Scott & White Health Plan (SWHP)

See Schedule OScott & White Clinic (SWC) is a faith-based, nonprofit physician group providing exemplary patient care services to the residents of Bell County and the surrounding communities since 1904 and is a key component in fulfilling the overall charitable mission of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH). SWC 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 1,250 patient access points including 51 hospitals, 612 specialty care clinics, 261 outpatient clinics, 160 primary care clinics, 30 pharmacies, 31 ambulatory surgery centers, and more than 7,100 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 1,200,000 lives. SWC is one of the nation's largest multi-specialty group practices providing adult and pediatric care. Its integrated, high-quality care is delivered by over 2,200 providers, with more than 1,540 physicians and more than 680 advanced practice professionals. These physicians include approximately 270 primary care physicians, 140 hospitalists, 60 general pediatric physicians, 40 pediatric specialists, 260 surgical specialists, 200 anesthesia, radiology and pathology physicians, and 570 physicians in medical specialties. SWC had approximately 3.6 million patient visits during the year.SWC operates on a portion of the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Temple campus and offers a number of special services and programs, which are available to all patients of the BSWH's central Texas hospitals. These include medical and surgical sub-specialties, magnetic resonance imaging, radiological services, lithotripsy, dialysis, laboratory services, and other ancillary services. SWC is recognized as a leader in diagnostic and specialty care across the Southwest United States. In addition to the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Temple Campus, SWC operates approximately 70 regional facilities, located throughout the central Texas area. Additionally, SWC operates four dialysis centers and a cancer center in Killeen, Texas. SWC 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, SWC provided free or discounted care with an estimated unreimbursed cost of more than $22.1 Million to indigent patients qualifying under the financial assistance policy. Also, as part of its mission and charitable purpose, SWC 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. SWC physicians make up the preponderance of the supervising physicians for the BSWH graduate medical education programs in central Texas. SWC physicians serve as faculty for the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine, training over 30 undergraduate medical students. Baylor College of Medicine began their first year of Medical Student matriculation on the Temple Campus with a total of 40 students. SWC staff physicians also provide training for 463 residents and fellows participating in 38 ACGME accredited programs sponsored by Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple (BSW Temple). A Physician Assistant Program was started during FY 22 and there are 40 students participating in that program. Additional clinical programs include Podiatry, Psychology and Medical Physics with 18 residents. SWC provides faculty, facilities and lab space for area high school programs focusing on research sciences education. Through these programs, high school students can gain exposure to healthcare professions while earning high school and college credits.