Arizona Wound Care Group

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Wound Care Partnerships for Facilities, Agencies, and Payers

Complex wounds are clinically demanding, financially significant, and operationally hard to handle in-house. They require specialized certification, expensive supplies, and documentation that can hold up to survey scrutiny. They also drive avoidable hospitalizations when they're not managed well. Arizona Wound Care Group partners with skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, hospitals, home health agencies, and payers across the Phoenix East Valley to deliver specialized wound care without the operational lift of building it internally.

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We work on a contract or per-visit basis. We document each visit in a way that supports your team's records. And every case is overseen by our wound care medical director.

Why facilities partner with AWCG

  • Specialized clinical capability without hiring, training, and retaining a dedicated wound team
  • Documentation that supports your survey readiness and clinical handoffs
  • Reduced operational risk — fewer wound-care liability and compliance gaps
  • Coordinated care across outpatient, in-home, and facility settings, so patients moving between settings keep continuity
  • Insurance billing handled by AWCG for patient visits, simplifying the financial picture for the facility
  • Medical director oversight as the escalation pathway for complex wounds

Built for the partners that need us

Audience-specific entry points for the partners we serve.

Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living

On-site rounds, survey-ready documentation, and reduced exposure on wound-related compliance findings.

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Hospitals

Inpatient consults and an outpatient referral partner — a focused regional wound specialist for clean discharges.

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Home Health Agencies

Outsource complex non-healing wounds without expanding your clinical scope. We coordinate; you stay in charge of the broader plan.

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Insurance / Managed Care

A wound management partner for at-risk populations — prevention, specialized care, and care coordination.

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For skilled nursing & assisted living facilities

Skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities are where many of the most complex wounds live: pressure injuries, diabetic foot ulcers in non-ambulatory residents, venous ulcers in long-stay residents. Maintaining a dedicated wound nurse is expensive and turnover-prone. Outsourcing complex wounds to a specialist team:

  • Reduces the cost of supplies bought in low-volume by a single facility
  • Reduces survey risk associated with under-documented or improperly managed wounds
  • Reduces avoidable hospital readmissions tied to wound complications
  • Frees nursing staff to focus on the broader plan of care

Our clinicians round on a cadence that matches your census and acuity. We document every visit and align with the MDS-coordinated care plan.

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For hospitals

Hospital partnerships typically take one of three shapes:

  • Inpatient wound consults. Bedside wound assessments and treatment recommendations for complex inpatients.
  • Bedside wound care for inpatients. Hands-on wound care during the inpatient stay.
  • Outpatient bridge. Discharge bridging to our Mesa outpatient clinic for ongoing wound care, or to our home-based team if the patient is discharged home and homebound.

The benefit to the hospital: a clear, specialty-led wound pathway that supports cleaner discharges and reduces length-of-stay drivers tied to wound healing.

For home health agencies

Home health agencies are responsible for a broad plan of care — nursing, therapy, aide services — and often have residents on census whose wounds exceed the agency's clinical comfort zone. Rather than refer the patient out entirely, agencies can engage AWCG to manage the wound portion of the care plan while the agency continues to own the rest. Our visits document into your records and our clinicians coordinate with your case management team.

For payers & managed care plans

Chronic wounds are a disproportionate driver of medical spend in many member populations, especially among diabetic and post-acute members. We work with managed care plans on population-level wound management arrangements — bringing specialized wound care, proactive prevention (diabetic foot screenings, custom diabetic shoe fittings, education), and care coordination to members at risk.

How a partnership gets started

A typical engagement follows four steps:

  1. Step 1 · Initial conversation

    We meet (in-person or video) with your clinical and/or business leadership to understand your wound care needs, current state, and constraints.

  2. Step 2 · Scoping

    We propose a model — scheduled rounds, on-call consults, hybrid, contract terms — that fits your facility, agency, or plan.

  3. Step 3 · Onboarding

    We set up communication channels, documentation flow, scheduling, and escalation pathways. We meet your team in person.

  4. Step 4 · Ongoing

    Visits begin on the agreed cadence. We review the partnership periodically to adjust scope as your needs change.

What we bring on day one

Clinical

  • Wound care clinicians with experience across SNF, ALF, hospital, and home settings
  • Medical director oversight and a clear escalation pathway
  • Full advanced therapy toolkit available at the Mesa outpatient clinic

Operational

  • Per-visit documentation that supports survey readiness and clinical handoffs
  • Insurance billing handled by AWCG for patient visits
  • Coordination with your existing staff and care teams

Compliance, documentation, and medical director oversight

Wound care under-documentation is a survey risk. Wound care over-medicalization is a billing risk. Both are avoided through a documentation discipline that fits the setting. Every AWCG visit produces structured documentation appropriate to the venue — SNF, ALF, hospital, or home — and every complex case escalates through our wound care medical director.

Credentialing details for our clinicians — licensure, wound care certifications, and NPI — are made available during the contracting and onboarding process.

Frequently asked questions

How are contracts structured?
Most engagements are structured as either (a) a contract for scheduled rounds at an agreed cadence and visit volume, (b) a per-visit / on-call arrangement, or (c) a hybrid. We scope each engagement to fit the partner.
Who bills the patient visit?
For most patient-facing visits, AWCG bills the patient’s insurance directly (Medicare, Medicaid, commercial). Facility-level retainers or service agreements (where they exist) are billed to the facility on contract terms.
How do you handle documentation in our records?
Our clinicians produce structured per-visit documentation that your team can incorporate into the resident or patient record. Today this is a documentation handoff workflow; deeper EHR integration can be discussed during contracting.
Do you cover the Phoenix East Valley only?
Today, yes. Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Apache Junction, and Queen Creek are our primary service area. If your facility is elsewhere in the Phoenix metro, contact us — we add facility partners across the East Valley as demand grows.
How fast can a partnership get started?
Onboarding timelines depend on contracting and credentialing requirements on both sides. Once those are in place, on-site rounds can typically begin within a few weeks. Contact us and we will outline the steps for your facility.
Do you take referrals from individual physicians?
Yes. Referring physicians can send patient referrals via our contact form or directly by email to referrals@woundcaregroup.com. We will confirm receipt and follow up on any clinical details using a secure channel.

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