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CDC PLACES (2023, crude) estimates 13.5% of adults in Clearwater have diagnosed diabetes — 1.5 points above the U.S. 12% figure. Census population 117,539. Florida Medicare wound biologics: First Coast Service Options (JN). Hawk Medical is a national HCT/P 361 and wound-care distributor serving licensed Clearwater clinics — not a walk-in office.
Written for licensed providers. Reviewed by Joe Bradley, Founder & CEO. Content version 2026-09-18. Hawk Medical ships nationwide — this is not a Clearwater storefront.
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Adult arthritis here is 29.4% (CDC PLACES 2023, crude). That is the joint-pain backdrop for PRP and orthobiologics — not a promise that every arthritic knee is a candidate. CDC PLACES (2023, crude) estimates 13.5% of adults in Clearwater have diagnosed diabetes — 1.5 points above the U.S. 12% figure. Together those PLACES numbers are why a city under 250k still needs separate PRP and CTP protocols. chronic wound treatment inventory is national; utilization is JN-local.
National Chronic Wound Treatment That Works notes (how the product actually works)JN reviewers still want serial wound measurements and conservative-care history before CTPs, whether diabetes in Clearwater is 13.5% or not. PLACES is planning data. The LCD is the claim.
If you already buy chronic wound treatment elsewhere, use this page as a check: homologous-use language, current First Coast Service Options article IDs, and PLACES 13.5% diabetes as the epidemiologic floor. If that is how you already practice, the catalog will fit.
CDC PLACES (2023, crude prevalence) estimates 13.5% of adults — 1.5 points above the U.S. 12% figure. Obesity is 33.3%; arthritis is 29.4%. That is place-level BRFSS modeling, not a clinic census and not a Clearwater trial.
No. First Coast Service Options writes coverage. We train staff on documentation patterns those articles already require (wound measurements, conservative care, units). That is support, not a coverage guarantee.
Yes. Tissue products come from FDA-registered banks with donor screening and lot traceability. Your receiving SOP should file IFU, lot, and indication with the chart. That packet is what JN reviewers and surveyors expect — not a brochure.
Florida is JN. A sister clinic in another state may be a different contractor with different CTP articles. Do not assume one utilization policy ports. We map both if you operate across MACs.
Ask for the IFU, the lot-traceability packet, and the First Coast Service Options article IDs for the codes you actually bill. If the sales sheet cannot produce those, do not put it in a Clearwater fridge. That is how an account with us starts.
Contact us to learn how Hawk Medical supports practices in Clearwater, FL.
Hawk Medical is a national distributor. Joe Bradley’s clinic uses the same product classes. What is local for Clearwater is JN geography and published epidemiology — not a street address.
CDC PLACES 2023 crude rate for Clearwater — 1.5 points above the U.S. 12% figure. Planning input, not an outcomes claim.
Florida Part B wound biologics follow this contractor (siblings: no other states). We train to the articles. We do not write coverage.
PLACES crude adult arthritis in Clearwater. Useful for joint-program math; still needs a diagnosis and privileging.
No Clearwater storefront. Joe Bradley is an active practice owner. chronic wound treatment stays in its regulatory lane — not “FDA-approved stem cell therapy.”
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