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Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN

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Specializes in: Wound Care and Plastic Surgery
Professional interests include: facial cosmetic surgery, foot injury, sprains, and more.
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21239

Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN is a nurse in Baltimore, MD specializing in wound care and plastic surgery. Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN is affiliated with MedStar Harbor Hospital, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, MedStar Health, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC.

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Office Locations

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21239
(443) 444-4275
(443) 444-1487
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Some issues Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN 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.

Skin Grafting

When a large area of skin is too damaged to heal, a skin graft may be used to protect the tissue underneath and reduce scarring. A layer of healthy skin is taken and moved to the injured area, where it is fixed in place. Skin grafts are used to treat burns, infections, large wounds, ulcers, and other significant problems that affect the skin.

There are several different types of skin graft, depending on where the donor skin is taken from:

  • Autografts, where healthy skin is taken from another place on the patient's body
  • Allografts, where the donor skin is taken from another person or cadaver
  • Xenografts, which are harvested from animals and are used temporarily like a dressing to cover a wound
  • Synthetic grafts, which are made from non-biological materials, like silicone

In all cases, the skin graft may either be full-thickness or partial-thickness. While thicker grafts make recovery more difficult for the donor site, they heal more easily than thinner grafts.

Before skin graft surgery, patients are given anesthesia so they cannot feel any pain. If using an autograft, the surgeon carefully measures and removes the skin from the donor site. Sometimes the graft is cut in a mesh-like pattern, to allow a small piece of donated skin to stretch and cover a larger area. This also helps oxygen pass through the graft. The site where the skin graft will go is cleaned well to remove any dirt, bacteria, or dead skin cells. Then the skin graft is placed and attached with stitches or staples. It is often covered with antibacterial ointment and supportive bandages for the first few days.

As the skin graft heals into its new position, new blood vessels grow to reach and support the skin. Depending on the thickness of the graft, oil glands, sweat glands, and hair follicles may also regrow. Recovery time depends on the thickness of the graft and the overall health of the skin in the grafted area, but it generally takes from two to four weeks.

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 25%

By Affordability:

hospital care
inpatient care
inpatient hospital care

In 2013, Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN had a list price for hospital care, inpatient care, and inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital) that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of providers in related specialties within Maryland. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) and excision.

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) 11
excision 11
hospital care 59
inpatient care 59

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN.

Gender
Male 35
Female 40
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 0
Black 44
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 28
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN in 2020

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated during 2020 were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes.

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 73
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 64
Depression 53
Chronic Kidney Disease 75
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 19
Heart Failure 59
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 28
Diabetes 72
Dementia 40
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD during 2021 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN for Medicare patients.

hospital care 15
inpatient care 15

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN.

Gender
Male 13
Female 28
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 0
Black 20
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 16
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN in 2021

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated during 2021 were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 71
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 71
Depression 46
Chronic Kidney Disease 75
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 27
Heart Failure 51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 34
Diabetes 56
Dementia 37
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD during 2022 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN for Medicare patients.

hospital care 32
inpatient care 32

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN.

Gender
Male 30
Female 27
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 0
Black 40
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 0
From 75 to 84 22
85 and over 0
Less than 65 17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN in 2022

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated during 2022 were diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 75
Stroke 40
Ischemic Heart Disease 68
Depression 51
Chronic Kidney Disease 67
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 37
Heart Failure 61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 39
Diabetes 75
Dementia 35
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD during 2023 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN for Medicare patients.

hospital care 73
inpatient care 73

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN.

Gender
Male 38
Female 31
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 0
Black 49
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 24
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN in 2023

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated during 2023 were high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and heart failure.

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 75
Stroke 17
Ischemic Heart Disease 43
Depression 51
Chronic Kidney Disease 54
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 32
Heart Failure 58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 33
Diabetes 72
Dementia 35
Cancer 23

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2020 - 2023

Volume of procedures performed by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated as a nurse in Baltimore, MD were hospital care, inpatient care, debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) and excision.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) 11
excision 11
hospital care 44
inpatient care 44

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2020 - 2023

Information about Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN.

Gender
Male 29
Female 31
Ethnicity
Black / African American 38
Asian / Pacific Islander 0
Non-Hispanic White 0
Hispanic 0
Native American / Alaskan Native 0
Other 0
Age
75 to 84 5
85 and over 0
Less than 65 16
65 to 74 17

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN From 2020 - 2023

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 73
Stroke 14
Ischemic Heart Disease 61
Depression 50
Chronic Kidney Disease 67
Asthma 0
Osteoporosis 0
Heart Failure 57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 33
Diabetes 68
Atrial Fibrillation 28
Dementia 36
Cancer 5

Education & Training

She is certified by the Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center and has a state license in Maryland.

