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Massena Memorial Hospital plans to open wound care center; 'revenue greater than deal with VA clinic,' CEO says

Posted 3/24/15

By ANDY GARDNER MASSENA -- Massena Memorial Hospital is in the process of opening a wound care center, MMH CEO Robert Wolleben told the Board of Managers on Monday night. He said he is talking with …

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Massena Memorial Hospital plans to open wound care center; 'revenue greater than deal with VA clinic,' CEO says

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By ANDY GARDNER

MASSENA -- Massena Memorial Hospital is in the process of opening a wound care center, MMH CEO Robert Wolleben told the Board of Managers on Monday night.

He said he is talking with Excellacare, the second largest wound care provider in the U.S.

He anticipates it will bring in revenue greater than what they saw from the VA clinic.

“It would return to us … more revenue … than the Veterans’ Administration has,” Wolleben said.

MMH made about $350,000 from the VA clinic but their books probably won’t show that big of a deficit.

“I figure it’s going to be about half that,” Wolleben said. Veterans getting treatment at the new downtown clinic will still need to come to MMH for certain tests and medical imaging.

He said there may be some difficulties along the way. Exellacare will soon merge with the nation’s largest wound care company, Healogics, which runs the Rev. Thomas T. Patterson Wound Center in Ogdensburg.

Wolleben said there is a non-competition clause in the company’s contract with Claxton-Hepburn, so they would have to negotiate if and when the two wound care providers merge.

“We happen to be in that radius. We’re going to have to work with Claxton-Hepburn to get an exception to that. I think we can do that,” Wolleben said.