Suselina H Acosta-Goldstein, MD
Psychiatry · Fremont
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 11
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Washington Township Medical Foundation · 125 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Washington Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
11 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Acosta-Goldstein’s office at (510) 248-1000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C185103 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-03-31 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School.
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.
- Washington HospitalFremont, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Washington Hospital Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.188, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.164, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Washington Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 6 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.188 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.164 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0 to 1.88) · 1,112 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.92 (0.59 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 192.95 (139.54 to 246.36) · 48 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 164 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 199 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 463 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.6 · 661 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.3 · 174 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 2,550 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.15 (0 to 0.35) · 6,970 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.82 (1.73 to 5.91) · 1,370 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.52 (0 to 3.17) · 589 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.75 (0.25 to 3.25) · 1,315 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 13.19 (5.83 to 20.56) · 600 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.91 (1.04 to 8.78) · 550 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0.17 to 3.14) · 198 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 6,079 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 114 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.367 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 186 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.9 · 480 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 33.9 · 186 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 26.5 · 553 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 36.8 · 648 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.5 · 590 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.7 (3.2 to 6.9) · 169 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.4 (8.5 to 14.9) · 169 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.1 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 202 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (10.2 to 18.5) · 78 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) · 974 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (812 patients answered, 19% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 84% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 84% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| 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 | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 46% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 42% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 84% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$16,648
Medicare paid this office $16,648 for 62 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 57 | $10,078 | $148 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 22 | $4,763 | $70 |
Who their Medicare patients are
62 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 68% · Health risk score 2.35. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 63% · Dementia 60% · Depression 55% · Chronic kidney disease 53% · Heart failure 34% · Coronary heart disease 32% · COPD 32% · Atrial fibrillation 32% · Stroke 32%.
The office billed $48,045, Medicare allowed $20,918 and paid $16,648; for 161 services of 7 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 | 62 | 161 | 73 | 2.35 | $48,045 | $16,648 |
| 2023 | 25 | 34 | 71 | 2.56 | $11,987 | $4,141 |
| 2022 | 29 | 67 | 52 | 1.82 | $16,754 | $5,347 |
| 2021 | 41 | 69 | 58 | 2.51 | $22,222 | $5,627 |
| 2020 | 52 | 98 | 59 | 2.90 | $29,931 | $7,102 |
| 2019 | 85 | 143 | 60 | 3.41 | $53,206 | $11,722 |
| 2018 | 70 | 112 | 60 | 3.25 | $34,985 | $8,199 |
| 2017 | 80 | 131 | 59 | 3.29 | $31,027 | $9,331 |
| 2016 | 25 | 32 | 50 | 2.20 | $8,167 | $2,447 |
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: 1 service
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 20 | $3,124 | $149 |
2022: 3 services
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 14 | $1,877 | $134 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 12 | $1,504 | $79 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $936 | $55 |
2021: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,093 | $58 |
2020: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $999 | $59 |
2019: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,194 | $157 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 16 | $2,182 | $81 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 20 | $2,023 | $101 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 24 | $1,921 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $879 | $63 |
2018: 3 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 20 | $2,183 | $109 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 21 | $1,775 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $690 | $63 |
2017: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 28 | $3,032 | $108 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 25 | $2,707 | $58 |
| Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes | 11 | $617 | $56 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 14 | $531 | $31 |
Medicaid work
$6,729 in 2022
Medicaid paid $6,729 for 70 billed services this clinician did in 2022, up to 17 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.
| Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 32 | $3,424 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 21 | $1,864 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 17 | $1,441 |
| 2022 | 70 | 3 | 17 | $6,729 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1841557683
- Licence
- CA C185103California C185103: Current · expires 2027-03-31
- Trained
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, 2012
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
- Mailing address
- 2299 Mowry Ave Ste 2c, Fremont, CA, 94538
- NPI first listed
- 2012-04-18
- NPI last updated
- 2023-07-24
- NPI record certified
- 2023-07-24
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.