Dr. Sandy Ramirez, MD

  • Castro Valley, CA
  • Hospitalist
NPI1902185218PAC ID5698993095
Medicare services, 2024
694
Medicare patients, 2024
321
Part D claims, 2024
184
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$190
Practice address
2060 Fairmont Dr, Castro Valley, CA 94578
Practice phone
Call (510) 346-7500
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

John George Psychiatric Hospital

Castro Valley, California

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Dr. Sandy Ramirez is a hospitalist in Castro Valley, California

Dr. Ramirez practices at John George Psychiatric Hospital in Castro Valley, California.

Dr. Ramirez's NPI, 1902185218, was assigned on August 4, 2011. Dr. Ramirez graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Ramirez holds California license A127615.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5698993095
NPI enumeration date
August 4, 2011
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(510) 346-7500
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2011

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Sandy Ramirez practices at John George Psychiatric Hospital in Castro Valley, California

Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is John George Psychiatric Hospital, at 2060 Fairmont Dr, Castro Valley, CA 94578 in Alameda County. The practice phone is (510) 346-7500.

  • John George Psychiatric Hospital
    2060 Fairmont Dr, Castro Valley, CA 94578 · Alameda CountyPhone(510) 346-7500

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Sandy Ramirez is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is John George Psychiatric Hospital in Castro Valley, California. Dr. Ramirez is also affiliated with Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ramirez to 1 more hospital, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sandy Ramirez's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ramirez practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
John George Psychiatric HospitalAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sandy Ramirez is one of 3,186 hospitalists in California

Hospitalist is Dr. Ramirez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Ramirez is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ramirez's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Hospitalist, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A127615 · 2013 to 2027 · taxonomy 208M00000X
  • Michigan licenseLicense 4301099390 · 2011 to 2014

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute respiratory failure, atherosclerosis, cellulitis, coronary artery disease, dementia, electrolyte disorders, gastrointestinal inflammation and heart attack among the conditions Dr. Ramirez treats.

Hospitalists near Dr. Ramirez

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sandy Ramirez billed Medicare for 694 services in 2024

CMS data shows 694 Medicare services from Dr. Ramirez across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 321 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $74,239 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024694
Medicare patients321
Paid by Medicare$74,239
Procedure codes7

Dr. Ramirez's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8212024: 69415%

Dr. Ramirez compared with the California median for hospitalists, 2024

  • Dr. Ramirez
  • California median
Medicare services
694vs 43061% above
Medicare patients
321vs 20160% above
Part D claims
11vs 6984% below

Medians across 2,991 hospitalists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ramirez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sandy Ramirez treated 321 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 321 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ramirez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 101 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 79% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.42, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ramirez's median patient age at 56, with 45% women.

Medicare patients, 2024321
Average age69
Average risk score2.42
Also on Medicaid79%

Dr. Ramirez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ramirez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16250%
  • Men15950%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ramirez's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol73%
  3. Mood disorders51%
  4. Diabetes50%
  5. Chronic kidney disease44%
  6. Depression41%
  7. Anxiety38%
  8. Stroke or TIA37%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ramirez's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 56

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women45%
  • Men53%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Sandy Ramirez wrote 184 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ramirez wrote 184 Medicare Part D claims for 68 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $55 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 2024184
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$55
Part D patients68

Dr. Ramirez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic152 claims83%
  • Brand-name and other32 claims17%

Dr. Ramirez's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Ramirez's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics12%22 of 184 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 142024: 1121%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Sandy Ramirez takes part in Medicare

Dr. Ramirez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Sandy Ramirez received $190 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Ramirez from 3 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Ceribell, Inc. paid the most, $146.

General payments to Dr. Ramirez by program year, 2016 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Ramirez the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Sandy Ramirez has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Ramirez, most recently Second place research in residency in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Ramirez

  1. 2014
    • Second place research in residency

Dr. Ramirez's committees and leadership roles

Quality and safety committeeChair
2022 to 2024

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sandy Ramirez graduated from Ross University School of Medicine

Dr. Ramirez graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2011.

  1. Medical schoolRoss University School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sandy Ramirez accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Ramirez is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Ramirez accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. HMO6
  3. Medicare5
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sandy Ramirez's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sandy Ramirez's NPI number?

Dr. Sandy Ramirez's NPI number is 1902185218. It was assigned on August 4, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sandy Ramirez?

Dr. Sandy Ramirez is a hospitalist in Castro Valley, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hospitalist Physician (taxonomy code 208M00000X).

Where does Dr. Sandy Ramirez practice?

Dr. Ramirez practices at 2060 Fairmont Dr, Castro Valley, CA 94578. Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is John George Psychiatric Hospital in Castro Valley, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ramirez to 1 hospital, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Sandy Ramirez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ramirez is (510) 346-7500.

What is Dr. Sandy Ramirez's medical license number?

Dr. Ramirez holds California license A127615, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Sandy Ramirez been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ramirez in California (2013 to 2027) and Michigan (2011 to 2014).

Which hospitals is Dr. Sandy Ramirez affiliated with?

Dr. Ramirez is affiliated with Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Ramirez to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Sandy Ramirez part of?

Dr. Ramirez is linked to Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Ramirez to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Sandy Ramirez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ramirez billed Medicare for 694 services in 2024, and Dr. Ramirez accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sandy Ramirez see?

CMS counts 321 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ramirez in 2024, with an average age of 69.

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Is Dr. Sandy Ramirez board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ramirez is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Sandy Ramirez bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ramirez's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99239).

Where did Dr. Sandy Ramirez go to medical school?

Dr. Ramirez graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2011.

What drugs does Dr. Sandy Ramirez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ramirez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Fluticasone Propionate.

Has Dr. Sandy Ramirez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $190 in general payments to Dr. Ramirez from 3 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Ceribell, Inc.

How long has Dr. Sandy Ramirez been practicing?

Dr. Ramirez graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Sandy Ramirez accept?

Dr. Ramirez is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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