HOSPITAL · CCN 110024
CANDLER HOSPITAL INC
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
271
External referring physicians
1,040
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
57,650
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
38
30
25
22
16
10
10
10
9
9
8
7
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with CANDLER HOSPITAL INC (271 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 271.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CANDLER HOSPITAL INCORPORATED | — | 13,006 |
| SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 9,506 |
| Allen Meglin | Diagnostic Radiology | 3,842 |
| Robert Myers | Diagnostic Radiology | 3,699 |
| BEAUFORT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 3,579 |
| GOUSE, JOHN | — | 3,128 |
| PHILBRICK, THOMAS | — | 2,838 |
| Christopher Hulsey | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,535 |
| Peter Britt | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,508 |
| EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LLC | — | 1,458 |
| Andreas Schilling | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,420 |
| Peter Romano | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,370 |
| Jason Snyder | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,261 |
| ZERDEN, SOLOMON | — | 1,239 |
| Richard Allen | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,212 |
| Clyde Blalock | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,128 |
| DRWIEGA, PAUL | — | 984 |
| William Greene | Diagnostic Radiology | 955 |
| Weijian Zhu | Pathology | 751 |
| HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF LIBERTY COUNTY | — | 578 |
| COSTRINI, ANTHONY | — | 557 |
| Nicholas Dardes | Internal Medicine | 553 |
| Deborah Cunningham | Diagnostic Radiology | 546 |
| Ovidiu Negrea | Hematology-Oncology | 501 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 496 |
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 | 163 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 80 |
| 698OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 58 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 54 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 49 |
| 689KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 48 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 46 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 45 |
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