FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WoundCentrics, LLC, of New Braunfels, Texas, announced they have signed a Management Services Agreement to manage the inpatient and outpatient wound care programs at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital San Marcos. The Agreement will be the fourth Christus Santa Rosa System Hospital to partner with WoundCentrics, joining New Braunfels, San Antonio Medical Center and Westover Hills.
WoundCentrics will begin providing management services in July at the San Marcos Hospital. The comprehensive approach to advanced wound care management includes medical staff, corporate clinical support, nursing and hyperbaric staff, compliance and business support personnel. The outpatient Center for Advanced Wound Healing will expand its operations from three to five days a week. The WoundCentrics providers and nursing team will be available daily as needed for inpatient wound care as well.
“We are excited to expand our relationship with Christus Health. They have been great partners for our company for the past 12 years, and we look forward to strengthening that partnership with Christus in the Texas market,” said Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer for WoundCentrics.
According to the Christus website, the vision of CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic, faith-based ministry, is to be a leader and advocate in creating exemplary health care services, processes and structures that improve the health of individuals and of local and global communities so all may experience God's healing presence and love. The CHRISTUS Health Department of Community Health focuses on improving the health of communities.
“Our commitment is to develop the wound care program at the Christus San Marcos Hospital in a manner that will be aligned and consistent with the goals and mission of the Christus vision while creating a wound care center of excellence for the patients they serve,” stated Ben Simpson, Vice President of Operations for WoundCentrics.
WoundCentrics was founded 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The company has grown to have a large regional footprint, operating in 10 states and in more than 90 facilities. Through its physician employment group, Physician’s Unity, it employs 62 providers and more than 75 other clinical, administrative and support staff. In 2019, WoundCentrics founded Wound Care University to provide state of the art wound care training and development for wound care clinicians, including an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved course for new hyperbaric clinicians (www.woundcareuniversity.com). To learn more about WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com
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