HOSPITAL · CCN 150166
PINNACLE HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
30
External referring physicians
416
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
16,988
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
6
5
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with PINNACLE HOSPITAL (30 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations.
| Physician | Affiliation type |
|---|---|
| RASHID ANSARI | Hospital |
| JENNIFER BAYER | Hospital |
| GEORGE BRANOVACKI | Hospital |
| SHIH-HUA CHEN | Hospital |
| MEGAN COLBURN | Hospital |
| MATTHEW COLMAN | Hospital |
| LILLIBET ESCALANTE | Hospital |
| ARSENIO FAVOR | Hospital |
| JUSTIN FULKERSON | Hospital |
| REBECCA GROEN | Hospital |
| KARTIKE GULATI | Hospital |
| SHERRI HERNANDEZ | Hospital |
| STEVEN HOSSLER | Hospital |
| JEFFREY HUTH | Hospital |
| ZESHAN HYDER | Hospital |
| HAYDER JAFFER | Hospital |
| CANDACE KAPRANOS | Hospital |
| TITY KPANDEYENGE | Hospital |
| MAY LEE | Hospital |
| MICAH LEESTMA | Hospital |
| RICHARD LIM | Hospital |
| ABDULLAH MALIK | Hospital |
| RAMI MUSLEH | Hospital |
| MICHAEL NIRENBERG | Hospital |
| KIMBERLY OPPMAN | Hospital |
| DONALD PESAVENTO | Hospital |
| THOMAS SLEWEON | Hospital |
| JOEL TONAGEL | Hospital |
| PETER TOTHY | Hospital |
| STEPHANIE WALKER | Hospital |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PORTER HOSPITAL LLC | — | 4,563 |
| Omar Barakat | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,239 |
| James Forde | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,089 |
| THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC | — | 1,057 |
| Esther Lee | Diagnostic Radiology | 974 |
| Vivek Mishra | Diagnostic Radiology | 822 |
| FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT | — | 821 |
| Douglas Mazurek | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 703 |
| Aj Pampalone | Internal Medicine | 438 |
| Jay Shah | Cardiology | 399 |
| Amjad Alkadri | Diagnostic Radiology | 395 |
| MUNSTER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC | — | 365 |
| John Gustaitis | Diagnostic Radiology | 361 |
| Keith Atassi | Cardiology | 361 |
| Arshad Malik | Cardiology | 354 |
| Sandeep Sehgal | Cardiology | 346 |
| Michael Woods | Emergency Medicine | 344 |
| Obaid Shafiq | Internal Medicine | 327 |
| David Cummins | Emergency Medicine | 314 |
| Maxime Gilles | Emergency Medicine | 308 |
| Akram Kholoki | Cardiology | 305 |
| NPI 1255312450 | — | 299 |
| Shailesh Bhatt | Diagnostic Radiology | 272 |
| REGENCY HOSPITAL OF NORTHWEST INDIANA, LLC | — | 267 |
| WHEAT, MICHAEL | — | 265 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 455COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 44 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 42 |
| 460SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 23 |
| 473CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 23 |
| 483MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 14 |
| 454COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 13 |
CROSS-REFERENCE