News September 2021

Net Health and Organogenesis Partner for More Efficient Insurance Benefits Verification

Net Health, a leading provider of cloud-based software for specialty medical providers, recently announced that Organogenesis Holdings Inc. has become the first company to utilize Net Health® Wound Care's latest CTP Connections Module to electronically submit insurance benefits verification forms. Through this partnership, Net Health says hospital and outpatient wound care providers can quickly and efficiently verify benefits for Organogenesis's portfolio of cell- and tissue-based products (CTPs).

Net Health Wound Care, formerly WoundExpert^®, is the company's proprietary web-based electronic health record (EHR) platform for wound care management. Organogenesis Advanced Wound Care (AWC) products are covered by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and some have local coverage determinations (LCDs). Additionally, the company notes more than 1,500 commercial health insurance plans cover Apligraf^® and Dermagraft^®, and the rest of Organogenesis's portfolio of products.

For reimbursement purposes, most providers verify patient benefits before applying wound care products. Net Health says the new partnership allows users to submit patient information securely in electronic form, minimizing the potential for costly administrative errors and producing faster responses from payors.

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Aatru Medical Launches New NPWT Surgical Incision Management System

Aatru Medical, LLC recently announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Class II clearance of the NPSIMS^™ Negative Pressure Surgical Incision Management System.

As the company says, the NPSIMS utilizes an innovative mode-of-action that eliminates the expensive electro-mechanical pump, battery, and electronics found in most other negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems being deployed for closed surgical incision applications. Aatru says the single-use, disposable NPSIMS is easily activated and operates silently during therapy delivery. A patented preassembled dressing provides ease-of-application with exceptional “sealing” capability while providing patient comfort and ergonometric appeal.

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Imbed Biosciences and Spartan Medical Provide Advanced Surgical and Wound Care Products to U.S. Vets and Military

Imbed Biosciences, a developer of advanced biomaterials and soft tissue repair devices, announced recently that it has signed a distribution agreement with Spartan Medical. The distribution agreement will provide customers in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) access to both Microlyte® Matrix and Microlyte® Surgical product lines, notes a press release.

Microlyte^® Matrix polymeric multilayer platform presents bioactive molecules on tissue surfaces to combat local pain and infections, support soft-tissue repair, and reduce antibiotic over prescription and opioid abuse, notes a press release.

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