HOSPITAL · CCN 250117
HIGHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
PICAYUNE, MSFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
82
External referring physicians
583
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
33,244
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
19
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with HIGHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (82 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 82.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 5,933 |
| Hattiesburg Clinic Pa | Clinical Laboratory | 4,414 |
| Aaa Ambulance Service | Ambulance Service Provider | 2,917 |
| Jeffrey Johnson | Internal Medicine | 2,286 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | 2,049 |
| FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 1,922 |
| Scott Boyette | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,261 |
| Kevin Waldrop | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,227 |
| MCCARTHY, RICHARD | — | 1,161 |
| William Molpus | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,080 |
| GERSH, HARVEY | — | 975 |
| HOWARD, CRAIG | — | 910 |
| Steven Cunningham | Diagnostic Radiology | 839 |
| FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 799 |
| Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | 687 |
| Ali Shahshahan | Hospitalist | 646 |
| Dale Maccurdy | Diagnostic Radiology | 637 |
| COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL | — | 500 |
| Fisher Covin | Cardiology | 485 |
| KAMATH, KISHORE | — | 451 |
| FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | — | 450 |
| Charles Mccollum | Pulmonary Disease | 418 |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - NORTHSHORE, L.L.C. | — | 416 |
| Hafiz Ghafoor | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 396 |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT GULFPORT | — | 385 |
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 | 55 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 33 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 25 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 15 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 14 |
| 689KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 14 |
CROSS-REFERENCE