Tamara Nicole Washington, MD
Emergency Medicine · San Jose
- 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 · San Francisco Physicians International Medical Group Inc
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Hospitals listed: St Joseph'S Medical Center of Stockton. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A150287 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2028-09-30 · Howard University College of Medicine.
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 Joseph'S Medical Center of StocktonStockton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.08, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.34, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for St Joseph'S Medical Center of Stockton
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 2 worse of 8 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 | 0.08 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.34 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.51 (0.54 to 2.47) · 1,424 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.78 to 1.33) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 139.22 (98.08 to 180.36) · 105 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 127 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 98 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13.9 · 257 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.2 · 447 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.4 · 405 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9 · 337 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 3,812 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.29 (0.09 to 0.49) · 6,528 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,304 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.48 (1.49 to 5.48) · 1,467 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.27 (0 to 2.79) · 464 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.22 (0.81 to 3.64) · 1,404 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.16 (1.3 to 13.02) · 455 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.22 (1.5 to 8.93) · 456 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.24 (0.78 to 3.71) · 262 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.03 (0.53 to 1.53) · 6,521 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.537 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.486 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.646 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.7 · 484 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.9 · 878 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 22.2 · 265 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 17.1 · 493 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 407 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.3 · 615 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 14.1 · 184 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 248 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.6 to 17.6) · 164 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.3) · 290 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (541 patients answered, 14% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 64% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 41% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 51% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$26,012
Medicare paid this office $26,012 for 179 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 136 | $19,357 | $139 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 23 | $3,670 | $160 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 17 | $1,378 | $77 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 39 | $263 | $7 |
Who their Medicare patients are
179 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 22% · 85 and older 13% · Women 50% · Also on Medicaid 82% · Health risk score 2.65. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 57% · Chronic kidney disease 42% · Heart failure 37% · Depression 36% · Coronary heart disease 35% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · COPD 26% · Dementia 26% · Stroke 17% · Cancer 16%.
The office billed $238,501, Medicare allowed $35,020 and paid $26,012; for 238 services of 17 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 | 179 | 238 | 71 | 2.65 | $238,501 | $26,012 |
| 2023 | 157 | 188 | 70 | 2.26 | $222,110 | $21,073 |
| 2022 | 210 | 238 | 70 | 2.38 | $325,701 | $37,102 |
| 2021 | 91 | 99 | 68 | 2.42 | $124,441 | $12,552 |
| 2020 | 169 | 203 | 66 | 2.41 | $220,897 | $22,801 |
| 2019 | 348 | 454 | 69 | 2.51 | $438,253 | $44,024 |
| 2018 | 321 | 394 | 67 | 2.44 | $383,915 | $41,797 |
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: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 105 | $14,437 | $136 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 38 | $3,298 | $79 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $2,501 | $192 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 15 | $112 | $7 |
2022: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 141 | $26,692 | $184 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 49 | $5,594 | $108 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 11 | $572 | $52 |
2021: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 51 | $7,933 | $153 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 28 | $2,473 | $85 |
2020: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 93 | $13,940 | $147 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 61 | $6,164 | $98 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 13 | $647 | $50 |
2019: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 193 | $27,551 | $141 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 117 | $10,655 | $91 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 41 | $2,190 | $48 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 55 | $421 | $7 |
2018: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 175 | $26,305 | $148 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 94 | $9,799 | $100 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 47 | $2,561 | $52 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 48 | $364 | $8 |
Medicaid work
$27,641 in 2024
Medicaid paid $27,641 for 814 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 70 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 DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 438 | $19,489 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 176 | $5,557 |
| Service | 46 | $1,801 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 104 | $523 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 30 | $242 |
| Service | 20 | $30 |
| 2024 | 814 | 6 | 70 | $27,641 |
| 2023 | 1,226 | 8 | 69 | $44,736 |
| 2022 | 1,024 | 5 | 64 | $48,080 |
| 2021 | 446 | 2 | 45 | $17,455 |
| 2020 | 497 | 3 | 36 | $21,020 |
| 2019 | 1,421 | 7 | 59 | $35,554 |
| 2018 | 1,872 | 10 | 68 | $28,506 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 587 | $27,567 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 367 | $10,628 |
| Service | 122 | $4,734 |
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $1,178 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 43 | $359 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 49 | $216 |
| Service | 32 | $39 |
| Blood glucose (sugar) level | 12 | $15 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 614 | $35,228 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 349 | $11,673 |
| Service | 25 | $903 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 13 | $214 |
| Service | 23 | $62 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 280 | $12,336 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 166 | $5,119 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 284 | $14,975 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 184 | $5,369 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 29 | $676 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 516 | $17,882 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 436 | $10,621 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 282 | $3,856 |
| Service | 27 | $2,097 |
| Service | 15 | $589 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 132 | $413 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 13 | $97 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 586 | $10,676 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 539 | $8,366 |
| Service | 133 | $5,137 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 370 | $3,423 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 149 | $328 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 26 | $268 |
| ELECTROLYTE PANEL | 13 | $117 |
| Blood glucose (sugar) level | 29 | $114 |
| Creatinine; blood | 13 | $46 |
| Urea nitrogen; quantitative | 14 | $32 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1730592635
- Licence
- CA A150287California A150287: Current · expires 2028-09-30
- Trained
- Howard University College of Medicine, 2014
- Group
- Permanente Medical Group Inc · San Francisco Physicians International Medical Group Inc
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 531 Asbury Cir, Suite N340, Atlanta, GA, 30322
- NPI first listed
- 2014-06-09
- NPI last updated
- 2026-07-24
- NPI record certified
- 2026-07-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.