Oana E Vele, MD
Pathology · Bay Shore
- 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
- 17
Offices
17 locations · North Shore-Lij Medical PC · 6,374 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Long Island Jewish Medical Center · North Shore University Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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California Medical Board record
Licence A99689 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2028-11-30 · University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila'.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
2 hospitals
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Northwell Health, which runs 19 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate: 3.63 (2.53 to 4.72) · 4,276 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.5 to 15.8) · 1,338 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.417, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.172, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.411, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.227, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 3.9 (3.1 to 4.8) · 1,338 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
- North Shore University HospitalManhasset, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Northwell Health, which runs 19 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.51, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.384, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.251, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.482, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.299, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 1,342 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 6 the same, 3 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.63 (2.53 to 4.72) · 4,276 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.5 to 15.8) · 1,338 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.417 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.172 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.178 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.411 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.227 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 3.9 (3.1 to 4.8) · 1,338 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.7 (0 to 1.41) · 4,099 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.03 (0.82 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 182.4 (139.49 to 225.31) · 175 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.6 · 297 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 197 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.4 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.3 · 1,465 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 6.5 · 888 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.5 · 12,893 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.11 (0 to 0.26) · 21,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.09 to 0.4) · 22,438 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.63 (3.19 to 6.08) · 4,287 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.72 (0.31 to 3.12) · 1,756 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.16 (4.97 to 15.35) · 1,364 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.15 (2.68 to 7.61) · 1,730 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.27 (0 to 2.57) · 1,141 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.57 (0.25 to 0.9) · 19,622 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 1,207 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.569 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14 · 292 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 2,088 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -0.8 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.2 · 1,066 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 1,421 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.7 · 2,201 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.6 · 1,311 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.1 · 518 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.2 (9.4 to 15.9) · 964 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 1,048 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (681 patients answered, 13% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 66% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
See every measure and the patient survey for North Shore University Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 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.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.51 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.384 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.251 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.482 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.299 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 1,342 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.03 (0.34 to 1.73) · 4,745 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.75 to 1.12) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 191.81 (154.67 to 228.95) · 232 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 230 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.5 · 276 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 339 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 7.9 · 1,244 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 1,634 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.3 · 646 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.5 · 11,015 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.28) · 25,565 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.12 to 0.42) · 26,025 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.2 (2.89 to 5.52) · 6,604 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0 to 2.3) · 2,678 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.1 (2.07 to 4.14) · 6,270 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.7 (4.85 to 12.56) · 2,853 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.6 (0.99 to 6.2) · 2,678 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.51 (0.21 to 2.8) · 1,209 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.68 (0.38 to 0.98) · 23,117 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3 · 1,037 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 643 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.7 · 1,787 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 435 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 24.8 · 1,434 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 1,595 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 1,792 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.7 (3.1 to 7) · 238 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.7 (6.9 to 13.4) · 238 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 1,034 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.7 · 224 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 356 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.1 (9.8 to 17) · 883 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (741 patients answered, 20% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 69% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$2,120
Medicare paid this office $2,120 for 36 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 36 | $2,120 | $41 |
Who their Medicare patients are
36 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 58% · Health risk score 1.94. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical pathology clinician is at 1.55.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 53% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Heart failure 42% · Stroke 42% · Diabetes 39% · COPD 36% · Chronic kidney disease 33%.
The office billed $13,468, Medicare allowed $2,648 and paid $2,120; for 52 services of 1 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 | 36 | 52 | 76 | 1.94 | $13,468 | $2,120 |
| 2023 | 37 | 53 | 73 | 3.24 | $13,727 | $2,181 |
| 2017 | 93 | 107 | 71 | 2.58 | $10,058 | $1,673 |
| 2016 | 236 | 307 | 71 | 2.04 | $28,858 | $4,824 |
| 2015 | 215 | 350 | 71 | 1.96 | $32,900 | $5,800 |
| 2014 | 110 | 147 | 72 | 1.99 | $13,898 | $2,561 |
| 2013 | 47 | 65 | 70 | 1.57 | $6,105 | $1,099 |
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: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 37 | $2,181 | $41 |
2017: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 93 | $1,673 | $16 |
2016: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 236 | $4,824 | $16 |
2015: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 215 | $5,800 | $17 |
2014: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 109 | $2,440 | $17 |
2013: 1 service
| Molecular pathology procedure; physician interpretation and report | 45 | $999 | $16 |
Money from drug and device companies
$21 in 2020
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Genentech USA | None | $21 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Genentech USA | Meals · 2020-02-11 | None | $21 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1710175609
- Licence
- CA A99689California A99689: Current · expires 2028-11-30
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207SM0001X (207SM0001X)
- Mailing address
- 1130 Welch Rd Apt 324, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2007-10-04
- NPI last updated
- 2007-10-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.