Sarah J Hand, MD
Family Practice · Sparks
- 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
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Northern Nevada Medical Group LLC · Community Care Services LLC
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Hospitals listed: 291568 · Northern Nevada Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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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.
- Northern Nevada Medical CenterSparks, NVAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Universal Health Services, which runs 158 hospitals in 38 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 73% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Northern Nevada Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.93 (0 to 1.95) · 504 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.97 (0.55 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.5 · 38 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.6 · 82 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.6 · 180 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.2 · 224 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 12.7 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.6 · 2,812 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.31 (0.08 to 0.53) · 2,387 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.46) · 2,350 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.13 (0.8 to 5.46) · 650 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.6 (0 to 3.3) · 215 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.06 (0.43 to 3.69) · 652 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.79 (2.82 to 20.75) · 215 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.56 (1.44 to 9.68) · 180 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.69 (0.19 to 3.19) · 199 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.32 (0 to 1.28) · 1,628 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 70 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.498 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.907 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.8 · 151 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 23.2 · 385 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -6.5 · 84 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -18.5 · 206 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -23.2 · 224 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 422 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.3 · 76 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 110 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.4 (9.9 to 18.2) · 68 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.3 (1 to 1.7) · 366 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,298 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 72% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 51% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$42,324
Medicare paid this office $42,324 for 323 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 154 | $20,468 | $129 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 102 | $9,993 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 64 | $6,663 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 28 | $2,576 | $92 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $1,558 | $92 |
See all 6 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 154 | $20,468 | $129 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 102 | $9,993 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 64 | $6,663 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 28 | $2,576 | $92 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $1,558 | $92 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 12 | $781 | $65 |
Who their Medicare patients are
323 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 11% · 85 and older 19% · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 25% · Health risk score 1.87. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical family practice clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 40% · Diabetes 39% · Heart failure 39% · Depression 37% · Chronic kidney disease 36% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · COPD 30% · Dementia 27% · Cancer 16% · Stroke 14%.
The office billed $172,518, Medicare allowed $55,684 and paid $42,324; for 432 services of 9 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 | 323 | 432 | 76 | 1.87 | $172,518 | $42,324 |
| 2023 | 289 | 321 | 76 | 2.07 | $91,487 | $34,031 |
| 2022 | 199 | 534 | 69 | 1.84 | $91,391 | $28,223 |
| 2021 | 203 | 417 | 69 | 1.43 | $75,278 | $28,215 |
| 2020 | 173 | 402 | 66 | 1.71 | $67,665 | $25,494 |
| 2019 | 84 | 166 | 65 | 1.76 | $25,960 | $10,066 |
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: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 178 | $17,365 | $92 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 107 | $14,922 | $133 |
2022: 7 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 55 | $6,260 | $108 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 45 | $5,464 | $87 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 36 | $5,318 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $2,259 | $66 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,591 | $145 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 14 | $1,494 | $100 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 22 | $1,335 | $58 |
2021: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 79 | $9,961 | $92 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 43 | $6,318 | $59 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 59 | $4,077 | $60 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 27 | $1,586 | $59 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 12 | $469 | $39 |
2020: 7 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 61 | $7,159 | $79 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $4,779 | $59 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $2,962 | $55 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 27 | $1,800 | $58 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,681 | $112 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 12 | $508 | $42 |
| Hemoglobin a1c level | 11 | $154 | $10 |
2019: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 44 | $4,170 | $80 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,189 | $52 |
Medicaid work
$594 in 2024
Medicaid paid $594 for 19 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 13 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.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 19 | $594 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1 | 13 | $594 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1 | 17 | $2,805 |
| 2022 | 1,690 | 15 | 47 | $75,113 |
| 2021 | 1,434 | 9 | 51 | $71,128 |
| 2020 | 1,272 | 10 | 45 | $66,876 |
| 2019 | 559 | 8 | 50 | $21,071 |
| 2018 | 70 | 4 | 19 | $4,126 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 29 | $2,805 |
2022
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; infant (age younger than 1 year) | 250 | $20,836 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 283 | $16,668 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 167 | $12,167 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 94 | $5,999 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) | 272 | $5,175 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; early childhood (age 1 through 4 years) | 46 | $4,176 |
| Initial hospital or birthing center care, per day, for evaluation and management of normal newborn infant | 47 | $4,129 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); each additional vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 189 | $3,909 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 31 | $1,032 |
| Subsequent hospital care, per day, for evaluation and management of normal newborn | 21 | $736 |
| Immunization administration by intranasal or oral route; each additional vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 31 | $286 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 13 valent (PCV13), for intramuscular use | 97 | $0 |
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 362 | $24,565 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 463 | $21,325 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; infant (age younger than 1 year) | 196 | $11,933 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 76 | $4,143 |
| Initial hospital or birthing center care, per day, for evaluation and management of normal newborn infant | 41 | $3,120 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 45 | $2,641 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; early childhood (age 1 through 4 years) | 33 | $2,193 |
| Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route of administration, with counseling by physician or other qualified health care professional; first or only component of each vaccine or toxoid administered | 200 | $1,133 |
| Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route of administration, with counseling by physician or other qualified health care professional; each additional vaccine or toxoid component administered (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 18 | $75 |
2020
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 445 | $26,485 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 309 | $23,127 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; infant (age younger than 1 year) | 125 | $9,101 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 49 | $2,634 |
| Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route of administration, with counseling by physician or other qualified health care professional; first or only component of each vaccine or toxoid administered | 138 | $1,533 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 15 | $1,430 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; early childhood (age 1 through 4 years) | 17 | $1,149 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) | 59 | $1,022 |
| Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, 0.5 mL dosage, for intramuscular use | 96 | $294 |
| Telephone evaluation and management service by a physician or other qualified health care professional who may report evaluation and management services provided to an established patient, parent, or guardian not originating from a related E/M service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an E/M service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 11-20 minutes of medical discussion | 19 | $99 |
2019
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 135 | $7,788 |
| Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/diagnostic procedures, established patient; infant (age younger than 1 year) | 65 | $5,477 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 102 | $4,503 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); 1 vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) | 107 | $1,819 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 18 | $824 |
| Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections); each additional vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 27 | $462 |
| Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, 0.5 mL dosage, for intramuscular use | 91 | $198 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 13 valent (PCV13), for intramuscular use | 14 | $0 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 13 | $2,065 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 19 | $1,966 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 18 | $96 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 20 | $0 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1801258595
- Licence
- NV 18678
- Trained
- University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2016
- Group
- Northern Nevada Medical Group LLC · Community Care Services LLC
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Family medicine (207Q00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2375 E Prater Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
- NPI first listed
- 2016-03-22
- NPI last updated
- 2023-02-27
- NPI record certified
- 2023-02-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1155 Mill St, Reno, NV, 89502