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Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP

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Specializes in: Family Medicine

Professional interests include: wounds, debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)

2824 Elkhart Road
Goshen, IN 46526

(574) 535-1700

Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP is a nurse in Goshen, IN specializing in family medicine. Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP is affiliated with Goshen Health, LAKELAND MEDICAL PRACTICES and BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC.

Office Locations

Address:

2824 Elkhart Road
Goshen, IN 46526

Address:

6913 N Main Street
Granger, IN 46530

Some issues Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP 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.

doctor visit	287
nursing home care	599
preventive care	10
vaccines	10

**Gender**
Male	82
Female	173

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	167
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	46
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	30
Dementia	55
Cancer	13

doctor visit	500
nursing home care	1118
preventive care	35
vaccines	35

**Gender**
Male	96
Female	229

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	314
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	222
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	47
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	29
Dementia	56
Cancer	11

doctor visit	311
nursing home care	973

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	227

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	319
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	48
From 75 to 84	75
85 and over	200
Less than 65	18

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	54
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	36
Dementia	58
Cancer	9

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	141
doctor visit	19
excision	141
nursing home care	920

**Gender**
Male	116
Female	151

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	236
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	71
From 75 to 84	54
85 and over	100
Less than 65	42

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	56
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	49
Dementia	57
Cancer	13

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	109
doctor visit	333
excision	109
hospital care	12
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	118
inpatient care	12
plastic surgery procedures	47
reconstructive surgery	47
tissue transfer	47
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	47

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	75

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	128
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	21
Less than 65	40

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	64
Dementia	20
Cancer	10

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2016 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP treated as a nurse in Goshen, IN were nursing home care, debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision and compression therapy.

compression therapy	197
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	260
doctor visit	402
excision	260
hospital care	12
immobilization	197
inpatient care	12
nursing home care	902
plastic surgery procedures	178
preventive care	22
reconstructive surgery	178
tissue transfer	178
vaccines	22
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	178

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2016 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP.

**Gender**
Female	85
Male	48

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	99
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	71
75 to 84	28
Less than 65	10
65 to 74	17

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP From 2016 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP treated were hypertension, chronic kidney disease, high cholesterol and dementia.

Hypertension	37
High Cholesterol	27
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	20
Atrial Fibrillation	12
Cancer	5
Dementia	24

Education & Training

She has a state license in Indiana.

Licensed In: Indiana

Affiliations & Hospitals

Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Goshen Health

LAKELAND MEDICAL PRACTICES

BEACON MEDICAL GROUP INC

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Organogenesis Inc.	$297 PuraPly $297
BIOVENTUS LLC	$28 SonicOne Clinic $28

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$325

Biography

Ms. Tracy Ford works as a family medicine specialist in Granger, IN. Ms. Ford has obtained a license to practice in Indiana.

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP in 2016

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP in 2017

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP in 2020

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Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2016 - 2021

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2016 - 2021

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Ms. Tracy Ford, FNP-BC CWCN-AP From 2016 - 2021

Education & Training

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General Payments

Biography

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