Maleeha Ahmad, MD
Neurosurgery · Riverside
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Riverside Medical Clinic Inc · 173 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Loma Linda University Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
1 plan · 1 carrier
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| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C182684 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2022 · expires 2028-10-31 · University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
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.
- Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Loma Linda University Health, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 0.71 (0.47 to 0.96), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.146, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.468, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.383, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Loma Linda University Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 5 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 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.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.71 (0.47 to 0.96) | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.146 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.468 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.383 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.66 (0 to 1.53) · 2,053 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 173.35 (135.58 to 211.11) · 169 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.3 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 79 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.9 · 100 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.1 · 285 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.6 · 272 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11 · 421 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 3,758 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.09 to 0.47) · 7,732 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.33 (0.15 to 0.52) · 8,479 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.88 (1.14 to 4.63) · 2,571 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.41) · 933 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.85 (1.66 to 4.04) · 2,380 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 5.16 (0.2 to 10.13) · 908 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.42 (0.42 to 6.42) · 988 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.29 (0.91 to 3.67) · 677 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.37 (0 to 0.85) · 7,115 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.2 · 37 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.685 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.751 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.702 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.4 · 380 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 15.1 · 167 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 29.6 · 365 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -17.5 · 282 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 513 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.4 (4 to 7.3) · 422 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (10.2 to 15.5) · 422 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 36 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.4 · 89 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.5 · 190 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.6 (10.4 to 18.1) · 720 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 778 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,684 patients answered, 19% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$29,981
Medicare paid this office $29,981 for 134 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 37 | $5,380 | $110 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 25 | $3,190 | $128 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 22 | $2,697 | $66 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 37 | $2,687 | $69 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 11 | $1,311 | $101 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
134 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 12% · 85 and older 12% · Women 50% · Also on Medicaid 52% · Health risk score 2.17. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 49% · Stroke 46% · Depression 33% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Heart failure 29% · Coronary heart disease 28% · Dementia 25% · COPD 23% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Cancer 16%.
The office billed $110,506, Medicare allowed $38,469 and paid $29,981; for 240 services of 28 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 | 134 | 240 | 73 | 2.17 | $110,506 | $29,981 |
| 2023 | 114 | 222 | 72 | 2.31 | $131,058 | $33,256 |
| 2022 | 30 | 59 | 75 | 2.23 | $29,810 | $7,892 |
| 2017 | 11 | 17 | 73 | 1.56 | $9,576 | $1,391 |
| 2016 | 56 | 69 | 72 | 1.55 | $72,513 | $7,716 |
| 2015 | 18 | 21 | 71 | 1.73 | $44,119 | $4,392 |
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
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $5,096 | $64 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 27 | $2,666 | $76 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 28 | $2,194 | $78 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 24 | $1,583 | $66 |
2022: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,013 | $168 |
2016: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $782 | $56 |
Medicaid work
$15,769 in 2024
Medicaid paid $15,769 for 74 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 22 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.
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 36 | $15,769 |
| Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 19 | $0 |
| Alcohol and/or drug screening | 19 | $0 |
| 2024 | 74 | 3 | 22 | $15,769 |
| 2023 | 148 | 4 | 19 | $27,978 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 61 | $24,610 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 56 | $3,368 |
| Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 15 | $0 |
| Alcohol and/or drug screening | 16 | $0 |
Money from drug and device companies
$1,297 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | None | $1,297 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | None | $63 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $128 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| GT Medical Technologies | Gammatile | $1,221 | 2 payments
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| Bioventus | Bonescalpel & Sonicone (O.R.) | $30 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Matrixneuro | $29 | 1 payment
|
| Medtronic | Catalyft Pl Expandable Interbody System | $17 | 1 payment
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See all 5 published payments
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-11-25 | Matrixneuro | $29 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-11-15 | Catalyft Pl Expandable Interbody System | $17 |
| Bioventus | Meals · 2025-10-03 | Bonescalpel & Sonicone (O.R.) | $30 |
| GT Medical Technologies | Meals · 2025-05-17 | Gammatile | $457 |
| GT Medical Technologies | Travel · 2025-05-17 | Gammatile | $764 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022)
2023: $63
| Medtronic | Kyphon Express II Kyphopak Tray | $63 | 2 payments
|
2022: $128
| Zap Surgical Systems | Zap-X Mv Imager | $128 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 85.2 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1538535612
- Licence
- CA 182684, CA F627, PA MD455302California C182684: Current · expires 2028-10-31
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
- Mailing address
- 11234 Anderson St Ste 256b, Loma Linda, CA, 92354
- NPI first listed
- 2015-08-12
- NPI last updated
- 2025-07-30
- NPI record certified
- 2025-07-30
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 213 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304 · 7117 Brockton Ave, Riverside, CA, 92506 · 700 High St Fl 5, Williamsport, PA, 17701