Paula M Borges, MD
Otolaryngology · Sacramento
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 62% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.499, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.499 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0 to 2.04) · 261 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.97 (0.55 to 1.4) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 36 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 16.1 · 52 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.9 · 544 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4 · 3,990 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.42) · 1,558 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.04 to 0.47) · 1,575 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.49 (1.03 to 5.96) · 253 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.65 (0 to 3.37) · 87 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.13 (0.47 to 3.79) · 261 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 12.91 (3.52 to 22.29) · 88 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.91 (0.7 to 9.11) · 82 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.71 (0.2 to 3.22) · 68 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.32 (0 to 1.28) · 1,241 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.716 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.803 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.592 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.901 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.6 · 657 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -46.4 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -37.4 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19 · 622 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 22.7 · 261 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (2,237 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 63% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 58% |
| 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 | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 59% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 32% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 62% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,337
Pharmacies billed $2,337 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 11% of their Part D prescriptions (13 of 119) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.
115 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,337 in drug cost · 37 antibiotic prescriptions to 31 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.
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $320 | $29 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $310 | $14 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 15 | $296 | $20 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 119 | 60 | 11% (13) | None | $2,337 |
| 2023 | 221 | 106 | 12% (26) | 10% | $4,211 |
| 2022 | 151 | 77 | None | 17% | $3,042 |
| 2021 | 226 | 109 | 12% (28) | 5% | $4,886 |
| 2020 | 247 | 111 | 12% (30) | 6% | $5,102 |
| 2019 | 270 | 140 | 10% (28) | 10% | $7,772 |
| 2018 | 336 | 147 | 10% (34) | 12% | $7,431 |
| 2017 | 285 | 100 | 14% (40) | 14% | $8,765 |
| 2016 | 273 | 123 | 15% (41) | 8% | $8,102 |
| 2015 | 272 | 133 | 19% (51) | None | $8,808 |
| 2014 | 72 | 38 | 18% (13) | 17% | $2,896 |
| 2013 | 45 | 31 | 58% (26) | None | $614 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 6 drugs
| Prednisone | 32 | $653 | $20 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 28 | $587 | $21 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $383 | $20 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 20 | $281 | $14 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 21 | $258 | $12 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 17 | $231 | $14 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Prednisone | 22 | $618 | $28 |
| Azelastine | 12 | $356 | $30 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 16 | $338 | $21 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 21 | $336 | $16 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $179 | $15 |
2021: 7 drugs
| Prednisone | 33 | $836 | $25 |
| Azelastine | 17 | $524 | $31 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 24 | $469 | $20 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 17 | $290 | $17 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 25 | $211 | $8 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $111 | $9 |
| Dexamethasone | 11 | $110 | $10 |
2020: 6 drugs
| Prednisone | 41 | $820 | $20 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 20 | $412 | $21 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 23 | $406 | $18 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 18 | $370 | $21 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 23 | $205 | $9 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 16 | $201 | $13 |
2019: 9 drugs
| Prednisone | 28 | $617 | $22 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 20 | $473 | $24 |
| Dexamethasone | 17 | $348 | $20 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 25 | $320 | $13 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 18 | $314 | $17 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 16 | $298 | $19 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 25 | $233 | $9 |
| Azelastine | 11 | $230 | $21 |
| Nystatin | 11 | $137 | $12 |
2018: 11 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 17 | $1,299 | $76 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 32 | $876 | $27 |
| Prednisone | 43 | $713 | $17 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 41 | $523 | $13 |
| Levothyroxine | 17 | $493 | $29 |
| Ofloxacin | 15 | $487 | $32 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 24 | $293 | $12 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 29 | $264 | $9 |
| Azelastine | 11 | $223 | $20 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $220 | $17 |
| Nystatin | 14 | $165 | $12 |
2017: 9 drugs
| Ofloxacin | 16 | $1,615 | $101 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 17 | $1,173 | $69 |
| Prednisone | 38 | $919 | $24 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 36 | $823 | $23 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 27 | $620 | $23 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 30 | $392 | $13 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 26 | $326 | $13 |
| Nystatin | 11 | $151 | $14 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $105 | $10 |
2016: 6 drugs
| Prednisone | 48 | $1,291 | $27 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 33 | $1,003 | $30 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 29 | $658 | $23 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 40 | $546 | $14 |
| Dexamethasone | 13 | $203 | $16 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 12 | $153 | $13 |
2015: 6 drugs
| Ciprodex | 12 | $2,336 | $195 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 63 | $1,271 | $20 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 46 | $996 | $22 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $967 | $33 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 27 | $576 | $21 |
| Dexamethasone | 16 | $455 | $28 |
2014: 1 drug
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $293 | $21 |
2013: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 18 | $165 | $9 |
Money from drug and device companies
$21 in 2023
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $21 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $18 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Aerin Medical | Vivaer Stylus | $21 | 1 payment
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See the published payment
| Aerin Medical | Meals · 2023-10-16 | Vivaer Stylus | $21 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $18
| Smith+Nephew | Coblation - Tonsil Wands | $18 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1689808008
- Trained
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 2009
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 2275 Sharon Rd Apt 306, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
- NPI first listed
- 2009-05-13
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-15
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.