Abid Amirali Fazal, MD
Anesthesiology · Atlanta
- 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 · The Emory Clinic Inc · Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C.
Hospitals listed: Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta, Inc. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A171411 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2029-01-31 · University of Virginia School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Illinois 125070131Temporary Medical Permit · since 2020 · expires 2021-06-23Specialty on the licence: AnesthesiologyExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Emory Healthcare, which runs 9 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.352, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.279, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta, Inc
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 5 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.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.352 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.279 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0.03 to 1.87) · 1,519 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.78 to 1.27) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 183.48 (133.97 to 232.98) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 224 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 87 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 119 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 541 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.7 · 449 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 4,822 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0.03 to 0.4) · 7,265 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.09 to 0.47) · 8,053 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.16 (2.28 to 6.05) · 2,297 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.43 (0.15 to 2.71) · 1,096 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.37 (2.1 to 4.63) · 2,005 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.36 (3.31 to 11.41) · 1,084 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.69 (2.71 to 8.66) · 1,096 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.86 (0.42 to 3.3) · 403 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.73 (0.18 to 1.27) · 6,464 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 72 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.533 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.025 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.478 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14 · 336 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.8 · 1,132 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 28.9 · 162 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 25.6 · 671 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 11.1 · 464 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 786 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 68 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 14 · 355 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 181 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.5 (9.6 to 16.5) · 808 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.6 to 1) · 788 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (543 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 69% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 55% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$27,545
Medicare paid this office $27,545 for 210 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 12 | $1,720 | $143 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope | 26 | $1,664 | $64 |
| Anesthesia for x-ray on artery of brain, heart, or chest | 11 | $1,426 | $130 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope | 24 | $1,266 | $53 |
Who their Medicare patients are
210 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 7% · 85 and older 13% · Women 44% · Also on Medicaid 12% · Health risk score 2.07. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 50% · Atrial fibrillation 43% · Chronic kidney disease 40% · Diabetes 34% · Heart failure 33% · Cancer 25% · COPD 22% · Depression 22% · Stroke 17% · Dementia 14%.
The office billed $241,115, Medicare allowed $34,423 and paid $27,545; for 275 services of 69 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 | 210 | 275 | 75 | 2.07 | $241,115 | $27,545 |
| 2023 | 58 | 76 | 74 | 1.84 | $67,333 | $7,780 |
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.
Money from drug and device companies
$11 in 2021
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| AbbVie | Creon | $11 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| AbbVie | Meals · 2021-09-01 | Creon | $11 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 85.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1770010050
- Licence
- CA A171411, IL 125070131California A171411: Current · expires 2029-01-31Illinois 125070131: Expired
- Trained
- University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2017
- Group
- The Emory Clinic Inc · Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C.
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Drive #H3580, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2017-05-17
- NPI last updated
- 2021-06-15
- NPI record certified
- 2021-06-15
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.