Hyung Jun Kim, MD
Hospitalist · Vancouver
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 6
Offices
6 locations · Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital · County of Santa Clara · Providence Health and Services Oregon · The Vancouver Clinic Inc Ps
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Hospitals listed: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center · Peacehealth Southwest Medical Cente · Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center · Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A97288 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2027-12-31 · Duke University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
4 hospitals
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver, WAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Legacy Health, which runs 7 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.177, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver, WAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Peacehealth, which runs 10 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 69% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.327, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.191, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- Providence Willamette Falls Medical CenterOregon City, ORAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Providence, which runs 54 hospitals in 7 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 6 the same, 2 worse of 10 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 | 0.177 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.258 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.84 (0 to 1.81) · 756 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.17 (0.82 to 1.52) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 160.37 (98.38 to 222.35) · 38 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.8 · 93 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 93 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 13.4 · 338 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.2 · 265 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.5 · 181 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 2,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.07 to 0.5) · 3,925 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) · 3,911 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.42 (1.24 to 5.59) · 887 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.39 (0 to 2.97) · 266 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.15 (0.59 to 3.71) · 843 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.16 (3.35 to 18.96) · 277 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5 (1.44 to 8.55) · 257 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.59 (0.14 to 3.05) · 257 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.14 (0.39 to 1.9) · 3,201 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 62 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.627 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.175 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.423 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.7 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.9 · 661 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 7.9 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 12 · 377 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -41.6 · 265 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 498 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.5 (3 to 6.5) · 201 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.8 (7.2 to 13) · 201 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.5 · 210 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.1 (9.6 to 17.6) · 129 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 526 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,092 patients answered, 21% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 4 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 77% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 64% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 62% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 51% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Peacehealth Southwest Medical Cente
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 1 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.
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.327 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.191 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.13 (0.22 to 2.03) · 1,276 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.67 to 1.21) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 190.84 (146.98 to 234.7) · 95 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 98 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.7 · 109 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 232 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 476 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.2 · 412 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 5,362 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.18 (0 to 0.37) · 7,161 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.01 to 0.38) · 7,294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.39 (1.57 to 5.21) · 2,249 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.23 (0.76 to 3.71) · 1,047 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.24 (0.88 to 3.59) · 2,107 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.67 (6.31 to 17.02) · 1,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.01 (1.78 to 8.25) · 1,035 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.14 (0.71 to 3.58) · 372 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0 to 0.81) · 5,941 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 389 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.484 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.65 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.856 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14 · 556 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.8 · 1,106 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 3.2 · 233 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 15.1 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 9.4 · 433 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 1,026 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (3.5 to 7.7) · 75 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12 (8.8 to 16.3) · 75 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4 · 404 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.1 · 201 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 336 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.7 to 17.1) · 636 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.3) · 437 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (459 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 58% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 44% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Safety: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 198 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.93 (0.48 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.9 · 28 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 35 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.2 · 129 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.4 · 139 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.6 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 1,571 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 1,515 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.47) · 1,466 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.58 (1.09 to 6.08) · 216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0 to 3.39) · 89 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.6 (0.89 to 4.31) · 202 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.12 (0 to 17.59) · 95 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.03 (1.74 to 10.32) · 79 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.73 (0.21 to 3.25) · 40 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.4 (0 to 1.47) · 1,164 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 119 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.68 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.316 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.7 · 346 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 25.9 · 148 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -32.5 · 133 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.5 · 298 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.8 (3.1 to 7.1) · 62 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.6 (8.2 to 16) · 62 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 121 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 125 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 17.8) · 157 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) · 192 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (560 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 51% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$28,164
Medicare paid this office $28,164 for 153 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 | 95 | $17,039 | $98 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 58 | $5,344 | $92 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 28 | $3,986 | $137 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,492 | $71 |
Who their Medicare patients are
153 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 22% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 50% · Health risk score 2.21. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 48% · Heart failure 44% · Chronic kidney disease 42% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Depression 38% · Atrial fibrillation 35% · COPD 31% · Dementia 29% · Stroke 22% · Cancer 20%.
