HOSPITAL · CCN 050243

DESERT HOSPITAL

Physician affiliations & referral network
PALM SPRINGS, CA326 bedsFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
161
External referring physicians
1,303
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
42,710
SPECIALTY MIX

Specialties among affiliated physicians

Internal Medicine
17
Diagnostic Radiology
15
Family Practice
14
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
11
Cardiology
10
General Surgery
9
Unknown
8
Emergency Medicine
6
Physician Assistant
6
Anesthesiology
5
Nephrology
5
Nurse Practitioner
5
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS

Physicians affiliated with DESERT HOSPITAL (161 total)

From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 161.

PhysicianAffiliation type
FRANK ARIANHospital
MARY ARMBRUSTERHospital
MEHRDAD ASGERIHospital
DELORIS BARNESHospital
BLAKE BERMANHospital
DONALD BLAKEHospital
LISA BODONHospital
JARON BUTTERFIELDHospital
HAZMER CASSIMHospital
JAMBUR CHANDRASHEKARHospital
JAYANTA CHAUDHURIHospital
NYKIA CHICHIZOLA-PEACEHospital
MICHEL DARAZIHospital
NNAEMEKA DIRIBEHospital
KELSEY DOBESHospital
CANDICE DUBOSEHospital
AMIR ELHASSANHospital
BAYANI EVANGELISTAHospital
LEON FELDMANHospital
EVELYN FINCHERHospital
ROBERT FINCHERHospital
EDUARDO GARZAHospital
LEARNED GONZALESHospital
LAURIE HANNAN REAGANHospital
BAO HUYNHHospital
JANET IHDEHospital
GHASSAN KAZMOUZHospital
SAURABH KUMARHospital
PAULA ANN LIDESTRIHospital
YEA PING LINHospital
ALYSSA LONGHospital
SHAKTI MAHAPATRAHospital
SOE MAUNGLAYHospital
XOLANI MDLULIHospital
JEFFREY MILLIKENHospital
LAURA MORGANHospital
POURIA MOSSAHEBIHospital
CELESTE NAGYHospital
THIEN NGUYENHospital
MICHAEL OLSGAARDHospital
FATIMA PADRONHospital
PRAVEEN PANGULURIHospital
KAUSTUBH PATANKARHospital
DAVE PATELHospital
PHILIP PATELHospital
ANIL PERUMBETIHospital
SHARON REUBENHospital
EMMANUEL SAMOYHospital
MANOJ SANGORAMHospital
PATRICIA SOTOLONGHospital
REFERRAL NETWORK

Who refers patients here

External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.

Referring physicianSpecialtyShared beneficiaries
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER—19,125
DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.—3,689
Unilab CorporationClinical Laboratory1,900
Josephine NguyenDiagnostic Radiology1,536
Kristopher ForemanDiagnostic Radiology1,470
Jonathan BlevinsDiagnostic Radiology1,388
VUTHOORI, SURENDER—1,059
NPI 1063545200—953
Henry JonesDiagnostic Radiology918
Samuel SongDiagnostic Radiology908
Eric SontzCardiology904
BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER INC—901
Michael MontgomeryDiagnostic Radiology895
Khoi LeCardiology880
Andrew FrutkinCardiology879
NPI 1447239785—673
John CutroneDiagnostic Radiology628
Puneet KhannaCardiology552
Mehran EllyDiagnostic Radiology542
PATEL, DINESH—541
Adina WeisDiagnostic Radiology537
Barbara ComessPathology515
Thomas HeadstreamInternal Medicine454
RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P.—438
ORTIZ, RALPH—425
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-DRGDischarges
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC263
291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC97
064INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC72
481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC63
193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC59
378GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC52