HOSPITAL · CCN 050025
UCSD MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
710
External referring physicians
2,089
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
45,440
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
62
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with UCSD MEDICAL CENTER (710 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 710.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | — | 20,748 |
| Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | 3,023 |
| Sharon Brouha | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,837 |
| Albert Hsiao | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,776 |
| RENNER, JOHN | — | 1,763 |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER | — | 1,706 |
| American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | 1,435 |
| PALOMAR HEALTH | — | 1,415 |
| Scripps Health | Clinical Laboratory | 1,415 |
| ALVARADO HOSPITAL, LLC | — | 1,056 |
| SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC | — | 900 |
| PALOMAR HEALTH | — | 835 |
| GHAHREMANI, GARY | — | 777 |
| SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 758 |
| Daniel Blanchard | Cardiology | 739 |
| Ross Christensen | Interventional Radiology | 625 |
| Pacific Point Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | 600 |
| Edward Smitaman | Diagnostic Radiology | 560 |
| PIONEERS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT | — | 531 |
| Paul Rickards | Diagnostic Radiology | 523 |
| SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. | — | 496 |
| Andrew Picel | Diagnostic Radiology | 494 |
| BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 492 |
| NPI 1245331230 | — | 475 |
| Stephen Hulse | Interventional Radiology | 461 |
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 | 585 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 237 |
| 698OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 131 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 129 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 118 |
CROSS-REFERENCE