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Simcha Gratz, CRNP

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Specializes in: Wound Care and Plastic Surgery
Professional interests include: osteomyelitis, lip surgery, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, and more.
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21239

Simcha Gratz, CRNP is a nurse in Baltimore, MD specializing in wound care and plastic surgery. Simcha Gratz, CRNP is affiliated with MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, MedStar Health and MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC.

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Office Locations

Address:

5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21239

Some issues Simcha Gratz, CRNP can help you with:

Debridement (Removal of Unhealthy Tissue)

Debridement is a procedure that removes damaged skin to help the body heal a chronic wound, acute injury, or burn. Several layers of skin surrounding a chronic wound can include foreign debris, dead (necrotic) tissue, infected tissue, and calloused (hyperkeratotic) skin. If left untreated, these damaged skin layers can spread infection to other parts of the body and may aggravate the wound and delay its healing.

Debriding (removing) this damaged and diseased skin encourages the growth of healthy new tissue, impeding infection by triggering the body's natural cycle of tissue renewal. For this reason, debridement functions both as a wound treatment and as a preventative measure against more complex consequences of infected skin, such as sepsis and amputation. In some circumstances, debridement provides additional aesthetic benefits such as decreased scarring. Debridement also permits doctors to retrieve tissue samples for testing, such as to determine whether patients need antibiotic treatment.

Wounds that frequently require debridement include:

  • Nonhealing diabetic ulcers
  • Chronic wounds
  • Severe burns
  • Contaminated wounds

Debridement can be performed either surgically or nonsurgically; some methods are less invasive than others. Doctors select the appropriate debridement technique by considering the location, cause, and size of a patient's wound and may also weigh the patient's overall wellbeing, age, and risk of infection.

Surgical debridement is performed by cutting away dead, infected, and hyperkeratotic skin with a surgical scalpel. For deep wounds that tear away the skin and go into the muscle, skin from another region of a patient's body may be grafted onto the wound, which may then be periodically assessed and rebandaged until fully healed.

Non-surgical debridement is achieved with water or a dissolvent gel. Water softens the damaged skin and affected tissue, allowing doctors to remove it with wet-to-dry dressing. When wet tissue dries, it adheres to the dry dressing or bandage and comes off when the dressing is pulled away. In contrast, dissolvent gel deconstructs tissue, which can be cleaned off of the wound. Nonsurgical debridement is less invasive than surgical techniques; however, it can entail repeat treatments, slowing wound recovery.

While the prospect of stripping away skin may seem jarring, debridement can be critical to the treatment and healing of wounds which cannot not heal independently.

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2020 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, CRNP for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Simcha Gratz, CRNP treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD were hospital care, inpatient care, debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) and excision.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) 10
excision 10
hospital care 52
inpatient care 52

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2020 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, CRNP.

Gender
Male 3
Female 4
Ethnicity
Black / African American 4
Asian / Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White
Native American / Alaskan Native
Hispanic
Other
Age
85 and over
75 to 84
Less than 65 2
65 to 74 2

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, CRNP From 2020 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, CRNP treated were chronic kidney disease, diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.

Hypertension 7
High Cholesterol 7
Stroke
Ischemic Heart Disease 6
Depression 5
Chronic Kidney Disease 7
Asthma
Osteoporosis
Heart Failure 5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2
Diabetes 7
Atrial Fibrillation 1
Dementia 4
Cancer

Education & Training

She is certified by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board and has a state license in Maryland.

Board Certification: Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board

Licensed In: Maryland

Affiliations & Hospitals

Simcha Gratz, CRNP is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
MedStar Health
MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Simcha Gratz, CRNP appears to accept the following insurance providers: CIGNA Choice Fund PPO, MAMSI, First Health PPO, Blue Choice, Golden Rule, Great-West Healthcare, TRICARE, Community Care Network (CCN), Coventry, TRICARE Reserve Select, Aetna Managed Choice POS, Beech Street PPO, Aetna HMO, Kaiser Select, Kaiser Permanente, CIGNA EPO, Aetna Medicare PPO, CIGNA Indemnity, AARP, Medicare Advantage, Coventry National Network PPO, United Healthcare, Medicaid, Cigna, Virginia Premier Health Plan, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA Network Open Access, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), HealthyBlue PPO, MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice, CareFirst NASCO, CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO, Traditional Medicare Fee for Service, United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO), Innovation Health: Open POS Plus, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families, Carefirst EPO, Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus, United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program, CareFirst Administrators, United Student Resources, United Select HMO - EPO/NPP, United MD IPA Preferred (POS), United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO), Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP), Innovation Health: Network Only Plus, United MD IPA (HMO), United Choice Plus, CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans), Innovation Health: PPO, HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance, United Choice, United Optimum Choice, Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus), Innovation Health: POS, Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS), Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus, United Select Plus (POS), CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced, United Erickson Advantage Plans, Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice, Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS), Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN), D-SNP), I-SNP, CareFirst MedStar PPO, CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity, United Core Essential (HMO), Innovation Health: POS Plus, HumanaChoice PPO, United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP, Innovation Health: Open POS II, Innovation Health: Indemnity, United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose, Veterans Affairs Community Care Network, United Navigate, Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO, Police and Fire Clinic, Employee Health Plan (EHP) and CareFirst MedStar Select PPO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Simcha Gratz, CRNP accepts the following insurance providers:

CIGNA Choice Fund PPO
MAMSI
First Health PPO
Blue Choice
Golden Rule
Great-West Healthcare
TRICARE
Community Care Network (CCN)
Coventry
TRICARE Reserve Select
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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Simcha Gratz, CRNP. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

Payments by Company
Urgo Medical North America, LLC $127 VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP
$127
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $110 XARELTO
$110
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $74 Oasis
$59 		COLLAGENASE SANTYL
$15
Organogenesis Inc. $39 PuraPly
$39
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $35
$35
Other $35 Entre Plus
$18 		AQUACEL AG+
$17
Types of Payments
Food and Beverage $420

Biography

Ms. Simcha Gratz practices plastic surgery and wound care in Baltimore, MD. Her areas of expertise include osteomyelitis, lymphedema, and lip augmentation. Ms. Gratz usually honors Blue California, Coventry, and Coventry Health Care Plans, in addition to other insurance carriers. She is professionally affiliated with MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital.

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