Sarah F Horman, MD
Hospitalist · San Diego
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Offices
1 location · Regents of the University of California · 2,047 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A110036 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2009 · expires 2027-07-31 · University of Cincinnati College of 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.
- UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 105.39 (74.34 to 136.44) · 381 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.597, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.618, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.375, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.376, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 6 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 2 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 105.39 (74.34 to 136.44) · 381 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.597 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.618 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.375 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.376 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.83 (0.11 to 1.54) · 3,862 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.84 to 1.2) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.4 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.2 · 116 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.1 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 7.8 · 510 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 11 · 696 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 435 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 5,739 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.15 (0 to 0.32) · 12,387 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.44) · 13,596 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.59 (3.24 to 5.94) · 4,389 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.12) · 2,419 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.26 (1.23 to 3.29) · 4,116 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.93 (6.61 to 13.25) · 2,232 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.31 (5.24 to 9.38) · 2,410 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.32 (1.07 to 3.56) · 1,286 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.38 (0.02 to 0.75) · 11,838 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.5 · 181 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.716 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.672 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 302 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 891 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.8 · 216 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 5.9 · 620 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 12 · 731 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.7 · 946 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.9 (4.8 to 7) · 1,507 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.3 (10.7 to 14) · 1,507 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 7.1 · 191 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.7 · 177 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 204 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 10.4 (8.5 to 13) · 4,116 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1) · 2,130 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,680 patients answered, 16% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 48% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$38,263
Medicare paid this office $38,263 for 193 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $13,471 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 84 | $9,712 | $64 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 45 | $4,233 | $94 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 27 | $3,882 | $144 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 23 | $3,233 | $141 |
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| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $13,471 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 84 | $9,712 | $64 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 45 | $4,233 | $94 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 27 | $3,882 | $144 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 23 | $3,233 | $141 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 19 | $1,261 | $66 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,149 | $96 |
Who their Medicare patients are
193 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 14% · Women 48% · Also on Medicaid 44% · Health risk score 3.14. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 45% · Depression 45% · Heart failure 42% · Diabetes 40% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Cancer 32% · Atrial fibrillation 31% · COPD 30% · Dementia 22% · Stroke 19%.
The office billed $164,231, Medicare allowed $48,569 and paid $38,263; for 435 services of 12 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 | 193 | 435 | 72 | 3.14 | $164,231 | $38,263 |
| 2023 | 195 | 523 | 72 | 3.72 | $167,962 | $42,371 |
| 2022 | 181 | 476 | 72 | 3.44 | $151,649 | $36,361 |
| 2021 | 201 | 519 | 72 | 3.05 | $163,938 | $41,943 |
| 2020 | 221 | 669 | 70 | 3.50 | $207,475 | $56,228 |
| 2019 | 202 | 607 | 72 | 3.34 | $184,082 | $49,259 |
| 2018 | 202 | 642 | 70 | 3.25 | $203,813 | $53,101 |
| 2017 | 207 | 599 | 72 | 3.38 | $220,932 | $51,668 |
| 2016 | 234 | 617 | 73 | 3.11 | $168,037 | $54,300 |
| 2015 | 191 | 480 | 73 | 2.90 | $128,608 | $44,610 |
| 2014 | 153 | 376 | 70 | 2.94 | $99,967 | $33,986 |
| 2013 | 155 | 373 | 71 | 2.96 | $98,749 | $32,920 |
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: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 108 | $15,984 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 68 | $13,266 | $98 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 42 | $3,993 | $95 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 31 | $3,570 | $115 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 22 | $3,000 | $136 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 16 | $1,076 | $67 |
2022: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 71 | $12,527 | $85 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 95 | $11,940 | $59 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 37 | $3,270 | $88 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $2,038 | $136 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $1,972 | $164 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,106 | $92 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 17 | $1,026 | $60 |
