HOSPITAL · CCN 190201

LAKE AREA MEDICAL CENTER

Physician affiliations & referral network
LAKE CHARLES, LA88 bedsFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
54
External referring physicians
247
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
9,892
SPECIALTY MIX

Specialties among affiliated physicians

Nurse Practitioner
11
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
10
Obstetrics & Gynecology
5
Internal Medicine
4
Family Practice
3
General Surgery
3
Podiatry
2
Orthopedic Surgery
2
Emergency Medicine
2
Otolaryngology
2
Urology
1
Diagnostic Radiology
1
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS

Physicians affiliated with LAKE AREA MEDICAL CENTER (54 total)

From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 54.

PhysicianAffiliation type
AIMEE ALLENHospital
ALICE BABSTHospital
JAMES BARROWHospital
DWANE BELAIREHospital
HARPAL BENIPALHospital
JASON BREAUXHospital
BRITTANY CAMPBELLHospital
BRETT CASCIOHospital
MADALYN CHAUMONTHospital
ANTHONY CUTRERAHospital
STEPHEN DARBONNEHospital
NATHANIEL DENNISHospital
SHERRIE EAKINHospital
AMANDA ELLINGTONHospital
KAREN FISHERHospital
MICHAEL FORDHospital
DECORA FRANKLINHospital
ANNE GRIEPSMAHospital
RUSSELL GUIDRYHospital
TIMOTHY HAMANHospital
LEAH HEBERTHospital
JUDE HEBERTHospital
DAULTON HUBERHospital
BRADLEY JIMERSONHospital
MARLA KELLYHospital
STANLEY KORDISCHHospital
WILLIAM LABORDEHospital
JAKE LEBEAUHospital
BLAKE LEBLANCHospital
RONALD LEWISHospital
CLINT LINCOLNHospital
BRIDGET LOEHNHospital
ANNA MARCANTELHospital
JAMES MAZEHospital
VICTORIA MCDANIELHospital
MICHAEL MEINHOLDHospital
ENRIQUE MENDEZHospital
JAMES MORRISHospital
AIMEE MULHEARNHospital
MATIAS NAUTSHospital
VIJAY NEELAMHospital
KEN NGUYENHospital
KAYLA NORDSTROMHospital
BRIANNA OLIVERHospital
KELLY PAULKHospital
DON RHODESHospital
CLAIRE ROBERTSHospital
DAVID RUDDHospital
JUSTIN RUDDHospital
EDWARD RUTLANDHospital
REFERRAL NETWORK

Who refers patients here

External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.

Referring physicianSpecialtyShared beneficiaries
The Pathology Laboratory, Inc.Clinical Laboratory1,174
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.Ambulance Service Provider774
Charles BrdlikDiagnostic Radiology749
Jason BraudDiagnostic Radiology726
MILLER, GEORGE723
WALKER, MICHAEL644
Adam OlsanDiagnostic Radiology634
CALCASIEU CAMERON HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT463
MCFARLAND, DAVID415
Richard MartinezDiagnostic Radiology366
Matthew LafleurDiagnostic Radiology287
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.Clinical Laboratory278
Thomas MulhearnInterventional Cardiology272
Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical Laboratory253
IASIS GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LP251
PRIOR, DONALD245
Jean WhiteInterventional Cardiology242
Christopher ThompsonCardiology217
John WintertonCardiology183
PIH HEALTH WHITTIER HOSPITAL181
Mohammed SarwarInternal Medicine171
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical Laboratory166
Michael CormierDermatology160
JENNINGS AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL, INC.159
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, INC159
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-DRGDischarges
872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC13
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC11