Philip Albert Buss, MD
Emergency Medicine · 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.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A144246 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2028-08-31 · University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
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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.
- 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% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$4,369
Medicare paid this office $4,369 for 43 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 19 | $1,612 | $85 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 11 | $1,480 | $135 |
Who their Medicare patients are
43 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 67 · Under 65 37% · Women 56% · Health risk score 1.80. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 49% · COPD 37% · Depression 33% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Heart failure 26% · Dementia 26%.
The office billed $32,087, Medicare allowed $5,799 and paid $4,369; for 45 services of 7 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 | 43 | 45 | 67 | 1.80 | $32,087 | $4,369 |
| 2023 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 1.51 | $37,597 | $4,737 |
| 2022 | 51 | 54 | 62 | 1.85 | $31,304 | $4,883 |
| 2021 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 1.92 | $31,961 | $6,122 |
| 2020 | 38 | 42 | 59 | 1.87 | $22,794 | $4,459 |
| 2019 | 41 | 44 | 60 | 1.44 | $21,170 | $3,936 |
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: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 26 | $2,038 | $78 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 16 | $1,734 | $102 |
2022: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 27 | $2,926 | $108 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 13 | $1,068 | $82 |
2021: 1 service
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 30 | $4,072 | $136 |
2020: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 19 | $2,628 | $138 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 14 | $977 | $70 |
2019: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 17 | $2,255 | $133 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 13 | $354 | $27 |
Medicaid work
$34,231 in 2024
Medicaid paid $34,231 for 350 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 47 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.
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 322 | $30,644 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 13 | $2,729 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 15 | $858 |
| 2024 | 350 | 3 | 47 | $34,231 |
| 2023 | 505 | 3 | 39 | $36,347 |
| 2022 | 271 | 3 | 36 | $29,386 |
| 2021 | 225 | 4 | 28 | $18,213 |
| 2020 | 126 | 3 | 20 | $15,597 |
| 2019 | 324 | 3 | 24 | $2,443 |
| 2018 | 47 | 2 | 17 | $24 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 396 | $31,872 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 16 | $2,645 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 93 | $1,830 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 180 | $26,434 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 29 | $1,506 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 62 | $1,446 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 102 | $15,270 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 96 | $1,750 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 13 | $804 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 14 | $390 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 70 | $11,995 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 30 | $3,150 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 26 | $451 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 109 | $1,438 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 202 | $866 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 13 | $139 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | 16 | $24 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 31 | $0 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$8,290
Pharmacies billed $8,290 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 7% of their Part D prescriptions (19 of 280) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.
250 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $8,290 in drug cost · 49 antibiotic prescriptions to 45 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.
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 11 | $298 | $27 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 15 | $246 | $16 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 23 | $150 | $7 |
| Atorvastatin | 13 | $146 | $11 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $128 | $8 |
See all 6 drugs
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 11 | $298 | $27 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 15 | $246 | $16 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 23 | $150 | $7 |
| Atorvastatin | 13 | $146 | $11 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $128 | $8 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 17 | $121 | $7 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 280 | 141 | 7% (19) | None | $8,290 |
| 2023 | 351 | 203 | 10% (34) | 13% | $11,083 |
| 2022 | 173 | 104 | 14% (24) | None | $6,130 |
| 2021 | 273 | 192 | 10% (26) | 14% | $4,346 |
| 2020 | 208 | 132 | 14% (30) | 14% | $4,650 |
| 2019 | 268 | 168 | 12% (32) | 13% | $7,691 |
| 2018 | 99 | 63 | None | 21% | $3,649 |
| 2017 | 46 | 26 | None | None | $1,555 |
| 2016 | 20 | 18 | None | None | $1,225 |
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
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 22 | $436 | $20 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 33 | $365 | $11 |
| Ibuprofen | 29 | $219 | $8 |
| Prednisone | 20 | $171 | $9 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 23 | $160 | $7 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $104 | $9 |
2022: 2 drugs
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $169 | $8 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $90 | $8 |
2021: 5 drugs
| Cephalexin | 40 | $413 | $10 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $149 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $117 | $8 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 14 | $106 | $8 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 13 | $89 | $7 |
2020: 6 drugs
| Ventolin Hfa | 12 | $674 | $56 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 27 | $208 | $8 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 17 | $206 | $12 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $141 | $8 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $132 | $10 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $130 | $9 |
2019: 7 drugs
| Ondansetron Odt | 27 | $428 | $16 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $191 | $9 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 28 | $177 | $6 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $118 | $8 |
| Azithromycin | 11 | $94 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $93 | $7 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 12 | $93 | $8 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1700211802
- Licence
- CA 144246California A144246: Current · expires 2028-08-31
- Trained
- University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 2010
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Alway Bldg Room M121, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2013-09-08
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.