Thomas Schares, MD
Anesthesiology · Bakersfield
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Coachella Valley Anesthesia A Professional Corporation · Cep America - Anesthesia PC
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Hospitals listed: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A36778 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1981 · expires 2028-12-31 · Baylor 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.
- Good Samaritan Regional Medical CenterCorvallis, ORAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Samaritan Health Services, which runs 5 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.347, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.347 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0 to 1.88) · 720 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.77 (0.44 to 1.11) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 164.59 (106.7 to 222.49) · 42 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 63 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 10 · 38 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13.5 · 187 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 14.7 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 143 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 189 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 2,428 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.06 to 0.48) · 3,639 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.07 to 0.48) · 3,734 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.56 (1.45 to 5.67) · 1,350 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.37 (0 to 2.94) · 728 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (0.9 to 3.82) · 1,313 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.16 (1.83 to 14.48) · 717 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.47 (0 to 7) · 685 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.67 (0.18 to 3.17) · 197 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0 to 0.99) · 2,885 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.2 · 65 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.226 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.418 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.919 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13 · 319 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.7 · 423 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 202 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 8.3 · 271 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 24.5 · 153 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.8 · 266 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6 (4 to 9) · 100 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.4 (6.6 to 13.3) · 100 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.7 · 46 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 12.9 · 111 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.4 · 98 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.8 to 17.7) · 249 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 583 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (806 patients answered, 26% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 4 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 67% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 66% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 90% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 41% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 55% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 91% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$2,542
Medicare paid this office $2,542 for 11 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
11 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Health risk score 4.47. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
The office billed $18,576, Medicare allowed $3,173 and paid $2,542; for 11 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
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 74 | 4.47 | $18,576 | $2,542 |
| 2023 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 2.13 | $102,168 | $12,244 |
| 2022 | 149 | 157 | 75 | 1.67 | $403,780 | $29,562 |
| 2021 | 82 | 91 | 74 | 1.67 | $224,740 | $16,161 |
| 2020 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 2.64 | $213,905 | $16,075 |
| 2019 | 11 | 14 | 61 | 3.35 | $39,525 | $2,860 |
| 2018 | 59 | 77 | 71 | 2.54 | $117,734 | $14,245 |
| 2017 | 105 | 135 | 75 | 2.32 | $210,420 | $28,074 |
| 2016 | 17 | 18 | 64 | 1.81 | $34,560 | $3,896 |
| 2015 | 20 | 24 | 70 | 2.15 | $44,715 | $4,852 |
| 2014 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 1.82 | $131,669 | $11,141 |
| 2013 | 203 | 238 | 71 | 1.75 | $295,545 | $29,417 |
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
2022: 2 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 34 | $4,316 | $120 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on eye | 18 | $2,661 | $148 |
2021: 1 service
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 15 | $1,757 | $117 |
2017: 1 service
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 21 | $2,543 | $111 |
2013: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen | 23 | $4,053 | $176 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on lower abdomen | 16 | $2,061 | $129 |
| Anesthesia for total hip replacement | 11 | $1,682 | $153 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 17 | $640 | $38 |
Money from drug and device companies
$14 in 2023
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Stryker | Stryker | $14 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Stryker | Meals · 2023-07-05 | Stryker | $14 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 99.1 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1992864573
- Licence
- CA A36778California A36778: Current · expires 2028-12-31
- Trained
- Baylor College of Medicine, 1980
- Group
- Coachella Valley Anesthesia A Professional Corporation · Cep America - Anesthesia PC
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 512185, Los Angeles, CA, 90051
- NPI first listed
- 2006-12-08
- NPI last updated
- 2025-09-04
- NPI record certified
- 2025-09-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 3600 Nw Samaritan Dr, Corvallis, OR, 97330
This office lists an electronic records connection.