Linda K Barman, MD
Internal Medicine · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A77164 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2001 · expires 2027-10-31 · Northwestern University Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
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 itOverall 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.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| 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 | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$15,563
Medicare paid this office $15,563 for 188 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 105 | $9,070 | $82 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 59 | $3,536 | $56 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 15 | $1,021 | $68 |
Who their Medicare patients are
188 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 11% · Women 59% · Also on Medicaid 14% · Health risk score 1.21. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 61% · Coronary heart disease 28% · Diabetes 25% · Chronic kidney disease 20% · Cancer 20% · Depression 20% · Atrial fibrillation 18% · Heart failure 14% · COPD 7% · Dementia 7% · Stroke 7%.
The office billed $36,822, Medicare allowed $21,272 and paid $15,563; for 214 services of 8 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 | 188 | 214 | 75 | 1.21 | $36,822 | $15,563 |
| 2023 | 160 | 183 | 74 | 1.13 | $28,467 | $12,816 |
| 2022 | 171 | 199 | 75 | 1.35 | $38,062 | $14,853 |
| 2021 | 144 | 168 | 74 | 1.26 | $31,511 | $12,834 |
| 2020 | 119 | 131 | 72 | 1.57 | $30,138 | $7,798 |
| 2019 | 145 | 164 | 76 | 1.31 | $17,317 | $9,506 |
| 2018 | 173 | 190 | 75 | 1.53 | $16,316 | $10,151 |
| 2017 | 233 | 269 | 75 | 1.42 | $36,580 | $14,170 |
| 2016 | 196 | 218 | 74 | 1.28 | $32,991 | $11,179 |
| 2015 | 265 | 282 | 73 | 1.31 | $43,858 | $15,029 |
| 2014 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 1.20 | $12,131 | $3,819 |
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
| Return visit (30+ min) | 87 | $7,467 | $80 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $2,395 | $52 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 11 | $699 | $64 |
2022: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 97 | $8,557 | $82 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $2,772 | $54 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,360 | $72 |
2021: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 89 | $8,346 | $86 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 28 | $1,868 | $57 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $860 | $66 |
2020: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 55 | $4,231 | $73 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 19 | $1,076 | $54 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 26 | $991 | $38 |
2019: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 87 | $6,219 | $67 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $2,055 | $43 |
2018: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 67 | $4,095 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 36 | $2,467 | $69 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 40 | $1,596 | $39 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 18 | $849 | $45 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $577 | $44 |
2017: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 141 | $9,482 | $62 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 66 | $2,835 | $38 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $942 | $52 |
2016: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 97 | $6,410 | $61 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 76 | $3,209 | $38 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,029 | $61 |
2015: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 118 | $8,020 | $66 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 110 | $4,856 | $42 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 12 | $746 | $62 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 13 | $493 | $38 |
2014: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $1,888 | $65 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 25 | $1,137 | $44 |
Medicaid work
$303 in 2023
Medicaid paid $303 for 27 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 14 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $178 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $125 |
| 2023 | 27 | 2 | 14 | $303 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1 | 16 | $3,053 |
| 2020 | 26 | 2 | 14 | $555 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1 | 16 | $2,366 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 77 | $3,053 |
2020
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $391 |
| Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | 12 | $164 |
2019
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 17 | $2,366 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1649224866
- Licence
- CA A77164California A77164: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2000
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A771640
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2006-05-20
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-17
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128