Board Certification: Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center

Licensed In: Maryland

Affiliations & Hospitals

Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

MedStar Harbor Hospital
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
MedStar Health
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN appears to accept the following insurance providers: MultiPlan, Optimum Choice, Optima Health, MAMSI, Magellan Health Services, United Healthcare Choice Plus, United Healthcare Choice, First Health PPO, Blue Choice, Great-West Healthcare, TRICARE, Coventry, TRICARE Reserve Select, Anthem, Aetna Managed Choice POS, Beech Street PPO, Aetna HMO, Kaiser Permanente, CIGNA PPO, CIGNA EPO, Aetna Medicare PPO, Aetna Medicare PFFS, CIGNA Indemnity, AmeriHealth, AARP, Medicare Advantage, TriWest, Coventry National Network PPO, Highmark, Amerigroup, United Healthcare, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, Sentara Health Plans, WellPoint, United Healthcare Community Plan (AmeriChoice), Humana Medicare Advantage PPO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, CIGNA PPO Plus, HealthyBlue PPO, Aetna Premier 200PD, MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice, CareFirst NASCO, Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS), M.D. IPA Preferred (POS), CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO, IH-PPO, Aetna Advantage 6350PD, DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families, CareFirst EPO, Optimum Choice Preferred (POS), Medicare Direct, OCI Direct (HMO), Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans, Aetna Open Choice (PPO), OA Plus, CareFirst Administrators, United Student Resources, IH-Network Only Plus, IH-POS, Aetna Classic 5000, Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA, CareFirst Community Health Plan of Maryland, Healthy Blue (HMO, POS), IH-POS Plus, Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice, Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA, CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan, Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Choice POS II, CareFirst Blue Card Program, Choice Fund PPO, IH-EPO Plus, Aetna VA Exchange, Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS), Aetna Better Health of Virginia, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced, Aetna Worker's Compensation Network, Options PPO Cardiac Global, Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, Aetna Advantage 5750, IH-Open HMO Option, HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO, Aetna Basic, CareFirst FEP Blue Focus, Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance, IH-Open EPO Plus, IH-Open POS Plus, Core Essential (HMO), Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO, Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network, MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global, CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO, Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS), IH-Open HMO, Aetna Advantage 6350, Erickson Advantage Plans, M.D. IPA (HMO), POS OA, Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund), Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS), IH-Open POS II, Aetna Classic 5000PD, Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO, CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP, Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice, Aetna Student Health Insurance, Private Health Care Systems (PPO), Choice POS, Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account, IH-Indemnity, CareFirst MedStar PPO, CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity, Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO), United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans, IH-HMO, IH-Open Network Only Plus, HumanaChoice PPO, CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO), Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO, Medicare FFS, Maryland Physicians Care MCO, Veterans Affairs Community Care Network, Advantra Platinum (PPO), Aetna Better Health of Maryland, BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage), Employee Health Plan, Choice POS II Open Access, Navigate, Police and Fire Clinic, Network OA, Aetna Classic 3500 and CareFirst MedStar Select PPO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN accepts the following insurance providers:

MultiPlan
Optimum Choice
Optima Health
MAMSI
Magellan Health Services
United Healthcare Choice Plus
United Healthcare Choice
First Health PPO
Blue Choice
Great-West Healthcare
TRICARE
Coventry
TRICARE Reserve Select
Anthem
Aetna Managed Choice POS
Beech Street PPO
Aetna HMO
Kaiser Permanente
CIGNA PPO
CIGNA EPO
Aetna Medicare PPO
Aetna Medicare PFFS
CIGNA Indemnity
AmeriHealth
AARP
Medicare Advantage
TriWest
Coventry National Network PPO
Highmark
Amerigroup
United Healthcare
Medicaid
Humana
Cigna
Sentara Health Plans
WellPoint
United Healthcare Community Plan (AmeriChoice)
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
CIGNA PPO Plus
HealthyBlue PPO
Aetna Premier 200PD
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
CareFirst NASCO
Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
IH-PPO
Aetna Advantage 6350PD
DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
CareFirst EPO
Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
Medicare Direct
OCI Direct (HMO)
Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
OA Plus
CareFirst Administrators
United Student Resources
IH-Network Only Plus
IH-POS
Aetna Classic 5000
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
CareFirst Community Health Plan of Maryland
Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
IH-POS Plus
Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
Health Services for Children with Special Needs
Choice POS II
CareFirst Blue Card Program
Choice Fund PPO
IH-EPO Plus
Aetna VA Exchange
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Better Health of Virginia
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
Options PPO Cardiac Global
Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
Aetna Advantage 5750
IH-Open HMO Option
HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
Aetna Basic
CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
IH-Open EPO Plus
IH-Open POS Plus
Core Essential (HMO)
Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
IH-Open HMO
Aetna Advantage 6350
Erickson Advantage Plans
M.D. IPA (HMO)
POS OA
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
IH-Open POS II
Aetna Classic 5000PD
Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
Choice POS
Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
IH-Indemnity
CareFirst MedStar PPO
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
IH-HMO
IH-Open Network Only Plus
HumanaChoice PPO
CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
Medicare FFS
Maryland Physicians Care MCO
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
Advantra Platinum (PPO)
Aetna Better Health of Maryland
BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
Employee Health Plan
Choice POS II Open Access
Navigate
Police and Fire Clinic
Network OA
Aetna Classic 3500
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Simcha Gratz, NP, MSN. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

Payments by Company
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $443 Oasis
$293 		GRAFIX PL
$100 		ALLEVYN LIFE L 15.4X15.4 CTN10
$23 		COLLAGENASE SANTYL
$15 		STRAVIX MESH
$12
Urgo Medical North America, LLC $317 VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP
$317
Organogenesis Inc. $160 PuraPly
$39 		Affinity
$36
$85
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $110 XARELTO
$110
Avita Medical Americas, LLC $67 RECELL
$67
Other $115 PriMatrix
$25 		Entre Plus
$18 		AQUACEL AG+
$17
$55
Types of Payments
Food and Beverage $1,212

Biography

Ms. Simcha Gratz is a specialist in plastic surgery and wound care. These areas are among her clinical interests: osteomyelitis, lymphedema, and lip augmentation. She is an in-network provider for several insurance carriers, including Blue California, Coventry, and Coventry Health Care Plans. Ms. Gratz is affiliated with MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital.

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