Pinnacle Health Medical Services

PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE, CLINIC AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN SERVICES.

PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES (PHMS) IS A FEDERALLY TAX EXEMPT ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES. THE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PROVIDED WITHIN PHMS SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE SERVICES OF UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS AND THE UPMC PINNACLE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MARKETS. IT PROVIDES FIRST CLASS PREVENTATIVE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COLLABORATES WITH ITS AFFILIATES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE, AND THE PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE.PHMS PROVIDES SERVICES TO ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022 PHMS PROVIDED FREE CARE TO OVER 2,000 PATIENTS.BASED ON TOTAL EXPENSES, THE THREE LARGEST PHYSICIAN SERVICES INCLUDED WITHIN PHMS ARE:PHMS SPECIALTY - THE SPECIALTIES PRACTICES COMPRISE 67% OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES OF PHMS. THE SPECIALTY PRACTICES CURRENTLY OPERATE 71 SPECIALTY SITES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, SPECIALTY SITE VISITS TOTALED 750,843. MANAGEMENT CONSIDERS THE INVESTMENT IN SPECIALTY SERVICES CRITICAL IN MAINTAINING AN INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF UPMC PINNACLE. FIFTEEN NEW SPECIALTY PRACTICES OPENED IN 2022, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE, UPMC UROLOGY OF CENTRAL PA, UPMC BARIATRIC SURGERY, UPMC KUNKEL SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, ORTHOPEDIC INJURY CLINIC, WHITEFORD ROAD MAMMOGRAPHY, UPMC WOMEN'S SPECIALTY CARE, UPMC CENTRAL PA SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, UPMC CONCUSSION CENTER, UPMC PLASTIC SURGERY OF YORK, ENDOCRINE ASSOCIATES, WOODWARD & ASSOCIATES, AND PAIN MANAGEMENT & ADDICTION SERVICES.THE SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN PRACTICES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:THE WOUNDCARE AND HYPERBARIC PROGRAM PROVIDES EXPERT MEDICAL CARE FOR CHRONIC WOUNDS THAT HAVE FAILED PREVIOUS METHODS OF TREATMENT.RHEUMATOLOGY, WHICH DIAGNOSES AND TREATS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THAT EXPERIENCES CONSTANT PAIN WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES.NEUROLOGISTS AND NEUROSURGERY, WHICH INCLUDES OVERAGE FOR INPATIENT PHYSICIAN COVERAGE AT UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS IS ITS PRIMARY FOCUS, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING AND GROWING OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. SURGICAL SERVICES IS COMPRISED BY AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF GENERAL SURGEONS WHO PERFORM A WIDE RANGE OF OPEN AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES. THE TEAM INCLUDES BOARD CERTIFIED AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINED PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE SUPERIOR SURGICAL SKILL AND CARE.ENDOCRINOLOGY, WHICH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR ALL ENDOCRINOLOGY DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY COMPLEX PATIENTS WITH DIABETES.INFECTIOUS DISEASE CARE, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF ANY ORGAN INFECTION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OSTEOMYELITIS, LYME DISEASE, MENINGITIS, HIV, AND HEPATITIS C. BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, WHICH INCLUDES A TRAVEL CLINIC.PALLIATIVE CARE - THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THE INPATIENT CARE OF PATIENTS DURING THE FINAL MONTHS OR DAYS OF THEIR LIVES, SEEKS TO IMPROVE BOTH THE BALANCE OF CARE VIA COMFORT AND DIGNITY AND THE QUALITY OF PAIN RELIEF TREATMENT. IDENTIFIED NATIONALLY AS A MOMENT OF TIME WHICH TAKES UP AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, WITH GREAT VARIATION GEOGRAPHICALLY AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DEMONSTRABLE VALUE; DYING WITH DIGNITY IS AN OPTION THAT ALL OF US SHOULD HAVE AT THE END OF LIFE.WOMEN'S CANCER CENTER, SERVING PATIENTS IN CENTRAL PA, ADDRESSES THE PREVENTIVE, DIAGNOSTIC, SURGICAL, MEDICAL, AND CHEMOTHERAPY NEEDS OF WOMEN WITH GYNECOLOGIC CANCER AND OTHER COMPLICATED CONDITIONS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.BREAST CANCER CENTER - THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE PATIENTS IN CENTRAL PA. FOR THEIR BREAST CARE NEEDS, INCLUDING BREAST HEALTH SURGEONS, BREAST HEALTH NURSE SPECIALISTS, CERTIFIED MAMMOGRAPHERS, RADIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, ALL OF WHOM ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY AND CARE FOR COMPLETE BREAST HEALTH.RADIATION ONCOLOGY, PROVIDING PATIENTS THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN CENTRAL PA. OUR SUPERIOR TREATMENT CAPABILITIES ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH SHORTER TREATMENT TIMES AND FEWER SIDE EFFECTS WHILE ELIMINATING THEIR CANCER CELLS.HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY - THIS PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN THE USE OF MEDICATIONS, SUCH AS CHEMOTHERAPY, HORMONES, AND PAIN MEDICATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER. THE PRACTICE HAS ALSO OPENED A SECOND LOCATION ON THE WEST SHORE FOR PATIENT CONVENIENCE.PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES - THIS PRACTICE IS STAFFED BY LICENSED, MASTERS LEVEL, PSY.D. AND PH.D. CLINICIANS WHO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY OR MARITAL EVALUATIONS, THERAPY, AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AS NEEDED TO ALL AGES. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY SPECIALISTS, COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL CARE TO WOMEN THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, DEDICATED TO CARING FOR WOMEN WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES IF THEY AND THEIR BABIES NEED SPECIAL CARE. SERVICES INCLUDE PERINATAL/PRECONCEPTION CONSULTATION AND FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

