Seha Wound Care

Planning your visit

The first visit covers a health history, a physical assessment, a history of the wound and past treatments, and laboratory or other tests when needed, followed by a discussion of the care plan among the doctor, nurse specialists, patient and family. Patients are asked to bring a list of current medications, an insurance card, photo ID and information about dressings or therapies already used, and to be ready for any office-visit copayment their insurance requires. The clinic is wheelchair accessible and receives patients arriving by ambulance stretcher; staff prefer a transfer to the treatment chair when possible. Individual care instructions can be printed for the patient or faxed to a home care agency, and the clinic says it is available by telephone 24/7 to answer home-care nurses' questions about the care plan. The clinic's door is next to the Dunkin' Donuts door, and the clinic says same-day appointments are available. The clinic says whether a primary-care referral is needed depends on the patient's insurance: none is needed when Medicare is the primary insurance, PPO and indemnity plans generally do not require one, and most HMO plans do.