Hillcrest Physician Services

FAITH BASED PHYSICIAN CLINIC PROVIDING EXEMPLARY PATIENT CARE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION SINCE 2000.

SEE SCHEDULE OHILLCREST PHYSICIAN SERVICES (HPS) IS A FAITH-BASED, NONPROFIT PHYSICIAN GROUP PROVIDING EXEMPLARY PATIENT CARE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 2000 AND IS A KEY COMPONENT IN FULFILLING THE OVERALL CHARITABLE MISSION OF BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH (BSWH). HPS IS AFFILIATED WITH BSWH, A FAITH-BASED NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK OF ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH CARE ENTITIES PROVIDING QUALITY PATIENT CARE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. AS THE LARGEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN TEXAS AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, BSWH WAS BORN FROM THE 2013 COMBINATION OF BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND SCOTT & WHITE HEALTHCARE. TODAY, BSWH HAS OVER 1,200 PATIENT ACCESS POINTS INCLUDING 51 HOSPITALS, 590 SPECIALTY CARE CLINICS, 254 OUTPATIENT CLINICS, 158 PRIMARY CARE CLINICS, 32 PHARMACIES, 30 AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, AND MORE THAN 7,000 ACTIVE PHYSICIANS. THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES A STATE CERTIFIED HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, THE SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH PLAN AND THE BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE QUALITY ALLIANCE ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION BOTH COVERING OVER 1,000,000 LIVES. HPS IS ONE OF THE BSWH'S PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GROUPS IN THE WACO AREA OF CENTRAL TEXAS. SPECIALISTS EMPLOYED BY HPS PROVIDE ALL OF THE TRAUMA AND NEUROSURGICAL CALL COVERAGE FOR THE LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER LOCATED AT BSW HILLCREST. HPS ALSO PROVIDES 24 HOURS A DAY HOSPITALIST COVERAGE FOR BSW HILLCREST. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR HPS PROVIDED 142,579 PATIENT VISITS.HPS IS COMMITTED TO OFFERING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE INCLUDING PROVIDING FREE OR DISCOUNTED HEALTH CARE TO THE INDIGENT, THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION AND PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENT SPONSORED INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR HPS PROVIDED FREE OR DISCOUNTED CARE TOTALING MORE THAN $1,500,000 TO INDIGENT PATIENTS QUALIFYING UNDER THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. ALSO, AS PART OF ITS MISSION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE, HPS DEVELOPS IMPLEMENTS AND OPERATES INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT CREATE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, PROVIDE EQUITABLE CARE AND IMPROVES HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THE INDIGENT AND THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.