Seth Douglas Strichartz, MD
General Surgery · Milpitas
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: El Camino Health. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
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2 of 2 plans
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G56230 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1985 · expires 2027-03-31 · University of California, Los Angeles 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.
- El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 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.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.291 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.393 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.28) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.1 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 814 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 842 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 361 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 4,633 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.5 · 122 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.993 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.706 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.376 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 962 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.8 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -17 · 922 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 860 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 827 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.3 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 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) · 1,619 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| 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) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 47% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Hernia repair - groin (open) | 1-10 | None |
| Mastectomy | 1-10 | None |
Year by year
| 2023 | 14 | 17 | 72 | 0.75 | $21,176 | $4,206 |
| 2021 | 148 | 250 | 76 | 1.27 | $236,648 | $56,844 |
| 2020 | 139 | 253 | 76 | 1.21 | $291,663 | $63,933 |
| 2019 | 233 | 375 | 76 | 1.09 | $377,441 | $87,113 |
| 2018 | 223 | 390 | 75 | 1.26 | $415,579 | $91,325 |
| 2017 | 249 | 431 | 76 | 1.42 | $387,004 | $91,446 |
| 2016 | 215 | 420 | 76 | 1.14 | $376,739 | $91,833 |
| 2015 | 209 | 379 | 75 | 1.30 | $366,696 | $92,264 |
| 2014 | 212 | 433 | 75 | 1.02 | $457,073 | $108,167 |
| 2013 | 193 | 365 | 74 | 1.04 | $317,661 | $76,036 |
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
2021: 3 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 12 | $5,163 | $430 |
| Short return visit | 50 | $3,022 | $50 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 37 | $2,329 | $63 |
2020: 2 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 42 | $2,665 | $63 |
| Short return visit | 40 | $1,696 | $39 |
2019: 6 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 22 | $10,411 | $473 |
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 18 | $8,417 | $468 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 67 | $4,004 | $60 |
| Short return visit | 69 | $3,435 | $40 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 16 | $1,988 | $124 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $1,079 | $63 |
2018: 6 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 25 | $9,087 | $363 |
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 20 | $8,328 | $416 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 67 | $4,416 | $66 |
| Short return visit | 65 | $3,131 | $36 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 17 | $2,078 | $122 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,321 | $88 |
2017: 9 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 27 | $10,294 | $381 |
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 15 | $6,809 | $454 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 70 | $4,360 | $62 |
| Short return visit | 56 | $2,660 | $36 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 21 | $2,563 | $122 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $1,776 | $148 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $1,723 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $1,101 | $65 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $1,052 | $62 |
2016: 8 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 20 | $6,723 | $336 |
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 13 | $5,903 | $454 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 57 | $3,823 | $67 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 27 | $2,686 | $99 |
| Short return visit | 55 | $2,368 | $36 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 17 | $2,157 | $120 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 27 | $1,740 | $62 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $1,415 | $64 |
2015: 6 services
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 24 | $11,505 | $479 |
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 19 | $8,700 | $458 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 51 | $3,363 | $66 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,538 | $106 |
| Short return visit | 52 | $2,290 | $39 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 25 | $1,711 | $68 |
2014: 11 services
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 29 | $13,792 | $476 |
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 17 | $7,552 | $444 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 38 | $3,664 | $96 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $3,339 | $152 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 47 | $2,966 | $63 |
| Short return visit | 47 | $2,267 | $40 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 13 | $1,567 | $121 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,382 | $66 |
| Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery | 11 | $1,350 | $123 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,025 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $590 | $35 |
2013: 7 services
| Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older) | 16 | $7,651 | $478 |
| Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope | 19 | $7,540 | $397 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 43 | $2,710 | $63 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 26 | $2,428 | $93 |
| Short return visit | 51 | $2,343 | $37 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 15 | $1,789 | $119 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $1,478 | $57 |
Money from drug and device companies
$48 in 2019
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $48 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2019-06-27 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $48 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1649352063
- Licence
- CA G56230California G56230: Current · expires 2027-03-31
- Trained
- University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 1984
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 2350 W El Camino Real, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA, 94040
- NPI first listed
- 2006-10-19
- NPI last updated
- 2011-12-12
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.