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Heather Elspeth Moss

Neurology · Stanford

NPI 1679638894

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Clear
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Plans that list them
17
3 carriers
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · 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

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence C145281 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2027-12-31 · Harvard Medical School.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

State licence records

1 licence

  • Illinois 036125684Licensed Physician And Surgeon · since 2010 · expires 2017-07-31
    Not RenewedNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

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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.

  • 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

$29,341

Medicare paid this office $29,341 for 185 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)115$13,722$90
New patient visit (45+ min)35$4,075$116
Long return visit (40+ min)17$2,949$147
Imaging of optic nerve116$2,548$18
Exam of visual field with extended testing82$2,266$23
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)115$13,722$90
New patient visit (45+ min)35$4,075$116
Long return visit (40+ min)17$2,949$147
Imaging of optic nerve116$2,548$18
Exam of visual field with extended testing82$2,266$23
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion34$1,357$30
Short return visit (20+ min)12$655$55

Who their Medicare patients are

185 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 20% · Health risk score 1.40. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 63% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Diabetes 24% · Atrial fibrillation 20% · Depression 20% · Cancer 19% · Stroke 19% · Chronic kidney disease 16% · COPD 14% · Heart failure 12% · Dementia 6%.

The office billed $121,075, Medicare allowed $39,623 and paid $29,341; for 522 services of 14 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
2024185522711.40$121,075$29,341
2023189558721.71$106,398$30,794
2022200601701.38$104,565$34,083
2021197606711.33$103,906$35,239
2020157481701.14$81,345$23,161
2019192715711.27$90,862$35,023
2018134504701.42$67,719$24,025
2017130433701.67$84,662$24,825
201691244641.49$50,273$11,808
2015132350651.54$70,369$17,961
2014155475661.40$94,692$24,871
2013118364681.50$69,434$17,027

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: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)110$13,389$85
New patient visit (45+ min)50$6,004$120
Imaging of optic nerve95$2,445$20
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion49$2,340$32
Exam of visual field with extended testing73$2,293$23
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,128$125
Short return visit (20+ min)19$1,098$58

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)124$13,820$81
New patient visit (45+ min)46$5,233$114
Long return visit (40+ min)28$4,341$121
Exam of visual field with extended testing91$2,724$24
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion57$2,706$32
Imaging of optic nerve84$2,260$20
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,982$165

2021: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)102$12,783$84
New patient visit (45+ min)57$6,882$121
Long return visit (40+ min)27$4,020$126
Exam of visual field with extended testing91$2,796$23
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,608$163
Imaging of optic nerve91$2,418$19
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion43$2,132$33
Short return visit (20+ min)12$581$48
Exam of visual field with extended testing15$392$26

2020: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)76$7,463$65
Long return visit (40+ min)36$3,983$100
New patient visit (45+ min)35$3,649$104
Exam of visual field with extended testing64$2,142$25
Imaging of optic nerve74$1,869$18
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion28$1,042$30
Exam of visual field with extended testing15$404$27

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)99$10,460$69
New patient visit (45+ min)80$8,399$105
Long return visit (40+ min)41$4,442$99
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion78$3,738$33
Imaging of optic nerve116$3,689$20
Exam of visual field with extended testing80$2,863$25

2018: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)58$5,751$63
Long return visit (40+ min)51$4,838$90
New patient visit (45+ min)45$4,827$107
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion58$2,874$33
Exam of visual field with extended testing66$2,200$22
Imaging of optic nerve81$2,123$19

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Long return visit (40+ min)63$6,974$98
New patient visit (45+ min)37$4,151$112
New patient visit (60+ min)26$3,420$132
Return visit (30+ min)37$3,231$65
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion63$3,147$33
Exam of visual field with extended testing55$1,525$22
Imaging of optic nerve55$1,244$19

2016: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)32$2,360$58
Return visit (30+ min)12$1,255$78
Long return visit (40+ min)13$1,239$89
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,194$80
Exam of visual field with extended testing19$764$36
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion15$719$40
Exam of visual field with extended testing26$651$19
Short return visit (20+ min)17$593$31
Exam of visual field with intermediate testing12$243$15

2015: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)53$4,293$60
Short return visit (20+ min)45$2,075$40
New patient visit (45+ min)14$1,437$103
Exam of visual field with extended testing41$1,434$21
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion16$660$30
Exam of visual field with intermediate testing25$523$17

