Sharon K Chin, PA | UniHealth

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

2 plans · 2 carriers

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Blue Shield Inspire (HMO)	Blue Shield of California	Listed	Aug 26, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G16177 · Cancelled

Licence status: Cancelled · since 1969 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.

License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.

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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.

Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 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.

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Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases	Worse	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases	Better	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.317	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.446	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.241	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.86 (0.72 to 1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	1.1 · 192 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6.4 · 146 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	9.7 · 253 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	6.3 · 880 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	10.3 · 935 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	8.7 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.1 · 7,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.6 · 416 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.869	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.857	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.368	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.2 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.5 · 1,021 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	47.8 · 258 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-1.6 · 990 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	20.8 · 976 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 959 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.1 · 425 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	9.6 · 158 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.6 · 183 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	4
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	82%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	79%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88%
"Always" quiet at night	53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$48,410

Medicare paid this office $48,410 for 327 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Long return visit (40+ min)	105	$17,781	$134
Return visit (30+ min)	73	$7,497	$90
Short return visit (20+ min)	94	$6,915	$62
Long return visit (40+ min)	48	$5,412	$100
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$2,337	$167

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Long return visit (40+ min)	105	$17,781	$134
Return visit (30+ min)	73	$7,497	$90
Short return visit (20+ min)	94	$6,915	$62
Long return visit (40+ min)	48	$5,412	$100
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$2,337	$167
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or	34	$2,319	$25
Short return visit	42	$1,808	$35
Return visit (30+ min)	25	$1,592	$61
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	16	$1,123	$70
Short return visit (20+ min)	14	$593	$40
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	16	$319	$20

Who their Medicare patients are

327 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Also on Medicaid 9% · Health risk score 1.08. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: Cancer 75% · High blood pressure 66% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Diabetes 23% · Chronic kidney disease 18% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · Depression 9% · Heart failure 8% · Stroke 5% · COPD 3%.

The office billed $528,956, Medicare allowed $69,028 and paid $48,410; for 630 services of 10 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	327	630	75	1.08	$528,956	$48,410
2023	286	587	75	1.06	$366,020	$35,562
2022	286	589	75	1.15	$690,989	$38,324
2021	215	377	74	0.96	$416,192	$27,993
2020	223	349	73	0.89	$273,797	$12,133
2019	190	325	73	0.88	$244,230	$18,189
2018	167	295	72	0.88	$168,945	$15,958
2017	138	253	72	0.73	$92,017	$13,991
2016	80	153	71	0.78	$52,052	$7,666
2015	46	78	71	0.93	$29,813	$4,080
2014	15	25	73	0.71	$18,406	$1,186

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.

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2023: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Long return visit (40+ min)	120	$15,200	$98
Return visit (30+ min)	79	$6,428	$70
Short return visit (20+ min)	102	$5,773	$47
New patient visit (60+ min)	20	$2,839	$142
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or	34	$2,441	$24
Short return visit	53	$1,447	$22

2022: 9 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Long return visit (40+ min)	115	$16,237	$104
Return visit (30+ min)	73	$5,884	$64
Short return visit (20+ min)	90	$4,103	$42
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	40	$3,214	$80
Extended patient service without direct patient contact, first hour	28	$2,421	$81
New patient visit (60+ min)	17	$2,298	$135
Short return visit	50	$1,315	$23
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	40	$955	$24
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or	21	$949	$24

2021: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Long return visit (40+ min)	96	$13,934	$106
Return visit (30+ min)	87	$6,188	$63
Short return visit (20+ min)	63	$3,255	$45
Injection of biodegradable material next to prostate	12	$1,573	$131
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	24	$1,474	$61
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	14	$340	$24

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Short return visit	158	$3,590	$19
Injection of biodegradable material next to prostate	15	$1,949	$130
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	30	$1,932	$64
Return visit (30+ min)	35	$1,025	$29
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	29	$730	$25
Short return visit	22	$417	$18

2019: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Return visit (30+ min)	150	$10,833	$50
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	41	$3,134	$75
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	40	$1,021	$25

2018: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Return visit (30+ min)	131	$10,667	$51
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	29	$2,224	$77
New patient visit (60+ min)	12	$1,471	$123
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	29	$695	$24

2017: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Return visit (30+ min)	103	$8,990	$51
New patient visit (60+ min)	16	$1,917	$120
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	18	$1,342	$75
Long return visit (40+ min)	13	$1,121	$75
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	18	$421	$23

2016: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Return visit (30+ min)	69	$5,934	$50
Placement of device in prostate for radiation therapy	16	$1,221	$76
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	16	$408	$26

2015: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Return visit (30+ min)	35	$2,493	$54
Short return visit (20+ min)	11	$295	$25

2014: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement	11	$255	$23

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,944

Pharmacies billed $3,944 in 2024.

