Fort Sanders Perinatal Center

FORT SANDERS PERINATAL CENTER WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE WOMEN'S SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE OBSTETRICAL SERVICES TO WOMEN, INCLUDING WOMEN WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES. FORT SANDERS PERINATAL CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE FORT SANDERS COMMUNITY OF DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM.

FORT SANDERS PERINATAL CENTER (THE "CENTER") PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO WOMEN IN EAST TENNESSEE. THE CENTER SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING OBSTETRICAL CARE TO WOMEN WITH HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES AS WELL AS OBSTETRICAL/GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES TO THE AREA. SOME SERVICES THE CENTER PROVIDES, SUCH AS GENETIC COUNSELING, WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE IN KNOX AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES IF THE CENTER DID NOT EXIST. THE CENTER PROVIDES CARE TO THOSE IN NEED REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF PAYMENT OR ABILITY TO PAY. DURING 2021, 48% OF THE CENTER'S PATIENTS WERE COVERED BY TENNCARE, TENNESSEE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, UNDER WHICH COSTS EXCEED REIMBURSEMENT. IN 2021, THE CENTER HAD 81,480 OFFICE VISITS AND PERFORMED 2,288 DELIVERIES.COVENANT HEALTHFORT SANDERS PERINATAL IS A MEMBER OF COVENANT HEALTH. COVENANT HEALTH IS A COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY-OWNED HEALTH SYSTEM DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. ESTABLISHED IN 1996 BY THE CONSOLIDATION OF FORT SANDERS HEALTH SYSTEM, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND MMC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN OAK RIDGE, COVENANT HEALTH IS GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. WITH MORE THAN 11,000 EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS AND VOLUNTEERS, COVENANT HEALTH IS THE KNOXVILLE AREA'S LARGEST EMPLOYER AND HAS BEEN NAMED A BEST EMPLOYER SEVEN TIMES BY FORBES. COVENANT HEALTH INCLUDES NINE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN EAST TENNESSEE: METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE, FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER IN KNOXVILLE, FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER IN LENOIR CITY, LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER IN SEVIERVILLE, MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN MORRISTOWN, ROANE MEDICAL CENTER IN HARRIMAN, CLAIBORNE MEDICAL CENTER IN TAZEWELL AND CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER IN CROSSVILLE. IT ALSO INCLUDES PENINSULA, A DIVISION OF PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER, A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IN BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THE HEALTH SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES COVENANT MEDICAL GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN 200 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANS IN OFFICE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EAST TENNESSEE.AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER, THOMPSON ONCOLOGY GROUP, FORTRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES, COVENANT HOMECARE, AND FORT SANDERS PERINATAL CENTER. PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE FORT SANDERS FOUNDATION AND THE THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER FOUNDATION IN KNOXVILLE, METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION IN OAK RIDGE, DR. ROBERT F. THOMAS FOUNDATION IN SEVIERVILLE, AND MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION IN MORRISTOWN. FUNDS RAISED BY THE FOUNDATIONS PROVIDE SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE.FORT SANDERS PERINATAL, AS A MEMBER OF THE COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM, BENEFITS FROM THE COLLABORATION AMONG ALL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, PATIENT SAFETY AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF CARE FOR THE COMMUNITIES SERVED.