HOSPITAL · CCN 340051
WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
125
External referring physicians
1,800
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
17,537
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
18
12
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10
7
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER (125 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 125.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 3,136 |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT GULFPORT | — | 1,421 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL | — | 1,236 |
| Tammy Crumpler | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,062 |
| ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC | — | 921 |
| CHARLES A CANNON JR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. | — | 833 |
| PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC | — | 820 |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 811 |
| County Of Buncombe Office Of Accountant | Ambulance Service Provider | 796 |
| ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL-SMHC | — | 621 |
| FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 586 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 523 |
| County Of Haywood | Ambulance Service Provider | 505 |
| Mobile Medic Ambulance Service Inc | Ambulance Service Provider | 491 |
| MCLAREN OAKLAND | — | 444 |
| CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | — | 428 |
| ASHLINE, PETER | — | 421 |
| Eric Lawson | Diagnostic Radiology | 364 |
| Frank Lovell | Diagnostic Radiology | 341 |
| RANDOLPH HOSPITAL INC. | — | 340 |
| Marianne Ballisty | Diagnostic Radiology | 305 |
| TIPTON, RAYMOND | — | 288 |
| ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL OF THE CITY OF ALBANY | — | 286 |
| Niteen Sukerkar | Diagnostic Radiology | 280 |
| Scott Card | Internal Medicine | 278 |
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 | 78 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 59 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 54 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 46 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 44 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 42 |
| 481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 42 |
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