Sahar Taghvaei, DO
Internal Medicine · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Stanford Health Care · Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Hospitals listed: Denver Health Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
1 plan · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Taghvaei’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
State licence records
1 licence
- Colorado DR.67552Physician · since 2021 · expires 2027-04-30Specialty on the licence: Internal MedicineActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the stateWhat they told the state about themselves
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
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
- Internal Medicine
Education
- Western Uni of Hlth Sci Col of Osteo Med - Pacific2015
What else the board holds
Hospitals they may admit to
Where the clinician told their state board they may admit and treat patients.
- Denver Health Medical Center · Denver, CO
- Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta, GA
Also licensed in
States the clinician told their board they are also licensed in. Only the states we check are verified.
Georgia
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.1 / 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.
- Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver, COAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.359, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.212, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.359 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.212 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.55 (0.49 to 2.61) · 279 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.16 (0.76 to 1.56) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 169.32 (110.51 to 228.13) · 44 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 36 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 59 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 75 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 1,552 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.42) · 1,688 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.47) · 1,601 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.68 (1.3 to 6.06) · 453 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.09 (0.38 to 3.8) · 85 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.37 (0.73 to 4) · 413 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 14.09 (5.28 to 22.89) · 80 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.62 (1.49 to 9.76) · 84 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.04 (0.54 to 3.55) · 63 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.6 (0 to 1.49) · 1,371 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.751 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.648 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.951 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.9 · 62 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.3 · 237 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -35 · 52 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 79.8 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.1 · 265 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5 (3.2 to 7.9) · 26 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.6 (8.1 to 16.8) · 26 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19 · 145 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (9.4 to 17.3) · 205 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 62 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,092 patients answered, 24% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 68% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 84% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| 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 | 73% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 56% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 47% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$13,149
Medicare paid this office $13,149 for 44 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 | 26 | $6,128 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 23 | $3,320 | $63 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $2,098 | $123 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 14 | $1,393 | $93 |
Who their Medicare patients are
44 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Under 65 27% · Women 41% · Also on Medicaid 73% · Health risk score 2.81. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical osteopathic manipulative medicine clinician is at 1.08.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 48% · Coronary heart disease 45% · Diabetes 41% · Dementia 41% · Depression 39% · Chronic kidney disease 34% · COPD 30%.
The office billed $33,021, Medicare allowed $16,815 and paid $13,149; for 151 services of 5 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 | 44 | 151 | 70 | 2.81 | $33,021 | $13,149 |
| 2023 | 74 | 159 | 71 | 2.75 | $35,185 | $13,796 |
| 2022 | 41 | 137 | 70 | 2.91 | $28,947 | $10,496 |
| 2021 | 59 | 191 | 69 | 2.71 | $57,502 | $15,359 |
| 2020 | 90 | 297 | 68 | 2.86 | $65,341 | $16,896 |
| 2019 | 117 | 401 | 68 | 3.35 | $122,546 | $31,508 |
| 2018 | 22 | 82 | 65 | 3.65 | $28,225 | $7,428 |
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: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 30 | $4,954 | $95 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 25 | $3,137 | $64 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 23 | $2,819 | $123 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 12 | $1,116 | $93 |
2022: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 23 | $5,046 | $83 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $2,355 | $56 |
2021: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 31 | $6,099 | $82 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $2,901 | $58 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $2,747 | $153 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 23 | $1,977 | $86 |
2020: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 42 | $5,346 | $59 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 44 | $3,654 | $31 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 19 | $2,939 | $155 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 33 | $1,891 | $57 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 15 | $1,781 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 12 | $977 | $81 |
2019: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 70 | $15,273 | $82 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 38 | $6,113 | $161 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 33 | $3,255 | $57 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 35 | $2,994 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 18 | $1,543 | $31 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 25 | $1,365 | $55 |
2018: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 16 | $4,093 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,114 | $163 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 12 | $703 | $59 |
Medicaid work
$21,297 in 2024
Medicaid paid $21,297 for 287 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 23 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 | 167 | $12,828 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 41 | $3,083 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 33 | $2,970 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 46 | $2,415 |
| 2024 | 287 | 4 | 23 | $21,297 |
| 2023 | 301 | 3 | 23 | $17,780 |
| 2022 | 494 | 3 | 25 | $21,730 |
| 2021 | 209 | 2 | 24 | $5,716 |
| 2020 | 354 | 3 | 22 | $1,758 |
| 2019 | 835 | 3 | 21 | $11,303 |
| 2018 | 426 | 1 | 17 | $3,634 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 175 | $11,497 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 110 | $4,363 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 16 | $1,921 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 322 | $16,120 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 146 | $4,092 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 26 | $1,519 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 185 | $5,396 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 24 | $320 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES | 183 | $867 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 150 | $720 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; 30 minutes or less on the date of the encounter | 21 | $171 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 688 | $8,283 |
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 96 | $2,252 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 51 | $768 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 426 | $3,634 |
Money from drug and device companies
$16 in 2024
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pfizer | Eliquis | $16 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Pfizer | Meals · 2024-06-28 | Eliquis | $16 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1881072015
- Licence
- CO 0067552Colorado DR.67552: Active
- Group
- Stanford Health Care · Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2015-05-07
- NPI last updated
- 2025-12-17
- NPI record certified
- 2025-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO, 80204