HOSPITAL · CCN 341329
BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
SPRUCE PINE, NCFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
45
External referring physicians
204
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
4,400
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
11
10
7
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (45 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED | — | 469 |
| CHARLES A CANNON JR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. | — | 439 |
| DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC | — | 341 |
| WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER INC | — | 327 |
| BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC | — | 300 |
| Peiweng Chen | Diagnostic Radiology | 215 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL | — | 199 |
| Tammy Crumpler | Diagnostic Radiology | 179 |
| Dorothy Deguzman | Family Practice | 160 |
| Andrew Chidester | Emergency Medicine | 158 |
| Gary Schafer | Pulmonary Disease | 151 |
| CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER | — | 138 |
| LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS | — | 130 |
| Carroll Olson | Emergency Medicine | 123 |
| Claude Whitworth | Internal Medicine | 106 |
| MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER AUTHORITY | — | 105 |
| SLEIGHT, BURDETTE | — | 104 |
| Luther Person | Diagnostic Radiology | 103 |
| County Of Buncombe Office Of Accountant | Ambulance Service Provider | 101 |
| ANMED HEALTH | — | 99 |
| PETERSON, NEIL | — | 97 |
| Marianne Ballisty | Diagnostic Radiology | 97 |
| County Of Rutherford Finance Office | Ambulance Service Provider | 95 |
| Charles Aldridge | Optometry | 89 |
| Emilie Ralston | Diagnostic Radiology | 75 |
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.
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