HOSPITAL · CCN 340075
BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
137
External referring physicians
647
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
23,069
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
18
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12
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS (137 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 137.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | — | 3,244 |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 2,952 |
| BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, INC. | — | 1,598 |
| SCHULTZ, RICHARD | — | 1,335 |
| John Morrison | Cardiology | 1,233 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 1,203 |
| Brook Hill | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,035 |
| Michael Smith | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,030 |
| BOOLS, JOHN | — | 869 |
| Daniel Alexander | Cardiology | 793 |
| John Battiston | Diagnostic Radiology | 710 |
| Charles Scheil | Diagnostic Radiology | 692 |
| GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED | — | 677 |
| Adrian Holtzman | Diagnostic Radiology | 632 |
| MASSENGILL, ALAN | — | 616 |
| Keith Harper | Diagnostic Radiology | 590 |
| LOWRY, DAVID | — | 513 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL | — | 468 |
| Kevin Clark | Emergency Medicine | 441 |
| John Corder | Family Practice | 419 |
| Deborah Holcomb | Internal Medicine | 419 |
| RAUTIOLA, ERIC | — | 406 |
| James Ritter | Internal Medicine | 401 |
| CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER AT HOME, LLC | — | 398 |
| John O'shura | Emergency Medicine | 395 |
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 | 194 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 81 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 58 |
| 885PSYCHOSES | 45 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 42 |
| 189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 38 |
CROSS-REFERENCE