Ajinder Singh, MD CPE

Experience

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  Amritsar Medical Center

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1984

  Medical Specialist
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  General Medical Center

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1985

  Medical Specialist
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  Emirates Polyclinic

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1986

  Medical Specialist
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  Balbir Clinic

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1995

  Owner/Director of Multi-Specialty Clinic & Internist

  - Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, representing the governments of United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States (FAA).- Designated Medical Examiner for government of Canada to do medical examinations of prospective immigrants to Canada.- Held seats on panels for several embassies, banks and international companies.

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  Interfaith Medical Center

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2003

  Completed three years Resident training in the Department of Medicine with an emphasis on primary care including training in ambulatory care, orthopedic clinic, GYN clinic, psychiatry, ophthalmology, ENT, emergency room medicine, outpatient and inpatient medical care in general and of HIV and TB patients, in particular.Honored with Achievement Award in recognition of excellent performance.

  • Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  • Residency in Internal Medicine

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
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  St. John's Episcopal Hospital

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Attending Physician, Emergency Department

  Full time emergency room physician in level 2 trauma center, taking care of all aspects of emergency room patients including gynecology, obstetrics, orthopedic, surgical, pediatric, ophthalmology and ear, nose, throat and psychiatric emergencies.

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  Emanuel Medical Center

  Jan 2004 - Mar 2016

  Attending Physician, Emergency Department

  Full time physician in community hospital, specializing in all aspects of medical, surgical emergencies including psychiatric, pediatric and obstetric cases, supervising allied health providers in emergency room.

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  Valley Emergency Physicians

  Mar 2009 - Oct 2014

  Chief Compliance Officer

  Overseeing documentation at all sites for Emergency Room medical group with over 700 providers and 34 emergency rooms across the nation, treating over 700,000 patients annually. Mentoring and training of physicians for appropriate coding and billing, fraud prevention and risk management.- Increased reimbursement over 25% in one year by coaching over 100 physicians and physician assistants to improve documentation.- Helped to reduce group malpractice claims over 80% (only 1.6 claims in 100,000 in 2013, down from 10 in 100,000 in 2004) through consistently appropriate medical record documentation. Show less

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  Mercy Medical Center Merced

  May 2013 - now

  Full-time physician in non-designated trauma center, specializing in all aspects of medical, surgical emergencies including psychiatric, pediatric and obstetric cases. Train residents from family practice program. Supervise allied health providers in the emergency room. Supervising 50 physicians and physician assistants for a high volume, high acuity emergency department treating 72,000 patients annually. Responsible for scheduling, personnel matters, quality and contract retention with client hospital. My responsibilities included though not limited to, were running &/or participating in meetings, representing the department in Med Exec Committee, mentoring, proctoring, counseling, recruiting of new members to the group, retention of work contract with hospital. To lead the group in march for excellence while making sure we met or excelled the core measure requirements.

  • Attending Physician, Emergency Department

    Jan 2003 - now

  • Associate Medical Director, Emergency Department

    Jan 2006 - Apr 2016

  • Chair, Emergency Department

    May 2013 - May 2015
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  Merced County Department of Public Health

  Oct 2014 - now

  Medical Director, Emergency Medical Services Agency

  Helped & supervised writing of a Robust almost fail safe Plan to effectively prepare for &, contain Ebola Challenge and transfer positively identifies subjects to appropriate facility in a safe and effective manner, first off.• Supervise Pre Hospital Emergency Medical Services in entire fairly sized county including training, monitoring and updating policies and procedures.• Address and supervise public complaints about pre hospital care by EMT’s, Paramedics and Fire Department• Coordinate and collaborate with receiving hospitals in the county• Attend all pertinent and important meetings including Board of Supervisors of county meetings Show less

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  Mercy Medical Center Merced Hospital

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2018

  Chair Credentials CommitteeMember PEER Review CommitteeMember Quality CommitteeChampion Quality ImprovementSupport and fill in for COS

  • Chief Of Staff

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Chief of Staff Elect

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
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  Oak Valley Hospital District

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

  Medical Director, Emergency Department

  • Recruiting and retaining of physicians and APC’s• Robust scheduling. Turned around scheduling to being fully scheduled 4-5 months going forward.• Systems improvement by starting process of RPM (Rapid Patient Management) for Vertical ESI 3,4 & 5 patients on Nov 11, 2015• Processes management by placing an Advanced Practice Clinician at the front end to quickly assess patients coming through front doors. The intervention increased Door to Doc (0-30 minutes) from 20% to 60% by turn of the year 2016.• Decreased LWBS rate from double digits to 2% by the turn of this year 2016.• Instituted Robust Orientation of new recruits, 1:1 for many hours didactic information followed by clinical orientation work as additional physicians before going solo.• Proctoring of new members of staff• Chair and conduct quarterly department subcommittee meetings.• Initially weekly meetings with department manager, down to biweekly meeting.• Contract Retention. Regular meeting in groups and 1:1 with senior management including President and CEO.• Building relationships & bridge with Medical Staff members, Utilization Management, Quality Improvement, Medical Records and Information Technology Departments.• Ongoing development and utilization of Scribe program at the site.• Ongoing OPPE’s for all provider members of staff in department• Clinical Education of staff members for important diseases, core measures and metrics.• Measuring and monitoring of member performances• Counseling members on behavior and clinical issues. Try and be the role model that can be…. As a physician leader with service orientation Show less

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  VEP Healthcare, Inc

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2018

  Medical Director