast29$436$15
Ipratropium13$316$24
Prednisone29$289$10
Fluticasone Propionate15$171$11

2015: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Advair Diskus40$23,347$584
Spiriva53$20,527$387
Mycophenolate Mofetil19$2,213$116
Proair Hfa16$786$49
Prednisone64$727$11
Fluticasone Propionate43$720$17
Montelukast17$630$37
Azithromycin22$535$24
Pantoprazole32$416$13
Omeprazole18$173$10

2014: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Advair Diskus64$29,873$467
Spiriva46$18,908$411
Mycophenolate Mofetil15$1,950$130
Montelukast27$1,333$49
Prednisone71$920$13
Proair Hfa12$851$71
Fluticasone Propionate42$757$18
Azithromycin35$672$19
Pantoprazole37$359$10
Omeprazole18$159$9
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim12$96$8

2013: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Advair Diskus55$20,562$374
Spiriva19$9,705$511
Azithromycin28$1,684$60
Montelukast13$751$58
Fluticasone Propionate20$469$23
Pantoprazole23$297$13
Prednisone25$111$4

Money from drug and device companies

$213 in 2023

Industry payments by year
202314None$213
202211None$37
201912None$219

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
Janssen Research & DevelopmentNone$213
4 payments
  • Meals · 2023-02-28 · $28
  • Meals · 2023-02-28 · $32
  • Meals · 2023-02-28 · $54
  • Meals · 2023-02-27 · $99
See all 4 published payments
Every published payment
Janssen Research & DevelopmentMeals · 2023-02-28None$28
Janssen Research & DevelopmentMeals · 2023-02-28None$32
Janssen Research & DevelopmentMeals · 2023-02-28None$54
Janssen Research & DevelopmentMeals · 2023-02-27None$99
See earlier years (2022, 2019)

2022: $37

Payments by company in 2022
GenentechEsbriet$37
1 payment
  • Meals for Esbriet · 2022-05-18 · $37

2019: $219

Payments by company in 2019
StrykerHoffmann$219
2 payments
  • Meals for Hoffmann · 2019-11-11 · $101
  • Meals for Hoffmann · 2019-08-21 · $119

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Janssen Research & Development, LLC · Noprodvir0001 · 2023Their institution$312,736
Janssen Research & Development, LLC · Noprodvir0001 · 2024Their institution$164,692

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
1609073717
Licence
CA A85715California A85715: Current · expires 2028-01-31
Trained
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2002
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RP1001X (207RP1001X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-07-02
NPI last updated
2021-12-28
NPI record certified
2021-12-28

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