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Stephen P Scherr, MD

Emergency Medicine · Morgan Hill

NPI 1780687244

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1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group

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California Medical Board record

Licence G85703 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2000 · expires 2027-09-30 · Michigan State University College of Human 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.

  • Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.572WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.563BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.256BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 41 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 124 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 501 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.9 · 653 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 348 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,502 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.4 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.573No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.6 · 185 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 951 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits56.3 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits6.4 · 644 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits1.3 · 699 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.3 · 921 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 94 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.4 · 54 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$1,170

Medicare paid this office $1,170 for 39 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)19$472$25
New patient visit (30+ min)14$374$27

Who their Medicare patients are

39 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Health risk score 1.04. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 28%.

The office billed $24,503, Medicare allowed $3,538 and paid $1,170; for 40 services of 4 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
20243940741.04$24,503$1,170
2023174200730.95$126,106$12,249
2022187224730.89$112,371$11,808
2021153182720.83$108,235$10,522
20208487711.44$40,876$3,174
2019160224712.05$117,579$18,999
2018321592732.01$259,744$44,814
2017432684732.09$361,725$59,829
2016433708721.67$475,181$64,543
2015395707731.61$493,930$60,111
2014120137731.70$194,440$14,655
20134348701.62$52,592$5,422

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)98$5,215$47
New patient visit (30+ min)48$3,220$67
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,177$121
Return visit (30+ min)19$1,604$76

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)153$8,915$50
Return visit (30+ min)34$2,594$72

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)128$8,425$55
Return visit (30+ min)21$1,795$85

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)62$2,131$33
Return visit (30+ min)16$815$51

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making75$10,922$140
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making24$2,291$95
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes11$2,125$193
Short return visit (20+ min)21$916$44
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making22$903$41
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only36$296$8

2018: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making195$28,373$142
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making69$6,604$94
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes19$3,603$190
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making50$2,300$45
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only122$962$8
X-ray of chest, 1 view57$480$8
X-ray of chest, 2 views12$119$10

2017: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making236$34,929$142
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes42$8,644$188
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making89$8,589$97
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making73$3,533$48
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only112$875$7
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front54$453$8

2016: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making273$42,016$136
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making99$10,205$93
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes36$6,664$180
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making54$2,717$47
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only128$967$7
X-ray of chest, 1 view, front19$150$8

2015: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making263$40,096$135
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making72$7,118$89
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes33$6,129$180
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making61$2,780$45
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only157$1,256$7

2014: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making75$9,877$130
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making19$1,511$80
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making21$991$47

2013: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making29$3,605$124

Medicaid work

$1,233 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,233 for 137 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 29 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
New patient visit (30+ min)33$782
Short return visit (20+ min)64$452
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)13$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)14$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)13$0
Medicaid work by year
2024137529$1,233
2023658556$3,115
2022527160$5,718
2021363242$3,609
2020122128$1,503
2019267736$19,002
20181,6081062$55,507
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
New patient visit (30+ min)136$1,578
Short return visit (20+ min)450$1,537
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)30$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)12$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)30$0

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)527$5,718

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)346$3,241
Return visit (30+ min)17$368

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)122$1,503

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Service32$13,030
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM110$2,085
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM27$1,824
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM29$763
Service20$744
Service23$319
Short return visit (20+ min)26$237

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM491$15,457
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM354$14,723
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM144$9,660
Service168$6,150
Miscellaneous therapeutic items and supplies, retail purchases, not otherwise classified; identify product in "remarks"31$4,002
Service210$2,862
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only159$1,268
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL12$635
Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], fluorescence immunoassay [FIA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; Influenza, A or B, each13$609
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count26$141

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,847

Pharmacies billed $3,847 in 2024.

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

432 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,847 in drug cost · 148 antibiotic prescriptions to 122 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Ofloxacin11$631$57
Cefdinir28$385$14
Prednisone84$240$3
Ibuprofen79$234$3
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass30$204$7
See all 10 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Ofloxacin11$631$57
Cefdinir28$385$14
Prednisone84$240$3
Ibuprofen79$234$3
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass30$204$7
Ciprofloxacin21$154$7
Cephalexin16$120$7
Mupirocin13$109$8
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim18$94$5
Levofloxacin17$75$4

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024442173NoneNone$3,847
2023513205NoneNone$6,576
2022449206NoneNone$6,491
2021351145NoneNone$4,754
20202261045% (11)None$8,241
201932116217% (53)None$5,408
201843521017% (74)4%$9,328
201747823921% (101)5%$6,353
201636218022% (78)6%$5,539
201526415523% (61)None$8,689
20141669020% (33)None$2,887
20135429NoneNone$1,457

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Cefdinir50$1,528$31
Ofloxacin11$777$71
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass45$566$13
Ibuprofen100$347$3
Prednisone97$308$3
Fluconazole16$230$14
Ciprofloxacin21$219$10
Azithromycin15$208$14
Erythromycin16$187$12
Clindamycin22$150$7
Cephalexin16$147$9
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim20$109$5

2022: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ofloxacin11$989$90
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass45$480$11
Cephalexin35$305$9
Ciprofloxacin27$288$11
Azithromycin19$252$13
Ibuprofen77$245$3
Prednisone63$208$3
Fluconazole19$181$10
Mupirocin14$179$13
Cefdinir11$167$15
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim34$144$4
Clindamycin14$129$9
Erythromycin11$114$10

2021: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cephalexin37$329$9
Ciprofloxacin40$319$8
Ibuprofen64$195$3
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19$147$8
Prednisone42$142$3
Fluconazole17$141$8
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim39$133$3

2020: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Azithromycin12$160$13
Ibuprofen42$146$3
Cephalexin15$94$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13$90$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim21$85$4
Ciprofloxacin13$78$6
Prednisone18$75$4

2019: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen39$365$9
Azithromycin16$219$14
Ibuprofen43$215$5
Ciprofloxacin24$199$8
Dexamethasone22$165$8
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$154$14
Ondansetron Odt16$143$9
Cephalexin17$118$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11$73$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim14$61$4
Prednisone15$59$4
Lorazepam12$53$4

2018: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen49$416$8
Ibuprofen59$336$6
Ciprofloxacin36$305$8
Prednisone36$188$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen24$180$7
Lorazepam34$158$5
Levofloxacin15$155$10
Cephalexin14$139$10
Azithromycin11$122$11
Ondansetron Odt11$115$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim14$93$7
Dexamethasone11$74$7
Ibu11$47$4

2017: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen62$435$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen35$284$8
Ibuprofen55$271$5
Ciprofloxacin36$259$7
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17$179$11
Prednisone32$168$5
Lorazepam32$155$5
Cephalexin20$111$6
Ondansetron Odt15$106$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim18$79$4
Ibu18$58$3

2016: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen57$533$9
Ibuprofen42$179$4
Ciprofloxacin28$177$6
Prednisone30$159$5
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen14$155$11
Azithromycin13$109$8
Cephalexin15$105$7
Lorazepam26$73$3
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim18$71$4

2015: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen44$383$9
Ciprofloxacin32$232$7
Ibuprofen25$147$6
Cephalexin15$144$10
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11$139$13
Prednisone19$130$7
Lorazepam16$72$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13$64$5

2014: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen25$240$10
Ibuprofen24$177$7
Prednisone15$158$11
Ciprofloxacin16$116$7

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
1780687244
Licence
CA G85703California G85703: Current · expires 2027-09-30
Trained
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 1990
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 174400000X (174400000X)
Mailing address
Po Box 2420, Salinas, CA, 93902
NPI first listed
2005-05-27
NPI last updated
2008-11-05

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