HOSPITAL · CCN 160082
IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
331
External referring physicians
1,257
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
38,875
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
51
43
39
33
18
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15
9
9
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6
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (331 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 331.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION | — | 8,695 |
| CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP | — | 4,064 |
| CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION | — | 2,729 |
| NERHEIM, PAMELA | — | 2,118 |
| RIZZI, JOHN | — | 2,106 |
| James Jacobs | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,877 |
| Joshua Blunck | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,587 |
| KELLER, PAUL | — | 1,464 |
| WAGGENSPACK, GERARD | — | 1,219 |
| James Lovell | Interventional Cardiology | 1,209 |
| Abul Khan | Interventional Cardiology | 1,196 |
| HEGGEN, WILLIAM | — | 1,177 |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center | Medicare Diabetes Preventive Program | 957 |
| Randolph Rough | Cardiology | 883 |
| Michael O'conner | Internal Medicine | 781 |
| Mark Belz | Nephrology | 758 |
| STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | — | 754 |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER | — | 752 |
| UNITYPOINT AT HOME | — | 682 |
| Jaswinder Rattan | Nephrology | 679 |
| Roman Mirsky | Diagnostic Radiology | 660 |
| Katrina Guest | Pulmonary Disease | 656 |
| City Of West Des Moines | Ambulance Service Provider | 651 |
| SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT | — | 629 |
| Mitchell Erickson | Diagnostic Radiology | 592 |
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 | 914 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 465 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 260 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 176 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 175 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 146 |
CROSS-REFERENCE