HOSPITAL · CCN 010089
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
JASPER, ALFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
74
External referring physicians
780
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
27,267
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
14
11
10
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (74 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 74.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM INC | — | 4,959 |
| PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | — | 3,338 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 3,335 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | 2,541 |
| Regional Paramedical Services Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 2,210 |
| James Walker | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,231 |
| HMC RURAL HEALTH CLINIC LLC | — | 1,129 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM | — | 1,057 |
| AFFINITY HOSPITAL LLC | — | 1,043 |
| SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC | — | 785 |
| ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 583 |
| CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC | — | 473 |
| John Cherian | Cardiology | 404 |
| Jason Rollins | Pulmonary Disease | 401 |
| JACKSON HOSPITAL & CLINIC, INC. | — | 383 |
| THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE | — | 379 |
| Dudley E. Day | Pathology | 357 |
| Donald Ashley | Family Practice | 356 |
| Aleisha Dunagan | Nurse Practitioner | 350 |
| BHC-WALKER PRIMARY CARE | — | 348 |
| PARRISH, BEN | — | 342 |
| LAKELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 340 |
| Robert Hines | Diagnostic Radiology | 321 |
| Amanda Turner | Internal Medicine | 304 |
| Jason Cole | Cardiology | 298 |
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 | 105 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 60 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 39 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 36 |
| 454COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 31 |
| 690KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 30 |
| 682RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 28 |
| 280ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 27 |
CROSS-REFERENCE