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Tara Pollack, MD

Family Practice · Baltimore

NPI 1780203315

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
3
2 carriers
Offices
2
Since medical school
6 years
Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2020

Offices

2 locations · Medstar Medical Group II LLC · 3,726 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

3 plans · 2 carriers

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3 of 3 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026
Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A181209 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2022 · expires 2024-10-30 · Georgetown University 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.

  • Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale, MDAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of MedStar Health, which runs 10 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 57% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.41 (1.13 to 1.69), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 2.01 (1.46 to 2.57) · 8,727 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.109, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.176, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 3 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.41 (1.13 to 1.69)WorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths2.01 (1.46 to 2.57) · 8,727 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.109BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.176BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.01 (0.16 to 1.87) · 1,873 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths175.51 (136.31 to 214.71) · 169 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.8 · 428 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths13.7 · 282 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.3 · 728 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.9 · 721 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.7 · 493 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 4,191 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.44) · 11,861 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.03 to 0.39) · 12,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.89 (2 to 5.77) · 1,897 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.39 (0 to 2.98) · 708 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.48 (1.11 to 3.84) · 1,815 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.79 (1.66 to 13.92) · 592 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.91 (3.61 to 10.2) · 667 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.49 (0.08 to 2.89) · 540 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.1 · 34 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.55No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.497No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.535No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15 · 229 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.4 · 960 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits23.4 · 212 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-15.9 · 933 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-12.4 · 827 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.3 · 877 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5 (3.7 to 6.6) · 405 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.9 (10.7 to 15.6) · 405 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 35 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.2 · 530 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.4 (10.3 to 17.5) · 1,002 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) · 503 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (959 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness3
Recommend hospital2
Share of patients giving the best answer at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Room was "always" clean64%
Nurses "always" communicated well72%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained53%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information84%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge83%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Doctors "always" listened carefully73%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)60%
Staff "always" explained new medications67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand68%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect79%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital57%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects39%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms85%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$6,542

Medicare paid this office $6,542 for 44 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)18$1,673$93

Who their Medicare patients are

44 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 30% · Health risk score 1.35. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical family practice clinician is at 1.13.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 39% · Diabetes 36% · Heart failure 32% · Coronary heart disease 27% · Chronic kidney disease 27% · Atrial fibrillation 27% · COPD 25%.

The office billed $20,431, Medicare allowed $8,134 and paid $6,542; for 87 services of 19 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.

Medicaid work

$1,908 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,908 for 27 billed services this clinician did in 2024, 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,339
Short return visit (20+ min)14$569
Medicaid work by year
202427214$1,908
2023304243$33,608
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive132$31,906
Short return visit (20+ min)172$1,702

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$8,685

Pharmacies billed $8,685 in 2024.

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

53 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $8,685 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.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20246628NoneNone$8,685
202329759NoneNone$40,048
2022316665% (15)None$28,614
202115252NoneNone$22,238

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Losartan15$450$30
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11$436$40
Amlodipine Besylate21$412$20
Metformin14$362$26
Lisinopril17$291$17
Diclofenac11$235$21
Atorvastatin16$234$15
Hydrochlorothiazide20$138$7

2022: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Diclofenac23$409$18
Metformin25$249$10
Amlodipine Besylate25$204$8
Atorvastatin16$191$12
Duloxetine15$190$13
Losartan11$138$13
Lisinopril16$136$9
Hydrochlorothiazide19$103$5

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Lisinopril11$47$4

Money from drug and device companies

$41 in 2024

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Hologic Sales and ServiceAptima$41
2 payments
  • Meals for Aptima · 2024-10-23 · $21
  • Meals for Aptima · 2024-09-11 · $21
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Hologic Sales and ServiceMeals · 2024-10-23Aptima$21
Hologic Sales and ServiceMeals · 2024-09-11Aptima$21

Professional record

NPI
1780203315
Licence
CA A181209California A181209: Delinquent · expires 2024-10-30
Trained
Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2020 · 6 years ago
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Family medicine (207Q00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
9101 Franklin Square Dr Ste 300, Baltimore, MD, 21237
NPI first listed
2020-04-14
NPI last updated
2024-04-14
NPI record certified
2024-04-14

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