Deborah Lee, NP | UniHealth

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2 locations · Lahey Clinic Inc · 1,381 clinicians in this group

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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.

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Beth Israel Lahey Health, which runs 10 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate: 0.45 (0.29 to 0.62) · 17,310 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 7.61 (5.29 to 9.94) · 2,380 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.417, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.643, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,373 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

See every measure and the patient survey for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 9 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.

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Every scored measure at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.45 (0.29 to 0.62) · 17,310 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	7.61 (5.29 to 9.94) · 2,380 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.417	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.643	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,373 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.25 (0.52 to 1.98) · 3,453 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.09 (0.89 to 1.29)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	177.14 (147.42 to 206.86) · 309 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	2.4 · 197 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	7.1 · 198 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	10.8 · 436 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	8.9 · 1,132 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.1 · 1,018 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	11.4 · 561 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.7 · 6,326 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.3 (0.14 to 0.45) · 16,750 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.57 (2.15 to 4.99) · 5,016 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.35 (0.21 to 2.5) · 2,426 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	3.3 (2.21 to 4.38) · 4,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	8.14 (4.39 to 11.9) · 2,289 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	2.29 (1.06 to 3.53) · 1,264 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.56 (0.15 to 0.98) · 13,632 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	4.3 · 322 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.669	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.618	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	2.636	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.671	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	14.5 · 539 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	21.6 · 1,296 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	12.1 · 537 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-7.7 · 1,315 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	-0.3 · 1,041 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	17.1 · 1,091 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	4.9 (3.3 to 7.2) · 228 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	10.1 (7.4 to 13.6) · 228 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	4 · 301 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	10.4 · 156 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	18.5 · 244 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.3 (10.3 to 14.7) · 6,706 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (2,376 patients answered, 30% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

Cleanliness	2
Nurse communication	3
Doctor communication	3
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	3
Overall hospital rating	3
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	4

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

Room was "always" clean	61%
Nurses "always" communicated well	80%
Doctors "always" communicated well	79%
Staff "always" explained	62%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	67%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	85%
"Always" quiet at night	47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	72%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	49%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	88%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$23,077

Medicare paid this office $23,077 for 256 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Long return visit (40+ min)	99	$14,385	$102
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or	59	$1,871	$23
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	13	$1,091	$84
Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system	51	$750	$14
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	11	$660	$60

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Long return visit (40+ min)	99	$14,385	$102
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or	59	$1,871	$23
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	13	$1,091	$84
Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system	51	$750	$14
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	11	$660	$60
Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system	23	$650	$26
Programming of dual lead pacemaker system	23	$638	$26
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	11	$574	$36
Programming of single, dual, or multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system before or after surgery	16	$306	$11

Who their Medicare patients are

256 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · 85 and older 23% · Women 43% · Also on Medicaid 9% · Health risk score 2.10. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 75% · Heart failure 62% · Coronary heart disease 60% · Chronic kidney disease 48% · Diabetes 38% · Depression 27% · COPD 24% · Cancer 23% · Stroke 17% · Dementia 11%.

The office billed $125,537, Medicare allowed $29,344 and paid $23,077; for 450 services of 23 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	256	450	79	2.10	$125,537	$23,077
2023	160	213	78	2.08	$59,336	$12,359
2022	34	52	80	2.52	$15,916	$4,195
2021	33	41	82	1.92	$14,853	$3,634
2020	27	32	78	1.89	$11,120	$2,553
2019	46	46	80	2.03	$15,466	$3,136
2018	18	21	78	2.26	$8,249	$2,308

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.

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2023: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Long return visit (40+ min)	68	$8,342	$103
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	13	$1,105	$85
Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system	28	$466	$15
Programming of dual lead pacemaker system	15	$437	$27
Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system	14	$377	$27
Programming of single, dual, or multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system before or after surgery	15	$291	$11

2022: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	13	$1,408	$78

2021: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Long return visit (40+ min)	13	$1,467	$113
Return visit (30+ min)	13	$977	$75

2020: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Return visit (30+ min)	13	$716	$55

2019: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Return visit (30+ min)	25	$1,433	$57
Long return visit (40+ min)	17	$1,374	$81

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$740,637

Pharmacies billed $740,637 in 2024.

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

1,803 generic and 572 brand-name prescriptions · $740,637 in drug cost · 25 antibiotic prescriptions to 19 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Eliquis	378	$428,000	$1,132
Xarelto	140	$188,298	$1,345
Dofetilide	200	$51,918	$260
Metoprolol	473	$9,696	$20
Flecainide Acetate	153	$8,884	$58

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Eliquis	378	$428,000	$1,132
Xarelto	140	$188,298	$1,345
Dofetilide	200	$51,918	$260
Metoprolol	473	$9,696	$20
Flecainide Acetate	153	$8,884	$58
Amiodarone	160	$3,374	$21
Sotalol	127	$2,724	$21
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	49	$1,573	$32
Verapamil Er	24	$896	$37
Valsartan	14	$892	$64
Warfarin	63	$839	$13
Metoprolol	60	$623	$10
Furosemide	63	$415	$7
Atenolol	30	$393	$13
Clopidogrel	18	$298	$17
Digoxin	17	$281	$17
Omeprazole	29	$275	$9
Lisinopril	31	$215	$7
Amlodipine Besylate	31	$214	$7
Carvedilol	28	$196	$7
Atorvastatin	17	$156	$9
Spironolactone	18	$155	$9
Levothyroxine	11	$95	$9
Simvastatin	16	$69	$4
Tamsulosin	15	$58	$4
Amoxicillin	20	$18	$1

