Value Added Care
Bedside wound care means faster healing, no transport, and an estimated $89.6M in healthcare costs avoided in 2025.
$89.6M
Estimated healthcare costs avoided in 2025
5.5×
Hospital pathway costs 5.5× more
$4,804
Estimated savings per patient
Estimates based on published Medicare rates and modeled assumptions. Not a guarantee of results.
Two pathways
The same wound. Two very different bills.
The hospital outpatient wound center pathway adds costs that have nothing to do with clinical care. Encore removes them.
Hospital Outpatient Wound Center
The traditional off-site pathway
- Hospital facility fee + professional fee per visit
- Patient transport — to the hospital and back
- Staff escort off the floor, sometimes for hours
- Appointment scheduling, wait times, lost care continuity
Estimated cost per patient: $5,698
Encore On-Site
Care where residents live
- Care where residents live — no facility fees
- No patient transport of any kind
- Staff stay with residents
- Consistent weekly rounding by the same clinical team
Estimated cost per patient: $894
Billed through Medicare Part B — no cost to your facility
The math behind it
Healing faster costs less.
The gap between Encore's on-site model and the hospital outpatient pathway comes down to how fast wounds close, how often complications occur, and how much overhead the pathway adds before a clinician ever sees the patient.
Shorter healing trajectories
Every week a wound remains open means another week of dressing changes, nursing time, and elevated complication risk. Encore heals pressure injuries in an estimated 28 days versus the 41-day national average — nearly two fewer weeks of care per patient.
Fewer avoidable events
Faster healing means fewer hospital admissions, fewer ED visits, and fewer amputations downstream. Encore's network data reflects an estimated $2.7M in avoided-event savings in 2025.
No pathway overhead
The hospital outpatient pathway layers on facility fees, transport costs, and staff escort time that have nothing to do with clinical care. Bedside rounding removes all of it — returning an estimated $17M in staff-escort time to direct care (a facility benefit).
Savings per visit
On a per-visit basis, Encore's on-site model saves an estimated $370 per wound care visit compared to the hospital outpatient pathway — compounding across every visit in a patient's episode of care.
Full episode cost: hospital vs. on-site
The hospital outpatient pathway costs an estimated $5,698 per patient episode versus Encore's on-site model — a difference driven by facility fees, transport, and longer healing times.
No cost to the facility
Encore bills directly through Medicare Part B — there is no invoice to the SNF, no procurement contract, and no upfront investment. The facility's only cost is the time it would have spent coordinating the hospital pathway.
Value by audience
Who benefits and how.
Cost avoidance shows up differently depending on where you sit. Facilities recover staff time and eliminate transport friction. Payers and health systems see lower per-patient spend and fewer downstream events.
For Facilities
SNF Administrators & DONs
No cost to the facility
Services billed through Medicare Part B
No patient transport
Residents never leave for wound care
No staff escort off the floor
Your team stays focused on direct care
Est. $17M in staff-escort time returned
Facility benefit — not a payer saving
For Payers, Health Systems & ACOs
Payers, Health Systems & ACOs
$4,804
Estimated savings per patient
$370
Estimated savings per visit
5.5×
Hospital pathway costs more
$5,698
Hospital pathway cost per patient
Estimates based on published Medicare rates and modeled assumptions. Not a guarantee of results.
Transparency
How we built the model
Every figure on this page comes from published Medicare rates and Encore's own network data. Here's the logic, step by step.
Hospital-pathway cost per patient
$5,698HOPD visit + transport
The hospital outpatient wound center (HOPD) cost is built from published Medicare fee schedule rates — facility fees plus professional fees — for a typical wound care encounter. Transport is layered on top as a per-trip cost applied to the average number of visits per patient episode.
Encore on-site cost per patient
Medicare Part B, no facility fee
Encore bills through Medicare Part B for professional services only. There are no facility fees, no HOPD overhead, and no transport costs — because care is delivered at the bedside.
Payer savings per patient
$4,804Hospital pathway cost minus Encore cost
The per-patient saving is the difference between the hospital-pathway cost ($5,698) and the Encore on-site cost. At base case, this is $4,804 per patient — or $370 per visit.
Avoided events
$2.7MHospital admissions · ED visits · amputations
Faster healing reduces the likelihood of downstream complications. The $2.7M in avoided-event savings reflects modeled reductions in hospital admissions, ED visits, and amputations — applied at published Medicare cost-per-event rates across Encore's patient population.
SNF staff-escort time
$17MFacility benefit — not included in payer savings
When residents travel off-site for wound care, SNF staff escort them. Encore eliminates those trips. The $17M reflects aggregate staff time returned to direct care — valued at blended CNA/LPN wage rates. This is a facility benefit and is excluded from all payer-savings figures.
Total annual payer savings
$89.6MBase case · 2025 · Encore active network
Per-patient savings are multiplied across Encore's active patient volume in 2025. The base case reflects the midpoint of a conservative-to-aggressive range ($31.6M–$194.9M). Figures are estimates based on modeled assumptions and are not a guarantee of results.
Estimates based on published Medicare rates and modeled assumptions. Not a guarantee of results. All figures are base-case estimates for 2025. Last updated 2026-11-02.
2025 · Current
$89.6M
estimated total annual payer savings
Savings per patient
$4,804
Savings per visit
$370
Hospital pathway cost multiple
5.5×
Avoided-event savings
$2.7M
Staff-escort time returned
$17M
2027 · Projected
$192.1M
estimated total annual payer savings
Savings per patient
$4,804
Savings per visit
$370
Hospital pathway cost multiple
5.5×
Avoided-event savings
$5.8M
Staff-escort time returned
$36.4M
Conservative–aggressive range: $31.6M–$194.9M (2025), $67.8M–$417.9M (2027).
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How does on-site wound care reduce healthcare costs?
When wound care happens at the bedside, it eliminates the hospital facility fee, patient transport, and staff escort time that the outpatient pathway requires. It also drives faster healing — Encore heals pressure injuries in an estimated 28 days versus the 41-day national average — which means fewer weeks of dressing changes, nursing time, and avoidable complications. Fewer complications translate directly to fewer hospital admissions, ED visits, and amputations.
What does Encore cost my facility?
Nothing. Encore's wound care services are billed directly to Medicare Part B, not to the facility. There is no upfront cost, no contract fee, and no procurement burden. The facility's benefit is the return of staff time that would otherwise be spent escorting residents off-site.
How was the $89.6M estimate calculated?
TODO(Matt): Add methodology detail here once Neall's inputs are confirmed — which Medicare rate sources and years set the hospital-pathway cost, the transport assumptions, the data period, and what counts as an avoided event. See the Methodology section below for the current model summary.
Does Encore replace the hospital wound center entirely?
TODO(Matt): Confirm answer copy with Neall and clinical leadership before launch.
Which states does Encore currently serve?
Encore currently operates in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama. We're actively expanding — contact us to ask about availability in your state.
Ready to bring advanced wound care to your facility?
Connect with us and get setup in as little as 48 hours. No upfront cost, no procurement burden — and an estimated 5.5× cost advantage versus the hospital outpatient pathway.