HOSPITAL · CCN 161316
PALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
WEST UNION, IAFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
41
External referring physicians
371
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
8,591
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
11
8
7
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with PALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER (41 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations.
| Physician | Affiliation type |
|---|---|
| MARCUS BICKFORD | Hospital |
| KENDRA BOONE | Hospital |
| EMILY BRESETTE | Hospital |
| STEPHANIE CENEK | Hospital |
| WARANGKANA CHOKESUWATTANASKUL | Hospital |
| DARCY CONNELLY | Hospital |
| RHONDA CUE | Hospital |
| MAKENZIE DEJNO | Hospital |
| ANDREA DIETZENBACH | Hospital |
| ALLEN FOSTER | Hospital |
| JULIE GORSKI | Hospital |
| CARLA GROGAN | Hospital |
| MATTHEW JERGENSON | Hospital |
| GREGORY KNORR | Hospital |
| VIKAS KOPPURAPU | Hospital |
| WENDY KUENNEN | Hospital |
| BENNY KUSUMA | Hospital |
| JEFFREY LAWRENCE | Hospital |
| MICHAEL LEONE | Hospital |
| LISA MAHER | Hospital |
| COLE MARSCHKE | Hospital |
| KIRSTIN NELSON LERCH | Hospital |
| STEPHANIE NEUMAN | Hospital |
| CARLI PALETTA | Hospital |
| NICOLE PAYNE | Hospital |
| SHANELLE PEDERSEN | Hospital |
| EMILY PETERSON | Hospital |
| SUZETTE REILLEY | Hospital |
| MARK RINGSTROM | Hospital |
| RACHEL SCHMIDT | Hospital |
| ABBIE SCHRADER | Hospital |
| BEAU SORENSON | Hospital |
| NICHOLE STEFFENS | Hospital |
| IAN STOCK | Hospital |
| KURT SWANSON | Hospital |
| SAN THIDA | Hospital |
| AMBER TOENYES | Hospital |
| JANEL WARD | Hospital |
| SHAWN WAYNE | Hospital |
| ADAM ZORN | Hospital |
| GERALYN ZUERCHER | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 1,840 |
| ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION | — | 807 |
| Daniel Schraith | Pathology | 647 |
| Jeffrey Boorstein | Diagnostic Radiology | 597 |
| SUNDARAM, KALYANA | — | 583 |
| John Waters | Interventional Cardiology | 383 |
| GUNDERSEN CLINIC, LTD. | — | 375 |
| DECATUR AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. | — | 341 |
| WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER | — | 269 |
| ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL | — | 263 |
| James Brumit | Diagnostic Radiology | 260 |
| ST MARYS HOSPITAL DECATUR OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER | — | 256 |
| Debanik Chaudhuri | Cardiology | 247 |
| Tansel Turgut | Interventional Cardiology | 226 |
| VERNON MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE, INC. | — | 185 |
| HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC | — | 176 |
| Kari Haislet | Nurse Practitioner | 146 |
| Joud Dib | Cardiology | 143 |
| MANSKE, BRIAN | — | 132 |
| Harsh Chawla | Hospitalist | 129 |
| Scott Bohner | Family Practice | 124 |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY | — | 119 |
| Benjamin Esparaz | Hematology-Oncology | 117 |
| Efe Akpoigbe | Hospitalist | 116 |
| Ajay Verma | Pulmonary Disease | 110 |
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.
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