2014: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)73$6,940$66
Long return visit (40+ min)32$3,557$94
Exam of visual field with extended testing65$2,389$23
New patient visit (60+ min)13$1,836$141
New patient visit (45+ min)15$1,636$109
Short return visit (20+ min)33$1,439$40
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion29$1,221$31
Exam of visual field with intermediate testing40$1,017$19
Imaging of optic nerve12$316$24

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Return visit (30+ min)54$5,149$63
New patient visit (45+ min)24$2,662$111
Long return visit (40+ min)17$2,288$92
Short return visit (20+ min)36$1,825$37
Exam of visual field with extended testing49$1,672$23
Exam of visual field with intermediate testing44$1,015$18
Exam to measure eye deviation and range of motion13$708$31

Medicaid work

$2,550 in 2024

Medicaid paid $2,550 for 58 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 15 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 2024
Return visit (30+ min)28$1,907
Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve15$337
Visual field examination, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report; extended examination (eg, Goldmann visual fields with at least 3 isopters plotted and static determination within the central 30°, or quantitative, automated threshold perimetry, Octopus program G-1, 32 or 42, Humphrey visual field analyzer full threshold programs 30-2, 24-2, or 30/60-2)15$306
Medicaid work by year
202458315$2,550
202358218$1,758
202225113$924
202112112$496
202053315$1,135
201917116$284
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)30$1,132
Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve28$626

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)25$924

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)12$496

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)27$721
Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve14$235
Visual field examination, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report; extended examination (eg, Goldmann visual fields with at least 3 isopters plotted and static determination within the central 30°, or quantitative, automated threshold perimetry, Octopus program G-1, 32 or 42, Humphrey visual field analyzer full threshold programs 30-2, 24-2, or 30/60-2)12$179

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging (eg, optical coherence tomography [OCT]), posterior segment, with interpretation and report, unilateral or bilateral; optic nerve17$284

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,317

Pharmacies billed $1,317 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 47) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.

38 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,317 in drug cost.

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
Prednisone11$20$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202447130% (0)None$1,317
202333180% (0)None$1,809
202243130% (0)None$765
202138150% (0)0%$447
202032None0% (0)None$4,419
201955170% (0)None$3,225
201818None0% (0)None$243
201724None0% (0)0%$826
201613526NoneNone$7,940
2015165307% (11)13%$16,899
20148519None16%$6,969
201347150% (0)None$4,435

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Prednisone12$88$7

2022: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Prednisone18$94$5

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Prednisone13$133$10

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Prednisone17$210$12

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Prednisone14$151$11

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Topiramate11$420$38

2016: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Acetazolamide18$3,411$190
Pyridostigmine16$1,505$94
Prednisone34$283$8
Ranitidine23$201$9

2015: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Acetazolamide22$9,960$453
Pyridostigmine28$1,908$68
Tramadol11$399$36
Prednisone39$362$9
Gabapentin14$178$13
Ranitidine13$88$7

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Prednisone18$260$14

Money from drug and device companies

$73 in 2022

Industry payments by year
202222None$73
202022$1,710$1,729
201924$2,505$2,533

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
Horizon Therapeutics plcTepezza$50
1 payment
  • Meals for Tepezza · 2022-02-14 · $50
Bausch & Lomb AmericasProlensa$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Prolensa · 2022-06-22 · $23
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMeals · 2022-06-22Prolensa$23
Horizon Therapeutics plcMeals · 2022-02-14Tepezza$50
See earlier years (2020, 2019)

2020: $1,729

Payments by company in 2020
GenentechNone$1,710
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2020-06-27 · $1,710
Carl Zeiss Meditec AGNone Specified$19
1 payment
  • Gift for None Specified · 2020-05-08 · $19

2019: $2,533

Payments by company in 2019
BiogenNone$2,505
3 payments
  • Consulting · 2019-09-12 · $1,100
  • Consulting · 2019-07-11 · $564
  • Consulting · 2019-06-19 · $841
Mallinckrodt EnterprisesActhar$29
1 payment
  • Meals for Acthar · 2019-04-20 · $29

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
1679638894
Licence
CA C145281, IL 036.125684, PA MT189422California C145281: Current · expires 2027-12-31Illinois 036125684: Not Renewed
Trained
Harvard Medical School, 2005
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207WX0109X (207WX0109X); Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
1804 Embarcadero Rd, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA, 94303
NPI first listed
2006-12-27
NPI last updated
2024-04-04
NPI record certified
2024-04-04

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

Extra NPI addresses: 2452 Watson Ct, Palo Alto, CA, 94303