HOSPITAL · CCN 430016
AVERA MCKENNAN
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
410
External referring physicians
992
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
31,207
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
80
40
39
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28
16
12
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10
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with AVERA MCKENNAN (410 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 410.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HEART HOSPITAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA LLC | — | 5,842 |
| AVERA ST LUKES | — | 2,269 |
| David Nussbaum | Hospitalist | 1,825 |
| CITY OF BROOKINGS | — | 1,722 |
| Suzanne Woodward | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,632 |
| WELTER, RANDAL | — | 1,526 |
| Arvin Santos | Nephrology | 1,222 |
| SPENCER MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL | — | 1,210 |
| AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE | — | 1,149 |
| Sabina Choudhry | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,084 |
| Sridevi Konkimalla | Internal Medicine | 1,068 |
| HUCKINS, SCOTT | — | 999 |
| Therese Gonzalez | Internal Medicine | 895 |
| Carlito Arenas | Internal Medicine | 849 |
| Leslie Lenter | Diagnostic Radiology | 810 |
| Mitchell Weber | Hospitalist | 788 |
| SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE INC | — | 779 |
| Steven Condron | Gastroenterology | 761 |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY | — | 753 |
| Bryan Barness | Diagnostic Radiology | 745 |
| Amit Gupta | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 693 |
| PARKVIEW HOSPITAL, INC. | — | 684 |
| Charles Flohr | Diagnostic Radiology | 648 |
| Jennifer Williams | Diagnostic Radiology | 633 |
| Erik Jacobson | Internal Medicine | 621 |
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 | 424 |
| 885PSYCHOSES | 320 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 177 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 138 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 130 |
| 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 127 |
CROSS-REFERENCE