2021: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 109 | $13,964 | $59 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 67 | $11,423 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 30 | $5,024 | $167 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 49 | $4,487 | $90 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $2,224 | $159 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 16 | $916 | $57 |
2020: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 130 | $28,728 | $88 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 107 | $11,098 | $60 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 71 | $6,558 | $89 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 38 | $6,317 | $166 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 14 | $942 | $63 |
2019: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 117 | $23,502 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 85 | $11,376 | $61 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 61 | $5,577 | $89 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 35 | $5,570 | $159 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 20 | $1,226 | $61 |
2018: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 127 | $30,809 | $83 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 72 | $8,141 | $59 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 37 | $5,902 | $155 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 58 | $5,149 | $89 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 13 | $782 | $60 |
2017: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 118 | $28,694 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 57 | $9,054 | $156 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 68 | $6,015 | $57 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 63 | $5,897 | $88 |
2016: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 123 | $23,593 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 72 | $11,874 | $158 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 78 | $6,791 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 70 | $6,558 | $58 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 19 | $1,122 | $59 |
2015: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 81 | $18,967 | $85 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 75 | $11,926 | $157 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 63 | $5,531 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 49 | $5,086 | $58 |
2014: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 67 | $12,269 | $83 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 66 | $10,292 | $154 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 43 | $4,652 | $53 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 38 | $3,297 | $87 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 11 | $1,970 | $179 |
2013: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 64 | $11,836 | $82 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 61 | $9,672 | $151 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 56 | $5,260 | $56 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 46 | $3,764 | $80 |
Medicaid work
$12,702 in 2024
Medicaid paid $12,702 for 299 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 24 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 218 | $8,582 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 81 | $4,120 |
| 2024 | 299 | 2 | 24 | $12,702 |
| 2023 | 306 | 4 | 30 | $10,899 |
| 2022 | 284 | 2 | 24 | $9,204 |
| 2021 | 146 | 3 | 18 | $5,131 |
| 2020 | 398 | 3 | 21 | $14,300 |
| 2019 | 267 | 2 | 17 | $9,277 |
| 2018 | 95 | 2 | 17 | $3,872 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 233 | $7,412 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 48 | $2,273 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 12 | $842 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 13 | $372 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 238 | $7,541 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 46 | $1,663 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 107 | $3,651 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 27 | $946 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 12 | $533 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 209 | $7,797 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 175 | $5,881 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 14 | $622 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 157 | $5,179 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 110 | $4,098 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 72 | $2,982 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 23 | $890 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$20,134
Pharmacies billed $20,134 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
146 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $20,134 in drug cost · 41 antibiotic prescriptions to 23 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.
| Lansoprazole | 11 | $1,320 | $120 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 173 | 58 | None | None | $20,134 |
| 2023 | 139 | 49 | None | None | $33,447 |
| 2022 | 211 | 67 | 5% (11) | 21% | $24,091 |
| 2021 | 179 | 65 | None | None | $20,832 |
| 2020 | 116 | 42 | None | 17% | $12,960 |
| 2019 | 154 | 55 | 10% (15) | None | $15,549 |
| 2018 | 188 | 55 | 7% (13) | 19% | $22,919 |
| 2017 | 128 | 43 | 10% (13) | None | $15,031 |
| 2016 | 200 | 69 | None | None | $22,755 |
| 2015 | 153 | 50 | 12% (18) | None | $17,533 |
| 2014 | 79 | 30 | None | 34% | $21,589 |
| 2013 | 104 | 42 | 14% (14) | None | $9,952 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Eliquis | 15 | $14,077 | $938 |
2018: 1 drug
| Ciprofloxacin | 12 | $93 | $8 |
2016: 1 drug
| Prednisone | 11 | $54 | $5 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1861657744
- Licence
- CA A110036California A110036: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2008
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1510 Tzena Way, Encinitas, CA, 92024
- NPI first listed
- 2008-07-21
- NPI last updated
- 2026-05-07
- NPI record certified
- 2026-05-07
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 195 Page Mill Rd Ste 103, Palo Alto, CA, 94306