HOSPITAL · CCN 340116
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
HICKORY, NCFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
166
External referring physicians
858
Top affiliated specialty
Physician Assistant
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
35,824
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (166 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 166.
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 | — | 6,707 |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 4,606 |
| SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC | — | 1,955 |
| BOOLS, JOHN | — | 1,943 |
| SCHULTZ, RICHARD | — | 1,575 |
| Charles Scheil | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,568 |
| John Morrison | Cardiology | 1,494 |
| John Battiston | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,488 |
| MASSENGILL, ALAN | — | 1,367 |
| Adrian Holtzman | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,353 |
| Keith Harper | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,164 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL | — | 1,030 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 899 |
| Daniel Alexander | Cardiology | 881 |
| Kevin Clark | Emergency Medicine | 864 |
| Brian Hearon | Cardiology | 829 |
| RAUTIOLA, ERIC | — | 789 |
| James Ritter | Internal Medicine | 772 |
| LOWRY, DAVID | — | 761 |
| Richard Orlowski | Medical Oncology | 680 |
| BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, INC. | — | 671 |
| Aaron Braunsteiner | Emergency Medicine | 644 |
| Franklin Mcguire | Pulmonary Disease | 616 |
| GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED | — | 600 |
| Luke Byrnes | Interventional Cardiology | 568 |
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 | 137 |
| 274PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 123 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 100 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 69 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 59 |
| 322PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 45 |
CROSS-REFERENCE