HOSPITAL · CCN 450028
VALLEY BAPTIST MED CNTR BROWNSVILLE
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
187
External referring physicians
789
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
80,489
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
28
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with VALLEY BAPTIST MED CNTR BROWNSVILLE (187 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 187.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VHS BROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC | — | 17,054 |
| VHS HARLINGEN HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC | — | 10,880 |
| COLUMBIA VALLEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.P. | — | 8,188 |
| Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | 7,146 |
| Clay Padginton | Diagnostic Radiology | 4,881 |
| Jorge Saenz | Diagnostic Radiology | 4,670 |
| Franz Velarde | Diagnostic Radiology | 4,321 |
| MSTAT IMAGING, LLC | — | 3,238 |
| Jean Rochel Fils Rochelin | Family Practice | 1,989 |
| DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE, LTD | — | 1,957 |
| BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC CORPORATION | — | 1,724 |
| Michael Hohnadel | Dermatology | 1,474 |
| Ana Gutierrez | Pathology | 1,230 |
| Nolan Perez | Gastroenterology | 1,127 |
| SOUTH TEXAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL LP | — | 1,099 |
| Juan Garza | Cardiology | 1,051 |
| Jumar Apolinario | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 994 |
| Corridor Medical Services Inc | Portable X-Ray Supplier | 989 |
| Charles Mild | Cardiology | 963 |
| NPI 1013131242 | — | 949 |
| NPI 1184668352 | — | 925 |
| Emmanuel Akinyemi | Infectious Disease | 925 |
| Sandra Blanco | Podiatry | 921 |
| M. Hilmy | Cardiology | 919 |
| Daniel Malasko | Internal Medicine | 875 |
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 | 166 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 53 |
| 698OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 35 |
| 872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 34 |
| 853INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 29 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 26 |
CROSS-REFERENCE