HOSPITAL · CCN 010061
HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
SCOTTSBORO, ALFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
94
External referring physicians
1,381
Top affiliated specialty
Diagnostic Radiology
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
74,530
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
15
11
11
11
5
4
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2
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2
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER (94 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 94.
REFERRAL NETWORK
Who refers patients here
External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.
| Referring physician | Specialty | Shared beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|
| THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE | — | 23,346 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | 5,631 |
| HUNTSVILLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. | — | 5,313 |
| CRESTWOOD HEALTHCARE LP | — | 5,259 |
| Muhammad Khan | Cardiology | 3,146 |
| Tangayi Githu | Diagnostic Radiology | 2,637 |
| Timothy Baker | Diagnostic Radiology | 2,534 |
| Richard Coleman | Diagnostic Radiology | 2,369 |
| AKENHEAD, ROBERT | — | 2,309 |
| Gordon Cash | Internal Medicine | 2,094 |
| BELL, THOMAS | — | 1,981 |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH | — | 1,817 |
| ROMER, JOHN | — | 1,744 |
| FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 1,603 |
| Charles Ritchie | Interventional Radiology | 1,427 |
| Gregory Tucker | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,292 |
| Hattiesburg Clinic Pa | Clinical Laboratory | 1,194 |
| Murthy Vuppala | Pulmonary Disease | 1,191 |
| Heather Haley | Nephrology | 1,168 |
| Joshua Krasnow | Interventional Cardiology | 1,133 |
| WRIGHT, THOMAS | — | 1,100 |
| Vytautas Pukis | Internal Medicine | 1,086 |
| THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY | — | 1,079 |
| H H HEALTH SYSTEM-MORGAN LLC | — | 1,060 |
| Athens Limestone Health Services, Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | 1,017 |
Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). A directional edge is a proxy for referral, not a documented referral; pairs below 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.
CASE MIX
Top procedures by volume
Highest-volume MS-DRGs from CMS inpatient claims (latest reporting year per code).
| MS-DRG | Discharges |
|---|---|
| 871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 35 |
| 690KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 29 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 22 |
| 689KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 21 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 20 |
| 392ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 18 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 17 |
CROSS-REFERENCE