HOSPITAL · CCN 030107
AZ SPINE & JOINT HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
20
External referring physicians
62
Top affiliated specialty
Physician Assistant
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
1,189
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
7
6
4
1
1
1
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with AZ SPINE & JOINT HOSPITAL (20 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations.
| Physician | Affiliation type |
|---|---|
| NISAR AHMED | Hospital |
| CLINT BROCK | Hospital |
| LORI DENEWILER | Hospital |
| CHRISTIAN ECCLES | Hospital |
| FAUSTINO GONZALEZ | Hospital |
| CYNTHIA KOOIMA | Hospital |
| THERESA KOPPAL | Hospital |
| JASON LAKE | Hospital |
| CHRISTIAN MANLY | Hospital |
| JAMIE POZNIAK | Hospital |
| CANDICE RAI | Hospital |
| TIMOTHY SHARP | Hospital |
| CLAY SHORTER | Hospital |
| GEOFFREY STREETER | Hospital |
| JENNA SULLIVAN | Hospital |
| DEREK TAYLOR | Hospital |
| MAXWELL THOMAS | Hospital |
| ISSADA THONGTRANGAN | Hospital |
| DALLYN UDALL | Hospital |
| KENNETH WHITING | Hospital |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARIZONA SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL LLC | — | 258 |
| SMI IMAGING, LLC | — | 158 |
| Kipling Sharpe | Orthopedic Surgery | 67 |
| ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM | — | 60 |
| Denise Kulesha | Diagnostic Radiology | 56 |
| Melissa Gurley | Interventional Radiology | 53 |
| Julie Kennedy | Physician Assistant | 49 |
| Afshin Deyhimpanah | Internal Medicine | 38 |
| R M Arizona Holdings Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 35 |
| ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 33 |
| Marc Tobler | Diagnostic Radiology | 32 |
| MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER LP | — | 31 |
| BANNER HEALTH | — | 30 |
| Stamatis Kantartzis | Diagnostic Radiology | 29 |
| Stephanie Horton | Diagnostic Radiology | 28 |
| Sean Higginson | Diagnostic Radiology | 27 |
| SMI IMAGING, LLC | — | 26 |
| BANNER BAYWOOD MEDICAL CENTER | — | 24 |
| ESCHENROEDER, HARRY | — | 24 |
| CROMWELL, LARRY | — | 23 |
| JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 22 |
| Aaron Greeley | Diagnostic Radiology | 22 |
| Andrew Cottrell | Diagnostic Radiology | 22 |
| MILLS, ERIN | — | 22 |
| Salman Sheikh | Pulmonary Disease | 20 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 124 |
| 455COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 32 |
| 454COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 23 |
| 473CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 19 |
| 472CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 16 |
| 468REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 14 |
| 483MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 13 |
| 460SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 13 |
CROSS-REFERENCE