Podiatry
Expert foot and lower extremity care brought to your residents bedside, helping mobility, balance, and independence.
Currently offering podiatric services in:
Overview
On-Site Podiatric Care
Encore's podiatrists provide nail and skin care, diabetic foot management, and advanced wound treatment at the bedside, reducing falls, infections, and hospitalizations without disrupting your facility's workflow.
Routine & Therapeutic Nail Care
Same clinical team · Every visit · Every patient
DPM-Credentialed Podiatrists
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine · No outside referrals needed
Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
Exams · Ulcer care · Diabetic shoes · Amputation prevention
CMS-Ready Documentation
Medicare-compliant · EHR-integrated · Care plan coordination
No Cost to Your Facility
Billed directly through Medicare Part B
Our Approach
Every Step of the Way
Encore integrates podiatric care into your existing workflows, following Medicare guidelines and coordinating with your nursing and therapy teams while keeping residents mobile and complication-free.
Facility Onboarding & Scheduling
We work with your care team from day one to build a rounding schedule that follows Medicare guidelines and fits your facility's existing routines.
Lower Extremity Evaluation
Each patient receives a thorough vascular, neurological, dermatological, and musculoskeletal assessment to identify risk factors and establish care plan.
Routine Nail & Skin Care
Therapeutic nail debridement, callus reduction, and skin care are performed bedside on a consistent schedule, reducing risk and improving comfort.
Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
Our podiatrists manage ulcers on-site with evidence-based debridement, advanced dressings, offloading, diabetic shoe fitting, and biologics.
Coordination with Nursing, PT/OT & Primary Care
We collaborate closely with your facility's interdisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, whole-patient care.
Consistent Weekly Rounding
Predictable, scheduled visits from the same trusted provider, every week for every patient on the podiatry caseload.
Staff Education & Early Identification Training
We train your nursing staff to identify foot concerns early, monitor high-risk patients daily, and promote proper footwear and hygiene between visits.
24/7 On-Call Access
Urgent foot concerns (infections, acute wounds, sudden changes) are covered around the clock between scheduled visits.
Clinical Results
Outcomes-Focused
Regular podiatric care reduces falls, infections, and hospitalizations while improving quality of life and supporting chronic disease management across the post-acute care settings we serve.
Early Detection
of foot complications before they escalate
Via comprehensive lower extremity evaluation every visit
Our podiatrists assess vascular status, neurological function, skin integrity, and nail conditions at every visit, catching problems early before they become infections, ulcers, or amputations.
Fewer Falls
Through proactive foot and gait management
Foot pain and deformity are leading contributors to fall risk
By addressing pain, deformity, footwear fit, and gait abnormalities, our podiatrists directly reduce the fall risk that affects nearly one in three LTC residents annually.
Faster Healing
49 Days Avg. Healing: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
National avg: 50–85 days
Encore heals diabetic foot ulcers up to 42% faster than the national average, significantly reducing the risk of infection, hospitalization, and limb-threatening amputation.
Reduced Readmissions
Emergency Visits & Hospitalizations
Regular podiatric care is proven to lower ER utilization
Consistent monitoring of high-risk patients means infections, ischemic changes, and wound complications are identified and treated before they require emergency intervention.
Cost Savings
For LTC facilities and payers
Hospitalization prevention is the highest-value outcome
Preventing a single diabetic foot hospitalization saves tens of thousands of dollars. Our proactive model is designed to keep residents in-facility, healthy, and off expensive acute care pathways.
Zero Disruption
No Outside Referrals Required
Full scope of podiatric care delivered at bedside
From routine nail care and diabetic shoe fitting to advanced wound debridement and biologics, our podiatrists bring the full scope of care directly to your residents. No transport, no disruption.
Clinical Capabilities
Procedures & Treatments
Our podiatrists perform a comprehensive range of foot and lower extremity procedures directly at the bedside, eliminating outside referrals and keeping your residents in-facility.
Nail Debridement
Routine and therapeutic nail care for thickened, dystrophic, or fungal nails.
Ingrown Nail Treatment
Partial or total nail avulsion with or without matrixectomy for permanent relief.
Diabetic Foot Exam
Comprehensive vascular and neurological assessment to identify risk and prevent complications.
Callus & Corn Reduction
Debridement of hyperkeratotic lesions to relieve pressure and reduce ulcer risk.
Diabetic Shoe & Orthotic Fitting
Fitting and dispensing of diabetic shoes, custom orthotics, and balance bracing.
Sharp Debridement
Precise removal of necrotic tissue at the bedside to accelerate wound healing.
Wound Dressing & NPWT
Advanced dressing selection and negative pressure wound therapy for complex foot wounds.
Fluorescence Imaging
Non-invasive bacterial detection to guide treatment and monitor wound bed health.
Advanced Biologics
Application of cellular and tissue-based products for difficult-to-heal foot ulcers.
Conditions we treat:
Powered by Technology
WoundTracker
Encore's proprietary WoundTracker platform uses intelligent algorithms to provide real-time healing insights, early complication detection, and CMS-ready documentation, all integrated directly into your facility's workflow.
- Real-time wound progression tracking
- Early complication detection alerts
- Survey-ready, CMS-compliant documentation
- EHR integration and MDS coding support
- Clinical photography with timestamped records
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.