Amer Ali, MD
Hospitalist · Colusa
- 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
- Since medical school
- 23 years
- Graduated 2003
Offices
3 locations · American Specialty Physicians Group Inc · Galen Inpatient Physicians PC · M-Care Medical Group PC
Hospitals listed: Saint Agnes 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 C149615 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-06-30 · Baqai Medical University, Baqai Medical College.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
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.
- Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Trinity Health, which runs 105 hospitals in 16 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.274, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.312, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.141, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Saint Agnes Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 3 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.274 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.312 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.141 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.18 to 1.94) · 2,342 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.27) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 197.82 (152.64 to 243.01) · 103 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 105 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.3 · 300 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.9 · 295 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 768 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.8 · 969 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 304 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 4,305 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.06 to 0.42) · 11,641 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.07 to 0.43) · 12,213 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.76 (2.91 to 6.61) · 2,466 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.09 (0 to 2.49) · 864 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.61 (0.26 to 2.96) · 2,362 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.1 (5.39 to 14.81) · 900 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.4 (1.2 to 7.59) · 882 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.84 (0.41 to 3.27) · 541 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.67 (0.14 to 1.19) · 9,626 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 58 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.835 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 1.182 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.004 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.8 · 412 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.6 · 1,002 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 28.8 · 296 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 25.5 · 894 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 17.8 · 981 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.1 · 1,061 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5 · 56 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 13.4 · 150 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 412 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.3 (9.6 to 15.9) · 1,324 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) · 863 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (812 patients answered, 32% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 47% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$44,989
Medicare paid this office $44,989 for 327 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 291 | $41,424 | $136 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 34 | $2,932 | $86 |
Who their Medicare patients are
327 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 15% · 85 and older 24% · Women 57% · Also on Medicaid 50% · Health risk score 2.43. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 58% · Chronic kidney disease 51% · Coronary heart disease 47% · Heart failure 46% · Depression 39% · Atrial fibrillation 35% · COPD 33% · Dementia 22% · Stroke 20% · Cancer 17%.
The office billed $237,787, Medicare allowed $57,732 and paid $44,989; for 345 services of 5 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 | 327 | 345 | 76 | 2.43 | $237,787 | $44,989 |
| 2023 | 291 | 300 | 75 | 2.03 | $170,982 | $37,912 |
| 2022 | 275 | 298 | 75 | 1.99 | $176,587 | $44,989 |
| 2021 | 343 | 351 | 76 | 2.37 | $214,877 | $55,441 |
| 2020 | 397 | 419 | 76 | 2.67 | $250,892 | $67,732 |
| 2019 | 439 | 461 | 74 | 2.71 | $281,085 | $71,873 |
| 2018 | 322 | 818 | 72 | 3.07 | $279,449 | $71,307 |
| 2017 | 139 | 1,032 | 68 | 3.38 | $287,839 | $83,295 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,086 | 65 | 3.06 | $286,717 | $86,808 |
| 2015 | 130 | 1,020 | 67 | 3.68 | $262,094 | $81,057 |
| 2014 | 129 | 915 | 66 | 3.67 | $194,577 | $66,662 |
| 2013 | 222 | 712 | 69 | 2.58 | $150,625 | $52,081 |
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: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 197 | $28,148 | $139 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 85 | $8,810 | $104 |
2022: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 232 | $38,163 | $155 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 44 | $6,114 | $139 |
2021: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 293 | $48,304 | $161 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 45 | $6,608 | $147 |
2020: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 333 | $58,171 | $166 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 50 | $7,418 | $148 |
2019: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 337 | $57,198 | $162 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 52 | $7,776 | $150 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 24 | $2,581 | $108 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $2,544 | $182 |
2018: 8 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 82 | $19,907 | $82 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 116 | $19,072 | $160 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 103 | $15,259 | $58 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 28 | $4,230 | $151 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 47 | $4,129 | $88 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 31 | $3,297 | $106 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 44 | $2,665 | $59 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 13 | $774 | $60 |
2017: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 109 | $65,504 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 26 | $6,103 | $56 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 35 | $5,792 | $157 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 28 | $2,351 | $81 |
| Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour | 18 | $1,429 | $71 |
2016: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 97 | $71,618 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 29 | $5,668 | $56 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 27 | $4,513 | $156 |
| Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour | 21 | $2,131 | $71 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 23 | $1,910 | $83 |
2015: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 121 | $67,686 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 39 | $5,024 | $53 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 27 | $4,213 | $156 |
| Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour | 21 | $1,778 | $71 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 19 | $1,501 | $79 |
2014: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 97 | $37,807 | $79 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 65 | $19,006 | $54 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 30 | $4,659 | $146 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 22 | $1,786 | $81 |
| Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour | 17 | $1,272 | $71 |
2013: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 151 | $30,424 | $77 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 76 | $10,422 | $54 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 62 | $5,179 | $80 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 17 | $2,725 | $151 |
| Extended inpatient or observation hospital service, first hour | 16 | $1,107 | $69 |
Medicaid work
$6,397 in 2024
Medicaid paid $6,397 for 307 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 43 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.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 295 | $6,266 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 12 | $132 |
| 2024 | 307 | 2 | 43 | $6,397 |
| 2023 | 176 | 2 | 29 | $2,136 |
| 2022 | 233 | 1 | 34 | $4,901 |
| 2021 | 196 | 1 | 21 | $7,656 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1 | 22 | $4,956 |
| 2019 | 120 | 1 | 27 | $3,907 |
| 2018 | 44 | 3 | 15 | $1,320 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 163 | $2,136 |
| 1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES | 13 | $0 |
2022
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 233 | $4,901 |
2021
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 196 | $7,656 |
2020
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 105 | $4,956 |
2019
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 120 | $3,907 |
2018
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 14 | $805 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 15 | $309 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 15 | $206 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their 15 Part D prescriptions in 2019. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Year by year
| 2019 | 15 | None | 0% (0) | None | $3,760 |
| 2018 | 185 | 72 | 7% (12) | None | $12,115 |
| 2017 | 112 | 38 | 14% (16) | 13% | $1,921 |
| 2016 | 150 | 17 | 11% (16) | 23% | $9,401 |
| 2015 | 73 | 13 | None | None | $3,674 |
| 2014 | 94 | 15 | None | 20% | $9,434 |
| 2013 | 237 | 63 | 5% (12) | None | $8,509 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2018: 1 drug
| Prednisone | 12 | $36 | $3 |
2013: 4 drugs
| Metoprolol | 16 | $585 | $37 |
| Levofloxacin | 12 | $81 | $7 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $73 | $7 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $46 | $4 |
Money from drug and device companies
$40 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | None | $40 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $110 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abbott Laboratories | Alinity | $40 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Abbott Laboratories | Meals · 2025-06-17 | Alinity | $14 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Meals · 2025-06-17 | Alinity | $26 |
See earlier years (2023)
2023: $110
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Farxiga | $110 | 1 payment
|
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 96.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1699926535
- Licence
- CA C149615, MN 53852, PA MT192048California C149615: Current · expires 2027-06-30
- Group
- American Specialty Physicians Group Inc · Galen Inpatient Physicians PC · M-Care Medical Group PC
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 3500 Data Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA, 95670
- NPI first listed
- 2008-10-09
- NPI last updated
- 2018-03-20
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.