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Hsien-Hwa Alice Cha, MD

Internal Medicine · Stanford

NPI 1831431923

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
3
Since medical school
13 years
New York Medical College, 2013

Offices

3 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

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California Medical Board record

Licence A132007 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2028-08-31 · New York Medical College.

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

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

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.

  • Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.178, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.237, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 7 the same, 0 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 Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.178BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.237BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.79 (0 to 1.73) · 1,041 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.79 (0.5 to 1.08)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths145.81 (96.5 to 195.12) · 72 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.9 · 55 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.6 · 92 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 96 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 395 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 391 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 162 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 1,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.37) · 4,425 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.02 to 0.41) · 4,771 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.45 (1.46 to 5.44) · 1,403 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.5 (0.05 to 2.94) · 645 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.81 (0.38 to 3.24) · 1,279 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.53 (3.2 to 13.85) · 639 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.15 (1.89 to 8.41) · 648 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 370 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.83) · 4,160 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 74 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.369No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.112No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.1 · 110 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.1 · 437 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-5.8 · 94 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-19.3 · 456 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-0.3 · 402 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.8 · 358 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.1 (7.5 to 13.6) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 46 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 92 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.4 (9.6 to 16.2) · 1,532 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 929 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,268 patients answered, 26% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Room was "always" clean65%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully74%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital74%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$41,215

Medicare paid this office $41,215 for 167 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes96$20,988$101
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes81$7,840$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes38$5,580$147
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes42$4,932$68

Who their Medicare patients are

167 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 19% · Women 58% · Also on Medicaid 34% · Health risk score 2.43. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 68% · Diabetes 48% · Coronary heart disease 44% · Heart failure 41% · Depression 35% · Atrial fibrillation 31% · COPD 29% · Dementia 27% · Cancer 22% · Stroke 14%.

The office billed $176,607, Medicare allowed $53,839 and paid $41,215; for 418 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

Original Medicare by year
2024167418762.43$176,607$41,215
2023303694782.94$316,384$74,898
2022220528772.54$230,612$52,667
2021294733782.27$319,714$76,866
2020300730772.66$332,702$79,197
2019344757782.43$342,655$83,994
2018306708772.49$294,180$75,002
2017332757772.21$300,076$77,731
2016118251782.28$96,926$25,130

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: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes132$32,558$105
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes115$18,508$156
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes111$11,730$103
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes76$9,020$71
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes11$2,274$189

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes115$25,878$86
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes57$9,385$165
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes76$7,330$93
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes31$4,823$156
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes12$1,271$91
Hospital observation care on day of discharge19$1,107$58
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour11$1,066$82

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes164$40,021$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes58$11,056$181
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes99$10,123$98
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes32$5,534$168
Hospital observation care on day of discharge32$2,254$66
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes11$2,197$200
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour21$2,086$83
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes14$1,610$95

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes163$39,696$93
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes127$12,853$96
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes63$11,447$182
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes38$6,590$169
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes19$3,772$199
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour16$1,715$86

2019: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes146$33,602$92
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes92$17,799$182
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes67$11,029$165
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes105$10,499$96
Hospital observation care on day of discharge34$2,336$67
Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour20$2,214$82
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes11$2,158$196
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes21$2,076$94

2018: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes141$34,442$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes74$13,486$177
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes107$10,540$96
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes28$4,636$166
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes23$3,578$156
Hospital observation care on day of discharge23$1,520$66
Hospital observation care on day of discharge19$1,256$66

2017: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes165$35,742$91
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes102$17,281$168
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes128$12,259$93
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes35$5,377$154
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes24$2,530$63
Hospital observation care on day of discharge25$1,617$62

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes66$11,878$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes30$5,216$174
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes49$4,488$92
Hospital observation care on day of discharge12$760$63

Medicaid work

$688 in 2023

Medicaid paid $688 for 30 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 12 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 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES30$688
Medicaid work by year
202330112$688
2022102118$3,354
2021152116$2,863
202070214$1,320
201939112$779
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES102$3,354

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES152$2,863

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES58$746
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter12$574

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES39$779

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$10,100

Pharmacies billed $10,100 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 13% of their Part D prescriptions (16 of 124) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

100 generic and 24 brand-name prescriptions · $10,100 in drug cost · 11 antibiotic prescriptions.

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
20241245013% (16)19%$10,100
2023148639% (13)None$8,565
202213658None14%$9,265
202113369NoneNone$15,125
202018165NoneNone$12,953
20191487212% (18)None$12,488
201815967NoneNone$8,555
2017151608% (12)17%$9,140
20166832None40%$4,590
201538170% (0)42%$1,049
201439170% (0)None$1,072
20133615NoneNone$4,991

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2020: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Atorvastatin17$263$15
Pantoprazole12$123$10
Furosemide12$92$8

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Pantoprazole11$87$8

Professional record

NPI
1831431923
Licence
CA A132007, CA D4269191California A132007: Current · expires 2028-08-31
Trained
New York Medical College, 2013 · 13 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2013-03-27
NPI last updated
2024-04-17
NPI record certified
2024-04-17

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