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	2,375	776	None	24%	$740,637
2023	1,281	533	None	25%	$398,260
2022	567	133	0% (0)	28%	$105,818
2021	474	123	0% (0)	23%	$57,458
2020	501	109	None	24%	$66,849
2019	601	114	None	22%	$58,653
2018	258	71	None	23%	$15,794

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

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2023: 22 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Eliquis	186	$198,512	$1,067
Xarelto	70	$86,324	$1,233
Dofetilide	91	$46,232	$508
Jardiance	28	$24,147	$862
Metoprolol	199	$5,901	$30
Flecainide Acetate	68	$4,887	$72
Sotalol	71	$2,208	$31
Amiodarone	80	$2,142	$27
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	18	$900	$50
Digoxin	19	$768	$40
Clopidogrel	26	$576	$22
Furosemide	68	$545	$8
Warfarin	23	$446	$19
Omeprazole	35	$417	$12
Torsemide	16	$347	$22
Metoprolol	34	$323	$10
Atorvastatin	15	$306	$20
Amlodipine Besylate	22	$162	$7
Spironolactone	16	$147	$9
Atenolol	17	$142	$8
Lisinopril	14	$118	$8
Amoxicillin	13	$17	$1

2022: 14 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Eliquis	68	$43,186	$635
Jardiance	26	$21,559	$829
Brilinta	28	$12,529	$447
Rosuvastatin	19	$1,576	$83
Metoprolol	54	$1,202	$22
Clopidogrel	45	$766	$17
Torsemide	15	$565	$38
Amiodarone	16	$532	$33
Atorvastatin	40	$479	$12
Furosemide	37	$250	$7
Spironolactone	13	$107	$8
Lisinopril	13	$106	$8
Amoxicillin	21	$98	$5
Warfarin	12	$43	$4

2021: 12 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Eliquis	41	$25,974	$634
Brilinta	31	$13,025	$420
Metoprolol	51	$1,112	$22
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	23	$569	$25
Atorvastatin	47	$495	$11
Clopidogrel	40	$385	$10
Losartan	28	$336	$12
Nitroglycerin	14	$201	$14
Furosemide	31	$174	$6
Amoxicillin	18	$112	$6
Amlodipine Besylate	14	$80	$6
Lisinopril	17	$34	$2

2020: 14 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Eliquis	76	$37,466	$493
Xarelto	11	$8,193	$745
Brilinta	13	$5,160	$397
Metoprolol	85	$2,376	$28
Prasugrel	16	$1,177	$74
Atorvastatin	49	$875	$18
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	13	$475	$37
Nitroglycerin	16	$296	$19
Clopidogrel	27	$240	$9
Losartan	17	$137	$8
Furosemide	13	$116	$9
Amlodipine Besylate	21	$111	$5
Amoxicillin	11	$106	$10
Lisinopril	16	$80	$5

2019: 16 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Eliquis	42	$18,998	$452
Brilinta	48	$17,915	$373
Amiodarone	22	$2,075	$94
Metoprolol	101	$2,028	$20
Atorvastatin	83	$1,194	$14
Clopidogrel	58	$586	$10
Nitroglycerin	19	$390	$21
Spironolactone	21	$347	$17
Carvedilol	15	$177	$12
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	11	$150	$14
Dilt-Xr	12	$129	$11
Amoxicillin	17	$110	$6
Amlodipine Besylate	17	$102	$6
Furosemide	23	$74	$3
Warfarin	11	$51	$5
Lisinopril	14	$50	$4

2018: 8 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Brilinta	15	$7,252	$483
Metoprolol	36	$640	$18
Atorvastatin	33	$554	$17
Nitroglycerin	18	$362	$20
Clopidogrel	27	$241	$9
Warfarin	11	$113	$10
Furosemide	20	$58	$3
Lisinopril	11	$42	$4

Money from drug and device companies

$38 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	2	2	None	$38
2024	2	3	None	$89
2023	1	3	None	$41

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care	None	$28	1 payment Meals · 2025-05-28 · $28
AltaThera Pharmaceuticals	Sotalol Hydrochloride	$11	1 payment Meals for Sotalol Hydrochloride · 2025-08-04 · $11

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Every published payment

AltaThera Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2025-08-04	Sotalol Hydrochloride	$11
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care	Meals · 2025-05-28	None	$28

See earlier years (2024, 2023)

2024: $89

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Payments by company in 2024

Medtronic	Cobalt Dr Mri Surescan	$72	2 payments Meals for Cobalt Dr Mri Surescan · 2024-06-20 · $42 Meals for Cobalt Dr Mri Surescan · 2024-03-19 · $31
AltaThera Pharmaceuticals	Sotalol Hydrochloride	$17	1 payment Meals for Sotalol Hydrochloride · 2024-11-04 · $17

2023: $41

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Payments by company in 2023

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care	Acuvue	$41	3 payments Meals for Acuvue · 2023-02-21 · $13 Meals for Acuvue · 2023-02-01 · $13 Meals for Acuvue · 2023-01-17 · $14

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 91.4 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1619486180
Licence: MA 2345230
Group: Lahey Clinic Inc
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LA2100X (363LA2100X); Federal specialty code 363LA2200X (363LA2200X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2017-09-27
NPI last updated: 2026-08-13
NPI record certified: 2026-08-13

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