Dr. Edith N. Aniedobe of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Accounted for the Most Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Discharges out of All U.S. Physicians with 109 Discharges between October 2015 - September 2016

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By: Jeffrey Maser  Dec. 22, 2017

Dexur analysts recently examined intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction Medicare discharge data from all U.S. physicians and found that Dr. Edith N. Aniedobe accounted for 109 discharges, more than any other U.S. physician during the analyzed time period. Dr. Edith Aniedobe practices at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital in Clinton, Maryland and was the only physician between October 2015 - September 2016 to account for over 100 discharges and one of only three physicians to account for 90 or more discharges. Dr. Scott Stuart Brehaut of Faxton - St. Luke’s Healthcare - St. Luke’s Campus in Utica, New York ranked 2nd and Dr. Andrei V. Alexandrov of Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee ranked 3rd. Dr. Brehaut and Dr. Alexandrov accounted for 96 and 93 discharges, respectively. 

Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction discharges are comprised of three DRGs; DRG-064, DRG-065 and DRG-066 each with varying instances of complication, comorbidity, or tissue plasminogen activator (TPA). Medicare inpatient claims data from October 2015 to September 2016 was sourced from CMS and intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction discharge data was collected for all U.S. physicians. Physicians were included in the final rankings if they accounted for 11 or more discharges during the timeframe; only 138 physicians across the entire U.S. met this criteria.

In Dr. Aniedobe’s practicing state of Maryland, the physician accounted for three times as many discharges as the next highest ranked physician during the analyzed time period; Dr. Sausheen Audia Taylor, who also practices at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital, ranked 2nd and accounted for 33 intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction discharges and 0.5% of the relevant Maryland market share. For comparison, Dr. Aniedobe’s 99 discharges from Maryland Medicare enrollees gave the physician a 1.5% market share at the condition level.

Top 10 U.S. Physicians for Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Discharge Volume between October 2015 - September 2016
Discharge Volume Rank	Physician Name	Hospital Name	Hospital City	Hospital State	Total DRG-064, DRG-065 & DRG-066 Discharges	% Of National Discharges
	All U.S. Physicians				247,408	100.00%
1	Edith Nebuwa Aniedobe	MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital	Silver Spring	Maryland	109	0.04
2	Scott Stuart Brehaut	Faxton - St. Luke’s Healthcare - St. Luke’s Campus	Utica	New York	96	0.04
3	Andrei V Alexandrov	Methodist University Hospital	Memphis	Tennessee	93	0.04
4	David M Rogers	NewYork-Presbyterian Queens	New York	New York	77	0.03
5	Thomas W Goodlive	OhioHealth - Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	Ohio	73	0.03
6	Rohini Bhole	Methodist University Hospital	Memphis	Tennessee	69	0.03
7	Kan Liu	Upstate University Hospital	Syracuse	New York	66	0.03
8	Marcus F. Stoddard	University of Louisville Hospital	Louisville	Kentucky	64	0.03
9	Larry T Shepherd	Saint Francis Hospital	Tulsa	Oklahoma	63	0.03
10	Gabriel A Vidal	Ochsner Medical Center	New Orleans	Louisiana	63	0.03

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1. Practicing Hospital, Total DRG-064, DRG-065 & DRG-066 Discharges and % of Maryland DRG-064, DRG-065 & DRG-066 Discharges for the Top 10 Highest Volume Physicians for Maryland Medicare Enrollees’ Total DRG-064, DRG-065 & DRG-066 Discharges

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