Drinnon O Hand, MD
Internal Medicine · Albany
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
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- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Albany Medical College · 1,054 clinicians in this group
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Checkups this office reported
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- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.7 / 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.
- Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Albany Medical Center, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 57% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.685, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.654, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.409, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.559, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Albany Medical Center Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 10 the same, 0 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 | 0.685 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.654 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.409 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.559 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.42 (0.68 to 2.16) · 3,079 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.22 (1 to 1.44) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 202.26 (172.39 to 232.13) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.9 · 109 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9.8 · 147 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 291 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.4 · 389 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 17.6 · 388 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11 · 981 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 6,614 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.3 (0.13 to 0.48) · 12,180 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.41 (0.23 to 0.58) · 12,734 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.05 (2.6 to 5.51) · 4,177 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.67 (1.34 to 4) · 1,570 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.53 (1.44 to 3.63) · 3,954 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.86 (6.3 to 15.41) · 1,447 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.28 (3.45 to 9.11) · 1,540 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.49 (0.2 to 2.77) · 905 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.74 (0.34 to 1.15) · 11,084 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5 · 33 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.586 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.768 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.2 · 515 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.5 · 759 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 2.9 · 314 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -11.5 · 436 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 8.5 · 378 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18 · 554 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.5 (2.8 to 6.7) · 135 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.3 (6.4 to 13.1) · 135 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 34 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 13 · 142 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.2 · 331 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.1 (10 to 17) · 888 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) · 977 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (852 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 1 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 1 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 56% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 72% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 79% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 78% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 54% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 68% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 33% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 57% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 40% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 80% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$78,638
Medicare paid this office $78,638 for 345 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 | 166 | $38,286 | $89 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 174 | $21,301 | $58 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 70 | $8,608 | $123 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 95 | $8,106 | $85 |
Who their Medicare patients are
345 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 21% · 85 and older 18% · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 44% · Health risk score 2.75. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 52% · Chronic kidney disease 47% · Diabetes 46% · Depression 45% · COPD 42% · Heart failure 41% · Atrial fibrillation 41% · Stroke 34% · Dementia 27% · Cancer 25%.
The office billed $291,660, Medicare allowed $100,173 and paid $78,638; for 1,009 services of 11 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 | 345 | 1,009 | 73 | 2.75 | $291,660 | $78,638 |
| 2023 | 367 | 958 | 72 | 2.62 | $296,578 | $80,504 |
| 2022 | 373 | 1,078 | 72 | 2.89 | $354,640 | $89,118 |
| 2021 | 336 | 1,011 | 71 | 2.84 | $329,908 | $85,016 |
| 2020 | 403 | 1,292 | 70 | 3.22 | $408,973 | $105,553 |
| 2019 | 504 | 1,520 | 70 | 3.19 | $464,875 | $119,235 |
| 2018 | 409 | 1,272 | 68 | 3.48 | $405,820 | $104,216 |
| 2017 | 502 | 1,654 | 69 | 3.22 | $453,387 | $129,175 |
| 2016 | 517 | 1,761 | 69 | 3.36 | $484,169 | $139,411 |
| 2015 | 579 | 1,856 | 70 | 3.03 | $492,206 | $142,545 |
| 2014 | 455 | 1,298 | 69 | 2.98 | $355,976 | $101,271 |
| 2013 | 201 | 565 | 68 | 2.87 | $161,705 | $45,413 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 184 | $38,172 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 142 | $18,705 | $60 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 92 | $11,873 | $128 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 98 | $8,559 | $87 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 18 | $1,792 | $100 |
2022: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 260 | $58,923 | $79 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 92 | $13,365 | $142 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 107 | $8,753 | $81 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 51 | $5,265 | $55 |
2021: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 192 | $49,119 | $81 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 100 | $14,784 | $146 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 111 | $9,363 | $84 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 72 | $8,319 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,176 | $98 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 13 | $681 | $52 |
2020: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 221 | $55,941 | $81 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 117 | $17,513 | $148 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 109 | $14,769 | $55 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 148 | $12,735 | $83 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 15 | $843 | $53 |
2019: 10 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 245 | $48,636 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 197 | $25,171 | $57 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 145 | $21,218 | $145 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 169 | $14,001 | $83 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 31 | $1,769 | $55 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 11 | $1,596 | $145 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 27 | $1,484 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 13 | $1,389 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $922 | $27 |
| Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes | 12 | $628 | $52 |
2018: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 223 | $45,354 | $80 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 140 | $21,521 | $150 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 141 | $16,199 | $56 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 166 | $14,154 | $83 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 41 | $2,313 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 21 | $2,107 | $100 |
2017: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 265 | $56,291 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 196 | $24,593 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 153 | $22,968 | $145 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 184 | $15,609 | $83 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 52 | $3,021 | $56 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 21 | $1,832 | $87 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $1,301 | $30 |
2016: 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 288 | $62,295 | $80 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 159 | $24,755 | $152 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 194 | $24,267 | $55 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 143 | $12,343 | $82 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 106 | $5,948 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 38 | $3,880 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $909 | $30 |
2015: 10 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 303 | $53,212 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 237 | $32,282 | $56 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 148 | $23,261 | $154 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 125 | $10,288 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 122 | $6,884 | $55 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 39 | $5,556 | $139 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 34 | $3,387 | $100 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 19 | $1,451 | $30 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 24 | $1,344 | $56 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes | 14 | $1,257 | $90 |
2014: 9 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 195 | $31,233 | $78 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 186 | $23,585 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 141 | $21,648 | $150 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 153 | $13,015 | $80 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 21 | $2,935 | $140 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 23 | $2,383 | $104 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 29 | $1,599 | $55 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 20 | $1,134 | $29 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 15 | $827 | $55 |
2013: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 101 | $17,873 | $76 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 56 | $8,392 | $147 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 85 | $6,963 | $79 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 65 | $6,473 | $53 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 17 | $2,318 | $136 |
| Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes | 12 | $998 | $77 |
Medicaid work
$4,635 in 2024
Medicaid paid $4,635 for 124 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 15 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 HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 69 | $3,448 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 55 | $1,188 |
| 2024 | 124 | 2 | 15 | $4,635 |
| 2023 | 110 | 2 | 16 | $1,806 |
| 2022 | 96 | 1 | 15 | $1,454 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2 | 15 | $775 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 75 | $1,280 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 35 | $525 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 96 | $1,454 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 23 | $494 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 28 | $281 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1861719247
- Licence
- NY 271126
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 47 New Scotland Ave, Department of Medicine, Albany, NY, 12208
- NPI first listed
- 2010-04-26
- NPI last updated
- 2013-12-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.