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

195 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $3,944 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Tamsulosin	53	$2,843	$23
Famotidine	15	$203	$7

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	195	70	None	0%	$3,944
2023	201	64	None	None	$10,109
2022	180	51	0% (0)	None	$6,584
2021	116	43	0% (0)	None	$4,735
2020	126	46	None	None	$6,268
2019	115	43	0% (0)	None	$4,216
2018	186	51	0% (0)	None	$7,956
2017	187	47	0% (0)	0%	$3,615
2016	249	45	None	None	$6,164
2015	138	32	0% (0)	0%	$3,064
2014	109	27	None	None	$2,138
2013	42	12	None	None	$5,947

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Tamsulosin	126	$3,360	$27
Bicalutamide	11	$612	$56
Famotidine	25	$194	$8

2022: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Tamsulosin	107	$2,481	$23
Famotidine	24	$272	$11
Citalopram Hbr	11	$73	$7

2021: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Tamsulosin	76	$1,835	$24

2020: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Tamsulosin	49	$1,450	$30
Oxybutynin Chloride	15	$191	$13

2019: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Tamsulosin	62	$1,461	$24
Citalopram Hbr	11	$54	$5

2018: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Tamsulosin	101	$2,184	$22
Alfuzosin Hcl Er	14	$269	$19
Famotidine	21	$147	$7

2017: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Tamsulosin	100	$2,829	$28
Famotidine	41	$185	$5
Ciprofloxacin	15	$162	$11

2016: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Tamsulosin	124	$3,810	$31
Famotidine	56	$326	$6
Ciprofloxacin	18	$154	$9
Lidocaine	11	$151	$14

2015: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Tamsulosin	67	$2,394	$36
Famotidine	26	$184	$7
Ciprofloxacin	13	$76	$6

2014: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Tamsulosin	40	$1,340	$33
Famotidine	18	$130	$7
Ciprofloxacin	21	$126	$6

Money from drug and device companies

$425 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	4	5	None	$425
2024	2	14	None	$477
2023	2	2	None	$92
2022	1	1	None	$57

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

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Payments by company

Arcutis Biotherapeutics	Zoryve	$133	1 payment Meals for Zoryve · 2025-06-27 · $133
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions	Dupixent	$122	1 payment Meals for Dupixent · 2025-02-13 · $122
Ucb	Bimzelx	$108	1 payment Meals for Bimzelx · 2025-09-04 · $108
Abbvie	Rinvoq	$62	2 payments Meals for Rinvoq · 2025-09-13 · $32 Meals for Botox · 2025-01-24 · $30

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Every published payment

Abbvie	Meals · 2025-09-13	Rinvoq	$32
Ucb	Meals · 2025-09-04	Bimzelx	$108
Arcutis Biotherapeutics	Meals · 2025-06-27	Zoryve	$133
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions	Meals · 2025-02-13	Dupixent	$122
Abbvie	Meals · 2025-01-24	Botox	$30

See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022)

2024: $477

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Payments by company in 2024

Abbvie	Botox	$327	13 payments Education · 2024-12-05 · $8 Education · 2024-12-05 · $8 Education · 2024-12-05 · $8 Meals · 2024-11-21 · $19 Meals · 2024-11-16 · $16 Meals · 2024-09-17 · $65 Meals · 2024-09-17 · $21 Meals · 2024-09-17 · $55 Meals for Botox · 2024-07-26 · $16 Meals for Botox · 2024-07-25 · $27 Meals for Botox · 2024-05-09 · $29 Meals for Botox · 2024-05-09 · $21 Meals for Botox · 2024-05-09 · $33
LEO Pharma	Adbry	$150	1 payment Meals for Adbry · 2024-08-06 · $150

2023: $92

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Payments by company in 2023

Boston Scientific	Spaceoar Vue System - 10ml	$58	1 payment Meals for Spaceoar Vue System - 10ml · 2023-07-26 · $58
Abbvie	Botox	$34	1 payment Meals for Botox · 2023-10-09 · $34

2022: $57

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Payments by company in 2022

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals	None	$57	1 payment Meals · 2022-09-15 · $57

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 76.5 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1972725331
Licence: CA 16177California G16177: Cancelled
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, surgical (363AS0400X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2007-05-03
NPI last updated: 2025-12-23
NPI record certified: 2025-12-23

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