HOSPITAL · CCN 430012

AVERA SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

Physician affiliations & referral network
YANKTON, SD42 bedsFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
82
External referring physicians
309
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
7,542
SPECIALTY MIX

Specialties among affiliated physicians

Nurse Practitioner
19
Physician Assistant
11
Family Practice
6
Anesthesiology
5
Internal Medicine
4
Unknown
4
Orthopedic Surgery
3
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
3
Diagnostic Radiology
3
Emergency Medicine
2
Infectious Disease
2
Psychiatry
2
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS

Physicians affiliated with AVERA SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (82 total)

From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 82.

PhysicianAffiliation type
GARTH AASENHospital
BRENT ADAMSHospital
STUART ANDERSENHospital
CASSANDRA ARENSHospital
ELLIOT BLANKESPOORHospital
AMY BORGMANNHospital
KARL DEMARCOHospital
EMMA DUPREYHospital
LINDSEY DUTLERHospital
WILL EIDSNESSHospital
TONYA ELLINGSONHospital
SPENCER FERRELLHospital
JOSHUA FEUERSTEINHospital
ANDREW GOUGHHospital
HOLLY HABERMANHospital
TYLER HANSONHospital
MCKENZIE HANSONHospital
NICOLE HIGGINSHospital
TIMOTHY IRWINHospital
TONYA JOACHIMSENHospital
MEGAN KLENTZHospital
MELISSA KLUDTHospital
STACY KOTALIKHospital
JEREMY KUDERAHospital
BENJAMIN LANCASTERHospital
DAWN LAUERHospital
LORI LAWSONHospital
ALEX LINNHospital
TAYLOR LOFINKHospital
ANDREW LOHSEHospital
LORI MANAS-LAMMERSHospital
STEVEN MEEKHospital
DANIEL MEGARDHospital
KAYLA MEHLHAFHospital
RYAN MEISHospital
JOELLE MINTERHospital
ARTHUR MOELLERHospital
RONALD MORSEHospital
ELIZABETH NICHOLASHospital
COLLIN NOLDNERHospital
BRIAN PEPITOHospital
JODI PETERSONHospital
CARRISSA PIETZHospital
CHRISTINE POCHAHospital
SCOTT RAWSONHospital
AMY RIEF ELKSHospital
ASHLEY RUNYONHospital
ALEXANDER SARKISIANHospital
AMANDA SEDLACEKHospital
KRISTEN SELIGMANHospital
REFERRAL NETWORK

Who refers patients here

External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.

Referring physicianSpecialtyShared beneficiaries
Ralph TulloDiagnostic Radiology1,357
Willard HurleyCardiology670
Gregory EricksonEmergency Medicine522
BRUENING, SUSAN424
Lori HansenPulmonary Disease423
CAPE COD HOSPITAL INC319
SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES303
Gregory KouriOptometry302
George FournierUrology292
David BarnesFamily Practice260
Vincent FurreyFamily Practice259
Yankton Medical Clinic PcClinical Laboratory227
Luke SerckVascular Surgery216
AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE212
WAGNER COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL194
Melvin WallingaFamily Practice190
HEART HOSPITAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA LLC188
Spencer MeneesAnesthesiology177
Syed ShahInternal Medicine160
YOUNG, JAMES159
SIOUXLAND SURGERY CENTER LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP145
Karen DickesOphthalmology140
AVERA ST LUKES139
LEWIS & CLARK SPECIALTY HOSPITAL LLC132
Boston Public Health CommissionAmbulance Service Provider132
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-DRGDischarges
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC138
291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC56
177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC38
470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC36
872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC32
309CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC31
481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC25