Volume 11 Issue 12 - December 2017
News
News
12/08/2017
“Measures Under Consideration” List for 2018 Pre-Rulemaking Released
“Measures Under Consideration” List for 2018 Pre-Rulemaking Released
“Measures Under Consideration”...
12/08/2017
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News
12/08/2017
Advanced Practice Nurse Joins Arkansas Wound Clinic
Advanced Practice Nurse Joins Arkansas Wound Clinic
Advanced Practice Nurse Joins...
12/08/2017
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Clinical and Industry News
12/08/2017
VA Launches Wound Care Telehealth Program
VA Launches Wound Care Telehealth Program
VA Launches Wound...
12/08/2017
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Column
Let's be Frank
12/08/2017
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
I was assigned to write a column on how wound care clinics can successfully integrate physical therapy into their new and established programs based on responses that Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) received through its most recent Reader’s Choice...
I was assigned to write a column on how wound care clinics can successfully integrate physical therapy into their new and established programs based on responses that Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) received through its most recent Reader’s Choice...
I was assigned to write a column...
12/08/2017
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Legal Counsel
12/08/2017
James R. Ravitz & Rachel Hold-Weiss
James R. Ravitz & Rachel Hold-Wei...
Many people who require treatments for chronic wounds are elderly patients with limited mobility. Some of these patients live in areas that require significant travel to the wound clinic, such as a rural community. Many of these patients may...
Many people who require treatments for chronic wounds are elderly patients with limited mobility. Some of these patients live in areas that require significant travel to the wound clinic, such as a rural community. Many of these patients may...
Many people who require...
12/08/2017
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Business Briefs
12/06/2017
Editor’s Note: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, author of Business Briefs, will be on extended vacation through early 2018. While she’s away, we will feature guest authors in this column space. Ms. Schaum will return to her column beginning with the...
Editor’s Note: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, author of Business Briefs, will be on extended vacation through early 2018. While she’s away, we will feature guest authors in this column space. Ms. Schaum will return to her column beginning with the...
Editor’s Note: Kathleen D....
12/06/2017
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Letter from the Editor
12/06/2017
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Each patient I am currently treating with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), plan to treat, or have recently treated is under some type of payment review, either by my Medicare Administrative Contractor (eg, prepayment review) or by a private...
Each patient I am currently treating with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), plan to treat, or have recently treated is under some type of payment review, either by my Medicare Administrative Contractor (eg, prepayment review) or by a private...
Each patient I am currently...
12/06/2017
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12/06/2017
When it comes to trying new products on wound clinic patients, “creative” relationships may tend to emerge between clinics and manufacturers. But what are the questions that healthcare providers should raise when determining what might be...
When it comes to trying new products on wound clinic patients, “creative” relationships may tend to emerge between clinics and manufacturers. But what are the questions that healthcare providers should raise when determining what might be...
When it comes to trying new...
12/06/2017
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Venous Ulcers
12/06/2017
Stephanie F. Bernatchez, PhD
Lynn Peterson, RN, BSN, WOCN
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Wound care clinicians may be wary of initiating compression therapy when arterial disease is present due to fears for patient safety. This article will instruct providers on appropriate assessment and treatment.
INTRODUCTION
Wound care clinicians may be wary of initiating compression therapy when arterial disease is present due to fears for patient safety. This article will instruct providers on appropriate assessment and treatment.
INTRODUCTION
Wound care clinicians may be...
12/06/2017
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Pain Management
12/06/2017
Jay Joshi, MD, DABA, DABAPM, FABAPM
Just as primary care providers are encouraged to refer wound patients to outpatient clinics, these clinics should be making referrals to pain specialists. But when should referral occur?
Just as primary care providers are encouraged to refer wound patients to outpatient clinics, these clinics should be making referrals to pain specialists. But when should referral occur?
Just as primary care providers...
12/06/2017
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