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Alaina V Burns, MD

Psychiatry · Los Angeles

NPI 1962768200

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Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
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Office
1
Since medical school
14 years
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 2012

Offices

1 location · UC Regents · 148 clinicians in this group

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California Medical Board record

Licence A128507 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2027-05-31 · State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine.

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 Psychiatry and Neurology - Psychiatry

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.

  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 3 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 6.27 (4.69 to 7.85) · 3,570 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 5.17 (1.78 to 8.56) · 1,778 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 0.21 (0 to 0.62) · 8,165 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.59, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.611, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.503, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths6.27 (4.69 to 7.85) · 3,570 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths5.17 (1.78 to 8.56) · 1,778 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0 to 0.62) · 8,165 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.59BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.611BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.503BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.67 (0 to 1.44) · 2,883 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.9 (0.7 to 1.09)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths171.14 (139.88 to 202.41) · 282 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.1 · 122 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.2 · 49 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.5 · 107 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths7.9 · 350 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths11.1 · 436 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths12.8 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.4 · 3,004 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 9,102 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.09 to 0.44) · 10,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.67 (0.57 to 2.77) · 1,972 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.27 to 3.44) · 3,000 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.93 (3.76 to 8.09) · 2,101 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.65 (1.31 to 3.98) · 1,032 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.56No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.626No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.8 · 138 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.9 · 357 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-7.1 · 122 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-12.9 · 385 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits13.6 · 427 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.1 · 404 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.9 (3.7 to 6.5) · 609 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.3 (10.1 to 15) · 609 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.8 · 119 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.8 · 49 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits10.8 (8.5 to 13.7) · 2,701 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,463 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (814 patients answered, 18% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained60%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Doctors "always" listened carefully76%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)75%
Staff "always" explained new medications74%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully74%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital79%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects45%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$23,068

Medicare paid this office $23,068 for 54 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 35 minutes30$12,069$70
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes18$2,863$136
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services14$2,113$151

Who their Medicare patients are

54 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 59 · Under 65 50% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 61% · Health risk score 1.79. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 70% · Depression 67% · Diabetes 46% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Chronic kidney disease 33% · Heart failure 31% · Dementia 26% · Atrial fibrillation 22%.

The office billed $161,326, Medicare allowed $29,764 and paid $23,068; for 270 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
202454270591.79$161,326$23,068
202360214602.92$128,328$18,391
202255218642.42$122,739$17,090
202155403571.87$226,692$31,155
202085356592.05$146,400$27,160
2019105460571.74$175,854$32,916
201881376521.46$141,260$26,767
201793244541.81$84,012$15,719
20165382531.55$29,663$6,931
20151630692.21$3,433$2,232
20141543682.06$5,508$2,267

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes31$8,148$65
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes16$2,231$139
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services14$2,038$146
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes12$1,224$102

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$7,986$60
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services15$2,160$144
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes13$2,138$153

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes40$18,150$62
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes27$5,632$176
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes22$3,937$89

2020: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes40$10,855$62
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes26$7,467$86
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$2,512$140
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services14$1,718$123
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes14$1,256$90
Short return visit (20+ min)12$511$36

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes66$19,847$62
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes25$4,790$171
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes19$3,024$89
Short return visit (20+ min)15$1,720$59
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,457$73

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes50$17,402$62
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes21$3,601$164
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes24$2,395$89
Short return visit (20+ min)17$1,337$56

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes51$8,657$57
Short return visit (20+ min)32$2,840$56
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services11$1,311$119
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$976$89

2016: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)29$2,528$63
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services16$1,828$114

2015: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)14$2,003$77

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Brief office visit for the sole purpose of monitoring or changing drug prescriptions used in the treatment of mental psychoneurotic and personality disorders14$1,986$48

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$32,982

Pharmacies billed $32,982 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 231) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 0%.

213 generic and 18 brand-name prescriptions · $32,982 in drug cost.

