Affiliated physicians
85
External referring physicians
877
Top affiliated specialty
Diagnostic Radiology
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
22,769
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
12
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9
8
6
5
4
4
3
3
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2
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with UAB MEDICAL WEST (85 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 85.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | 2,040 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM | — | 1,931 |
| Northstar Ems, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | 1,888 |
| BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC | — | 1,304 |
| SPEED, JAMES | — | 1,109 |
| SHEPPARD, ARTHUR | — | 977 |
| Regional Paramedical Services Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 941 |
| Louis Lucas | Diagnostic Radiology | 936 |
| CUTLER, JEFFREY | — | 871 |
| Warren Holley | Cardiology | 870 |
| Elizabeth Caldwell | Diagnostic Radiology | 861 |
| PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | — | 831 |
| Mathew Merritt | Diagnostic Radiology | 813 |
| VAUM, RICHARD | — | 741 |
| Keith Chesser | Diagnostic Radiology | 704 |
| Sadri Avsar | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 685 |
| KING, CHARLES | — | 679 |
| Janet Durick | Diagnostic Radiology | 657 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 639 |
| James Wilhite | Internal Medicine | 578 |
| NPI 1265437461 | — | 567 |
| SHAMBLIN, RICHARD | — | 542 |
| Shoals Ambulance Llc | Ambulance Service Provider | 541 |
| BRAWNER, STEPHEN | — | 536 |
| Mohammad Azam | Pulmonary Disease | 528 |
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 | 98 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 47 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 41 |
| 690KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 31 |
| 392ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 25 |
| 689KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 24 |
CROSS-REFERENCE