HOSPITAL · CCN 430012
AVERA SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
82
External referring physicians
309
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
7,542
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
19
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with AVERA SACRED HEART 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Tullo | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,357 |
| Willard Hurley | Cardiology | 670 |
| Gregory Erickson | Emergency Medicine | 522 |
| BRUENING, SUSAN | — | 424 |
| Lori Hansen | Pulmonary Disease | 423 |
| CAPE COD HOSPITAL INC | — | 319 |
| SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES | — | 303 |
| Gregory Kouri | Optometry | 302 |
| George Fournier | Urology | 292 |
| David Barnes | Family Practice | 260 |
| Vincent Furrey | Family Practice | 259 |
| Yankton Medical Clinic Pc | Clinical Laboratory | 227 |
| Luke Serck | Vascular Surgery | 216 |
| AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE | — | 212 |
| WAGNER COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 194 |
| Melvin Wallinga | Family Practice | 190 |
| HEART HOSPITAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA LLC | — | 188 |
| Spencer Menees | Anesthesiology | 177 |
| Syed Shah | Internal Medicine | 160 |
| YOUNG, JAMES | — | 159 |
| SIOUXLAND SURGERY CENTER LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP | — | 145 |
| Karen Dickes | Ophthalmology | 140 |
| AVERA ST LUKES | — | 139 |
| LEWIS & CLARK SPECIALTY HOSPITAL LLC | — | 132 |
| Boston Public Health Commission | Ambulance Service Provider | 132 |
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 | 138 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 56 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 38 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 36 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 32 |
| 309CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 31 |
| 481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 25 |
CROSS-REFERENCE