Donald I Abrams, MD
Medical Oncology · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 9
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · 1,533 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
9 plans · 1 carrier
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| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G36948 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1978 · expires 2028-06-30 · Stanford 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.
- UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center
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: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 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 | 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.622 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.626 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.491 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.05 (0.89 to 1.2) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.9 · 89 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 132 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.6 · 454 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 618 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 380 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 5,000 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 399 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.899 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.689 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.224 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16 · 156 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20 · 564 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 60.3 · 160 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.7 · 550 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 44.1 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 667 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6 · 421 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.5 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,181 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 | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$19,810
Medicare paid this office $19,810 for 151 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 105 | $10,262 | $82 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 20 | $3,222 | $161 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $2,408 | $59 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $1,809 | $129 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's | 41 | $636 | $14 |
See all 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 105 | $10,262 | $82 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 20 | $3,222 | $161 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $2,408 | $59 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $1,809 | $129 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's | 41 | $636 | $14 |
| 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 | 14 | $391 | $28 |
Who their Medicare patients are
151 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 48% · Also on Medicaid 9% · Health risk score 1.85. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical medical oncology clinician is at 2.11.
Conditions among them: Cancer 72% · High blood pressure 50% · Depression 18% · Coronary heart disease 16% · Diabetes 14% · Chronic kidney disease 13% · COPD 11% · Atrial fibrillation 10% · Heart failure 7%.
The office billed $134,351, Medicare allowed $25,698 and paid $19,810; for 279 services of 10 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 | 151 | 279 | 71 | 1.85 | $134,351 | $19,810 |
| 2023 | 150 | 219 | 71 | 1.92 | $122,931 | $18,550 |
| 2022 | 155 | 252 | 71 | 1.90 | $144,117 | $20,438 |
| 2021 | 147 | 264 | 71 | 1.90 | $161,779 | $24,795 |
| 2020 | 127 | 215 | 72 | 1.93 | $125,009 | $16,148 |
| 2019 | 184 | 425 | 72 | 1.92 | $217,787 | $32,167 |
| 2018 | 158 | 277 | 71 | 1.98 | $156,544 | $22,578 |
| 2017 | 166 | 368 | 70 | 2.00 | $183,851 | $28,030 |
| 2016 | 148 | 281 | 70 | 2.38 | $154,150 | $23,554 |
| 2015 | 133 | 242 | 69 | 2.15 | $144,684 | $21,453 |
| 2014 | 124 | 228 | 68 | 1.92 | $133,789 | $19,757 |
| 2013 | 131 | 246 | 68 | 2.04 | $141,155 | $23,162 |
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: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 97 | $9,805 | $85 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 22 | $2,846 | $129 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 17 | $2,713 | $160 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $1,366 | $53 |
| 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 | 22 | $621 | $28 |
2022: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 108 | $11,427 | $79 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 31 | $3,387 | $109 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 18 | $2,773 | $154 |
| 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 | 20 | $540 | $27 |
2021: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 91 | $11,964 | $85 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 36 | $5,988 | $166 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 23 | $2,962 | $129 |
| 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 | 16 | $464 | $29 |
2020: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 67 | $6,105 | $68 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 24 | $3,335 | $139 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,446 | $96 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $1,064 | $43 |
2019: 8 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 33 | $7,616 | $62 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 46 | $6,625 | $144 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 65 | $5,948 | $68 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 20 | $2,300 | $46 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,182 | $168 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $1,400 | $100 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 14 | $1,153 | $82 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 18 | $1,118 | $62 |
2018: 3 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 45 | $6,705 | $149 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 70 | $6,408 | $65 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 24 | $4,100 | $60 |
2017: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 34 | $7,017 | $59 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 44 | $6,186 | $141 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 69 | $6,041 | $62 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 13 | $3,064 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,816 | $165 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 19 | $1,120 | $59 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 11 | $981 | $82 |
2016: 5 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 55 | $8,072 | $147 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 63 | $6,138 | $65 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 26 | $3,852 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,083 | $174 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 16 | $1,019 | $64 |
2015: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 68 | $7,430 | $64 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 52 | $7,422 | $143 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,162 | $180 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,545 | $64 |
2014: 4 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 56 | $8,034 | $143 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 64 | $6,541 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,608 | $64 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 11 | $725 | $66 |
2013: 5 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 58 | $8,442 | $146 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 56 | $5,905 | $65 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 21 | $3,581 | $171 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,939 | $63 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 11 | $714 | $65 |
Medicaid work
$237 in 2020
Medicaid paid $237 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2020, 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.
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 14 | $237 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1 | 14 | $237 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2 | 14 | $799 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2 | 16 | $18,052 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 50 | $457 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 12 | $342 |
2018
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 56 | $17,511 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 29 | $541 |
Money from drug and device companies
$1,118 in 2021
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| GW Research | None | $1,104 | 1 payment
|
| Acrotech Biopharma | Beleodaq | $14 | 1 payment
|
See all 2 published payments
| GW Research | Consulting · 2021-08-10 | None | $1,104 |
| Acrotech Biopharma | Education · 2021-03-22 | Beleodaq | $14 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.9 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1679530018
- Licence
- CA G36948California G36948: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Trained
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 1977
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Medical oncology (207RX0202X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1635 Divisadero St, Ste 625, Box 1821, San Francisco, CA, 94143
- NPI first listed
- 2006-04-28
- NPI last updated
- 2012-01-06
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.