HOSPITAL · CCN 050077
SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
SAN DIEGO, CAFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
343
External referring physicians
1,608
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
36,910
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
51
31
27
20
20
19
14
12
11
10
9
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL (343 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 343.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scripps Health | Clinical Laboratory | 5,731 |
| Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | 3,586 |
| American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | 2,912 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | — | 2,164 |
| AHERN, THOMAS | — | 1,671 |
| SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER | — | 1,630 |
| ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER | — | 1,484 |
| SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC | — | 1,382 |
| FRANCIS, DAVID | — | 1,316 |
| MCCREIGHT, PETER | — | 1,185 |
| Harold Pimenta | Interventional Cardiology | 1,171 |
| VARNEY, ROBERT | — | 1,148 |
| Trevor Nelson | Interventional Radiology | 1,132 |
| Philip Hoang | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,070 |
| PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC | — | 953 |
| SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 925 |
| Kevin Ishioka | Diagnostic Radiology | 901 |
| David Vu | Diagnostic Radiology | 898 |
| Lori Baker | Diagnostic Radiology | 888 |
| ST. JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LLC | — | 869 |
| Paul Sylvan | Diagnostic Radiology | 861 |
| Michael Smith | Cardiology | 804 |
| James Heywood | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | 777 |
| James Cooper | Diagnostic Radiology | 775 |
| Stephen Moreland | Diagnostic Radiology | 677 |
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 | 516 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 197 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 106 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 86 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 85 |
| 853INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 83 |
CROSS-REFERENCE