The office billed $197,294, Medicare allowed $36,029 and paid $28,164; for 288 services of 7 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 | 153 | 288 | 75 | 2.21 | $197,294 | $28,164 |
| 2023 | 147 | 291 | 77 | 2.42 | $134,295 | $28,473 |
| 2022 | 91 | 177 | 74 | 2.61 | $141,761 | $17,378 |
| 2021 | 89 | 148 | 74 | 2.78 | $117,852 | $13,675 |
| 2020 | 90 | 157 | 71 | 2.89 | $117,885 | $13,927 |
| 2019 | 202 | 352 | 73 | 2.05 | $144,681 | $25,804 |
| 2018 | 236 | 421 | 75 | 2.50 | $160,735 | $35,669 |
| 2017 | 198 | 379 | 75 | 2.83 | $118,435 | $31,711 |
| 2016 | 43 | 77 | 76 | 2.05 | $22,385 | $6,756 |
| 2014 | 67 | 93 | 69 | 1.98 | $28,671 | $7,827 |
| 2013 | 79 | 105 | 70 | 2.21 | $29,993 | $8,637 |
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: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 93 | $18,991 | $95 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 30 | $4,622 | $136 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 35 | $3,453 | $96 |
2022: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 47 | $10,729 | $111 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 24 | $2,842 | $77 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 19 | $2,085 | $110 |
2021: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 35 | $6,595 | $106 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 29 | $2,660 | $68 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 19 | $2,178 | $115 |
2020: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 41 | $6,937 | $102 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 22 | $2,968 | $80 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 20 | $2,192 | $110 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $617 | $39 |
2019: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 80 | $10,698 | $93 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 66 | $4,261 | $63 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $2,515 | $101 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 18 | $1,739 | $97 |
2018: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 109 | $15,545 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 85 | $8,865 | $65 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 59 | $5,685 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $2,522 | $180 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 11 | $730 | $66 |
2017: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 71 | $10,107 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 78 | $9,261 | $64 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 42 | $4,092 | $97 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $2,887 | $180 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 21 | $1,362 | $65 |
| Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes | 11 | $842 | $65 |
2016: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 22 | $3,041 | $92 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,150 | $64 |
2014: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 40 | $4,880 | $89 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 14 | $1,208 | $86 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 11 | $718 | $65 |
2013: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 27 | $2,776 | $84 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 23 | $2,131 | $93 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 16 | $1,023 | $64 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $878 | $63 |
Medicaid work
$1,250 in 2024
Medicaid paid $1,250 for 124 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 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 | 124 | $1,250 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1 | 21 | $1,250 |
| 2023 | 50 | 1 | 13 | $2,563 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 17 | $725 |
| 2021 | 71 | 1 | 17 | $1,230 |
| 2020 | 42 | 1 | 13 | $462 |
| 2019 | 256 | 1 | 39 | $3,840 |
| 2018 | 184 | 2 | 23 | $3,465 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 50 | $2,563 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 28 | $725 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 71 | $1,230 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 42 | $462 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 256 | $3,840 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 172 | $3,108 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 12 | $358 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$5,914
Pharmacies billed $5,914 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
198 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $5,914 in drug cost · 26 antibiotic prescriptions to 25 people.
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.
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 14 | $96 | $7 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $33 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 218 | 73 | None | None | $5,914 |
| 2023 | 214 | 69 | None | None | $17,757 |
| 2022 | 113 | 55 | None | None | $5,434 |
| 2021 | 75 | 32 | 0% (0) | None | $4,637 |
| 2020 | 56 | 26 | 0% (0) | None | $5,381 |
| 2019 | 96 | 52 | None | 21% | $16,493 |
| 2018 | 186 | 63 | None | None | $43,437 |
| 2017 | 109 | 46 | None | 25% | $8,782 |
| 2016 | 134 | 41 | None | 21% | $5,692 |
| 2015 | 110 | 41 | None | 17% | $3,315 |
| 2014 | 108 | 29 | None | None | $4,518 |
| 2013 | 166 | 43 | None | None | $6,109 |
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
| Xarelto | 15 | $4,059 | $271 |
| Pantoprazole | 12 | $201 | $17 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $72 | $6 |
2022: 1 drug
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $129 | $12 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Renvela | 11 | $33,983 | $3,089 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate Er | 11 | $238 | $22 |
| Minoxidil | 11 | $181 | $16 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $45 | $4 |
2016: 1 drug
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $159 | $14 |
2015: 1 drug
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $94 | $9 |
2014: 1 drug
| Atorvastatin | 17 | $198 | $12 |
2013: 3 drugs
| Simvastatin | 12 | $96 | $8 |
| Metoprolol | 15 | $80 | $5 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $30 | $3 |
Money from drug and device companies
$19 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $19 |
| 2024 | 2 | 9 | None | $188 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | None | $178 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $16 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| IBSA Pharma | Tirosint | $19 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| IBSA Pharma | Meals · 2025-02-18 | Tirosint | $19 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $188
| IBSA Pharma | Tirosint | $156 | 8 payments
|
| Teleflex | Arrow | $32 | 1 payment
|
2023: $178
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition | Zenpep | $125 | 1 payment
|
| IBSA Pharma | Licart | $53 | 3 payments
|
2022: $14
| IBSA Pharma | Tirosint | $14 | 1 payment
|
2019: $16
| Allergan | Lastacaft | $16 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 87.8 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1992970206
- Licence
- CA A97288California A97288: Current · expires 2027-12-31
- Trained
- Duke University School of Medicine, 2004
- Group
- Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital · County of Santa Clara · Providence Health and Services Oregon · The Vancouver Clinic Inc Ps
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X); Hospitalist (208M00000X)
- Mailing address
- 729 El Camino Real, 201, Burlingame, CA, 94010
- NPI first listed
- 2008-04-28
- NPI last updated
- 2024-11-20
- NPI record certified
- 2024-11-20
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 471 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94103