HOSPITAL · CCN 450236
CHRISTUS MF - SULPHUR SPRINGS
Physician affiliations & referral network
Affiliated physicians
134
External referring physicians
1,597
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
53,873
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with CHRISTUS MF - SULPHUR SPRINGS (134 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 134.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER | — | 12,220 |
| Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | 5,834 |
| ANDREWS, JOHN | — | 3,449 |
| Charles Crum | Diagnostic Radiology | 3,364 |
| James Cabell | Diagnostic Radiology | 3,106 |
| Ramon Kumar | Cardiology | 2,885 |
| Champion Ems | Ambulance Service Provider | 2,614 |
| Trincare Inc | Clinical Laboratory | 2,124 |
| HOPKINS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | — | 1,694 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | 1,672 |
| TYLER REHAB ASSOCIATES, L.P. | — | 1,276 |
| Bradley Merritt | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 1,268 |
| TITUS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | — | 1,243 |
| Robert Carney | Cardiology | 1,184 |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS | — | 1,114 |
| ESSENT PRMC LP | — | 1,056 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER | — | 1,014 |
| David Jones | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 988 |
| Ketan Patel | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 910 |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER QUITMAN | — | 860 |
| David Brickey | Internal Medicine | 849 |
| Lazel Augustus | Internal Medicine | 798 |
| Stephen Wells | Nephrology | 791 |
| James Wilson | Emergency Medicine | 789 |
| Nabeel Ahmed | Nephrology | 771 |
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 | 128 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 74 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 53 |
| 280ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 36 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 26 |
CROSS-REFERENCE