HOSPITAL · CCN 030065
BANNER DESERT MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
788
External referring physicians
4,742
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
123,731
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
111
60
57
57
47
43
31
27
26
24
24
22
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with BANNER DESERT MEDICAL CENTER (788 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 788.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BANNER BAYWOOD MEDICAL CENTER | — | 27,031 |
| NPI 1316992407 | — | 19,287 |
| R M Arizona Holdings Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 8,149 |
| BANNER HEART HOSPITAL | — | 6,148 |
| CHARNEY, ALBERT | — | 6,089 |
| BANNER THUNDERBIRD MEDICAL CENTER | — | 5,560 |
| James Lyons | Diagnostic Radiology | 5,247 |
| Fred Dawson | Diagnostic Radiology | 4,811 |
| MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER LP | — | 4,313 |
| Farukh Mian | Diagnostic Radiology | 3,571 |
| JUNCK, NEAL | — | 3,211 |
| BANNER ESTRELLA MEDICAL CENTER | — | 3,032 |
| SCHIFTER, TOBIAS | — | 2,784 |
| HONORHEALTH | — | 2,752 |
| Edward Markman | Internal Medicine | 2,242 |
| Nicholas Weisman | Diagnostic Radiology | 2,168 |
| George Lai | Internal Medicine | 2,080 |
| MCCALL, THOMAS | — | 2,031 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 2,023 |
| BANNER HEALTH | — | 1,993 |
| MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA | — | 1,971 |
| Arman Talle | Cardiology | 1,854 |
| Elizabeth Ottney | Family Practice | 1,852 |
| Bradley Mullen | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,805 |
| Rafael Rolon Rivera | Internal Medicine | 1,727 |
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 | 435 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 127 |
| 853INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 104 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 83 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 83 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 81 |
CROSS-REFERENCE