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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Lurasidone15$6,921$461
Venlafaxine Hcl Er14$508$36
Clozapine15$453$30
Bupropion Xl12$293$24
Gabapentin15$244$16
See all 7 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Lurasidone15$6,921$461
Venlafaxine Hcl Er14$508$36
Clozapine15$453$30
Bupropion Xl12$293$24
Gabapentin15$244$16
Quetiapine15$160$11
Clonazepam11$106$10

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024231270% (0)8%$32,982
2023199210% (0)8%$36,434
202286150% (0)24%$44,123
2021128200% (0)20%$47,862
20207820None24%$31,015
201925045None8%$34,799
2018371560% (0)11%$65,602
2017588580% (0)11%$64,501
2016358630% (0)7%$17,968
20151,008820% (0)9%$75,851
201449164None13%$55,190

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Gabapentin13$707$54
Bupropion Xl12$601$50
Venlafaxine Hcl Er18$596$33
Clozapine21$452$22

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Latuda12$27,450$2,288
Venlafaxine Hcl Er13$319$25

2021: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Latuda15$38,227$2,548
Olanzapine11$129$12

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Latuda14$26,145$1,868

2019: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Latuda12$21,567$1,797
Clozapine27$2,160$80
Quetiapine18$648$36
Gabapentin23$514$22
Hydroxyzine11$145$13
Risperidone16$74$5

2018: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Latuda20$32,922$1,646
Aripiprazole22$5,200$236
Duloxetine27$1,952$72
Clozapine40$1,634$41
Bupropion Xl28$624$22
Quetiapine13$544$42
Gabapentin22$429$20
Lithium Carbonate Er15$371$25
Sertraline14$118$8
Trazodone22$115$5
Metformin Hcl Er12$86$7

2017: 18 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Latuda16$28,222$1,764
Aripiprazole29$6,451$222
Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er13$1,852$142
Clozapine32$1,381$43
Duloxetine38$1,265$33
Bupropion Xl42$1,259$30
Quetiapine36$486$14
Gabapentin32$464$14
Risperidone24$347$14
Venlafaxine Hcl Er32$337$11
Trazodone36$324$9
Lithium Carbonate Er11$310$28
Fluoxetine29$252$9
Escitalopram16$216$13
Olanzapine18$198$11
Lithium Carbonate22$149$7
Citalopram Hbr19$133$7
Sertraline12$94$8

2016: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Suboxone12$2,673$223
Bupropion Xl46$1,194$26
Gabapentin30$616$21
Escitalopram26$605$23
Quetiapine30$574$19
Trazodone26$331$13
Fluoxetine16$271$17
Lamotrigine14$119$9
Citalopram Hbr15$99$7
Sertraline12$59$5

2015: 25 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Abilify26$27,781$1,069
Duloxetine37$5,728$155
Clozapine118$5,511$47
Ziprasidone24$4,692$195
Quetiapine106$2,203$21
Bupropion Xl40$1,122$28
Olanzapine41$980$24
Venlafaxine Hcl Er32$388$12
Risperidone25$360$14
Gabapentin24$360$15
Sertraline43$357$8
Divalproex14$356$25
Trazodone54$337$6
Fluoxetine38$300$8
Haloperidol20$296$15
Lorazepam44$208$5
Benztropine Mesylate17$206$12
Escitalopram19$203$11
Lamotrigine27$195$7
Citalopram Hbr45$157$3
Clonazepam34$118$3
Lithium Carbonate16$91$6
Zolpidem14$85$6
Paroxetine13$71$5
Diazepam12$43$4

2014: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Abilify15$14,349$957
Clozapine50$4,360$87
Duloxetine15$2,301$153
Quetiapine50$2,248$45
Olanzapine23$1,486$65
Mirtazapine12$188$16
Gabapentin13$142$11
Citalopram Hbr30$140$5
Lamotrigine13$113$9
Trazodone24$107$4
Clonazepam21$85$4
Lorazepam14$74$5

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
91.7 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1962768200
Licence
CA A128507California A128507: Current · expires 2027-05-31
Trained
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 2012 · 14 years ago
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
Mailing address
5767 W Century Blvd Ste 400, Los Angeles, CA, 90045
NPI first listed
2012-04-11
NPI last updated
2024-07-16
NPI record certified
2024-07-16

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

Extra NPI addresses: 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024