Grace Genevieve Firestone, MD

2 locations · The Regents of the University of California · 1,426 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center · Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

8 papers · cited 161 times

Published as Grace Firestone at University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Health.

Research identity is not a guarantee of current clinical practice. Same name is not the same person — if this looks like someone else, tell us.

Topics: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Healthcare Policy and Management · Patient Safety and Medication Errors · Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Licence A183764 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-04-30 · Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 3 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 6.27 (4.69 to 7.85) · 3,570 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 5.17 (1.78 to 8.56) · 1,778 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 0.21 (0 to 0.62) · 8,165 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.59, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.611, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.503, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 0.09 (0 to 0.59) · 6,805 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.667, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.6 to 1) · 1,274 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

$28,740

Medicare paid this office $28,740 for 167 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

167 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 11% · Women 56% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 1.27. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical family practice clinician is at 1.13.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 58% · Depression 29% · Diabetes 25% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Cancer 17% · Chronic kidney disease 13% · COPD 13% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · Heart failure 8% · Stroke 8%.

The office billed $248,092, Medicare allowed $39,317 and paid $28,740; for 463 services of 35 kinds; $3,799 of it was for drugs given in the office and $24,941 for care.

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 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.

$3,379 in 2023

Medicaid paid $3,379 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 14 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.

$61,815

Pharmacies billed $61,815 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 3% of their Part D prescriptions (26 of 997) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical family practice clinician is at 2%.

904 generic and 93 brand-name prescriptions · $61,815 in drug cost · 62 antibiotic prescriptions to 48 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.

Year by year

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

NPI

1780203216

Licence

CA A183764California A183764: Current · expires 2027-04-30

Group

The Regents of the University of California

Video visits

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Gender

Female