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Yvette Michelle Brown, MD

Neurology · Phoenix

NPI 1710366844

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
13
2 carriers
Office
1

Offices

1 location · Sjhmc Physician Services · 645 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: St. Joseph'S Hospital and Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

13 plans · 2 carriers

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13 of 13 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 Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A176612 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2022 · expires 2024-02-29 · University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.

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.

  • St Josephs Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.27 (1.04 to 1.5), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate: 0.42 (0.24 to 0.6) · 8,156 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate: 3.73 (2.57 to 4.89) · 3,355 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 15.8 (11.59 to 20.01) · 2,113 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.408, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.341, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.287, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.468, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 2 the same, 1 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.27 (1.04 to 1.5)WorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.42 (0.24 to 0.6) · 8,156 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths3.73 (2.57 to 4.89) · 3,355 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths15.8 (11.59 to 20.01) · 2,113 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.408BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.341BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.287BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.468BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.28 (0.45 to 2.11) · 2,236 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths152.88 (115.15 to 190.62) · 218 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 65 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 90 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.4 · 174 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.4 · 247 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11 · 703 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.1 · 4,880 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.25 (0.07 to 0.43) · 8,832 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.79 (3.29 to 6.28) · 3,649 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.5 (0.2 to 2.8) · 2,204 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.72 (2.09 to 7.35) · 2,204 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.31 (0.92 to 3.7) · 1,019 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.67 (0.14 to 1.19) · 7,006 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.56No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.3 · 335 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.6 · 493 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits6.7 · 176 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-31.8 · 195 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-13.3 · 265 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.8 · 574 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.2 (2.9 to 6.1) · 145 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.9 (7.2 to 13.2) · 145 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.2 · 88 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.5 · 254 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.8 to 17.9) · 256 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 496 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (712 patients answered, 13% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well77%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge84%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand70%
Doctors "always" listened carefully75%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)73%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night56%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects47%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,436

Medicare paid this office $12,436 for 65 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)19$3,251$135
Return visit (30+ min)22$2,868$93
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,198$67
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,702$142
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,553$129
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)19$3,251$135
Return visit (30+ min)22$2,868$93
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,198$67
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,702$142
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,553$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's12$204$13

Who their Medicare patients are

65 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 62% · Health risk score 1.07. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 58% · Depression 37% · Diabetes 34% · Coronary heart disease 28% · Stroke 23%.

The office billed $39,042, Medicare allowed $16,555 and paid $12,436; for 144 services of 12 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
202465144721.07$39,042$12,436
20235681701.06$30,509$9,819
20211742720.85$14,961$4,606

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: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
New patient visit (60+ min)12$2,080$173
Long return visit (40+ min)15$1,962$131
Return visit (30+ min)12$1,310$101

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,413

Pharmacies billed $3,413 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 170) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.

166 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,413 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
Gabapentin52$973$19
Topiramate22$659$30
Venlafaxine Hcl Er13$493$38
Trazodone11$29$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024170300% (0)None$3,413
202362180% (0)None$7,035
202122None0% (0)0%$268
20183213NoneNone$2,178

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Gabapentin12$112$9
Topiramate13$71$5

Money from drug and device companies

$25 in 2021

Industry payments by year
202111None$25
202011None$50
201911None$60

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
Jazz PharmaceuticalsXywav$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Xywav · 2021-09-27 · $25
See the published payment
Every published payment
Jazz PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2021-09-27Xywav$25
See earlier years (2020, 2019)

2020: $50

Payments by company in 2020
SK Life ScienceCenobamate$50
1 payment
  • Meals for Cenobamate · 2020-10-01 · $50

2019: $60

Payments by company in 2019
Lilly USANone$60
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-11-23 · $60

Professional record

NPI
1710366844
Licence
AZ 60502, CA A176612California A176612: Delinquent · expires 2024-02-29
Trained
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2015
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2084P0301X (2084P0301X); Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
240 W Thomas Rd # 301, Phoenix, AZ, 85013
NPI first listed
2015-05-21
NPI last updated
2023-05-10
NPI record certified
2023-05-10

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

Extra NPI addresses: 453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304 · 725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304