WEST SHORE SURGERY CENTER (WSSC) - THE WEST SHORE SURGERY CENTER IS A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN WHICH PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES IS THE GENERAL PARTNER WITH A 2% CONTROLLING INTEREST AND UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS IS A LIMITED PARTNER WITH A 45% INTEREST. THE REMAINING 53% INTEREST IS HELD BY VARIOUS PHYSICIANS FROM THE AREA.

PHMS MEDICAL GROUP- THE PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES COMPRISE 23% OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES OF PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES. PRIMARY CARE SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDED THROUGH 48 FAMILY CARE CENTERS LOCATED IN THE SURROUNDING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITIES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, PRIMARY CARE PATIENT VISITS TOTALED 506,029.FAMILY CARE ADDED TWO NEW PRACTICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. THE NEW OFFICES ARE UPMC HERSHEY PEDS CENTER, AND DENVER PRIMARY CARE. THE ADDITION OF THESE PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS SUPPORTS UPMC PINNACLE'S LOCAL FOCUS AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE GIVING PATIENTS INCREASED ACCESS TO THE UPMC PINNACLE FAMILY FOR SPECIALTY CARE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.

PHMS CLINICS - THE CLINICS COMPRISE 10% OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES OF PHMS. THERE ARE 9 CLINIC FACILITIES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THAT PROVIDE PATIENT CARE TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, CLINICS HAD VISITS THAT TOTALED 69,650. THE CLINICS MAINLY SERVE AN UN-INSURED, UNDER-INSURED, AND LARGE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY AS IT LIVES OUT ITS MISSION STATEMENT TO BE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THE CLINICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:KLINE HEALTH CENTER - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE TO A LARGELY URBAN POPULATION. WHILE THE PRACTICE DOES SEE PRIVATE PATIENTS, MUCH OF THE POPULATION SERVED IS OF LOW INCOME AND/OR UNDERINSURED. THE OFFICE IS MANAGED BY A FULL-TIME RN WHO OVERSEES A STAFF OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AND OTHER OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS.CHILDREN'S AND TEEN CENTER - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES PRIMARY, ACUTE, AND PREVENTATIVE CARE PLUS SPECIALTY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN NEWBORN THROUGH 18 YEARS OF AGE. WOMEN'S INPATIENT SERVICES - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES TO A PATIENT POPULATION CONSISTING LARGELY OF A MANAGED CARE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PATIENT BASE. THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2007. WOMEN'S OUTPATIENT HEALTH CENTER - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES TO A LARGELY MANAGED CARE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PATIENT POPULATION.PINNACLE HEALTH RESOURCE EDUCATION AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR HIV (REACCH) - THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY MEDICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE (INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR EXPOSED INFANTS) WHO ARE HIV-POSITIVE AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THESE PATIENTS.AS PART OF OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CARE AND TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PATIENTS WHO NEED CARE AT TIMES WHEN OUR PRIMARY CARE OFFICES CANNOT ASSIST THEM, PHMS HAS 15 RETAIL CLINICS. WITH ACCESS TO PATIENTS' MEDICAL RECORDS FROM THEIR RECENT PRIMARY CARE VISITS, THE CLINICS PROVIDE SEAMLESS FOLLOW UP CARE. THE RETAIL CLINICS ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH EVENING HOURS AND NO APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY. TOTAL PATIENT VISITS WERE 108,226 IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.