HOSPITAL · CCN 100269
HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
109
External referring physicians
653
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
27,813
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
12
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7
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4
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL (109 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 109.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JFK MEDICAL CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | — | 5,525 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | 1,640 |
| Atlantic Palm Beach Ambulance Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 1,630 |
| Craig Kolodziej | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,533 |
| Vineet Venugopal | Cardiology | 1,425 |
| David Dascal | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,384 |
| Medics Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | 1,158 |
| Matthew Buckler | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,156 |
| NPI 1285689950 | — | 985 |
| Cindy Sirois | Diagnostic Radiology | 941 |
| Thomas Marino | Diagnostic Radiology | 908 |
| Luis Pena-Hernandez | Pulmonary Disease | 885 |
| Timothy Carter | Diagnostic Radiology | 883 |
| LARPPANICHPOONPHOL, PANUPONG | — | 848 |
| BETHESDA HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 759 |
| Alvin Lloyd | Internal Medicine | 734 |
| Pavel Sergeyev | Diagnostic Radiology | 729 |
| Gary Shifrin | Cardiology | 695 |
| PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 674 |
| Madai Ortiz-Santiago | Diagnostic Radiology | 597 |
| Rizwan Karatela | Cardiology | 597 |
| Noa Beck | Diagnostic Radiology | 563 |
| Elias Amador | Internal Medicine | 555 |
| Meir Gare | Cardiology | 506 |
| TRINITY HOSPITALS | — | 503 |
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 | 159 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 65 |
| 682RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 57 |
| 392ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 56 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 54 |
CROSS-REFERENCE