When patients need to see a doctor, they want it to be as convenient as possible. For this reason, Z Urology is expanding its practice to offer services to more patients in south Broward County through an affiliation with Memorial Pembroke and Memorial West, as well as increasing the number of Humana patients they serve.
“We have always had a large Humana patient base, but now it’s growing even more,” explained Vicky Robbins, director of administration, of the company’s capitation with Humana and affiliation with several more physician groups. “Our capitation started in February, though we have been servicing both capitation and non-capitation Humana patients for 11 years now.”
Staff privileges at Memorial Pembroke and Memorial West will also enable Z Urology to expand care to more patients. “So many people in south Broward County drive a long way to see us, so we’re hoping that now that we have presence at two Memorial hospitals, it won’t be long before we have a physical office there,” said Mini Varghese, M.D. Z Urology is currently in the process of opening an office in Pompano Beach, and also serves patients at Florida Medical Center, West Boca Medical Center, Broward Health North, Broward Health Imperial Point, Broward Health Coral Springs and Northwest Medical Center.In the meantime, patients at Memorial Pembroke and Memorial West will have access to Z Urology’s brand of superior urological care, which includes specialization in many different niches of urology. “All of us do general urology, but two of our physicians also specialize in kidney cancer, and I specialize in prostate cancer,” explained Dr. Varghese. “Another physician specializes in pediatric and female urology, so between us, we provide a lot of expertise.
“This level of subspecialty care enables us to deal with challenging cases, for example, complicated cancers or stone cases,” she added. “We have each other’s expertise to refer to, which gives us the ability to make sure that we are providing the best possible options to patients; very few cases come to us that we can’t handle.”
