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Volume 7 Issue 3 - April 2013

Column

Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: Best Practices 2013
04/10/2013
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
  It seems impossible to believe that within a month’s time we will once again be heading to the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC)/Wound Healing Society (WHS) conference in beautiful Denver, CO. SAWC/WHS will bring together more than...
  It seems impossible to believe that within a month’s time we will once again be heading to the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC)/Wound Healing Society (WHS) conference in beautiful Denver, CO. SAWC/WHS will bring together more than...
  It seems impossible to believe...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
Business Briefs: Physicians and NPPs: Maintain Medicare Referring, Ordering, & Supervising Capabilities
04/10/2013
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
  Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent, guarantee, or...
  Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent, guarantee, or...
  Information regarding coding,...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Facility in Focus
Facility in Focus: Creating a Collaborative Wound Care Continuum
04/10/2013
Joe Darrah
Joe Darrah
  Bryn Mawr, PA — Give her 90 days, and Sharon Lynn Hannum, RN, will tell you she can devise, design, and launch a hospital-based outpatient wound care center from the ground up. Give her nine months, as did the administration at Main Line...
  Bryn Mawr, PA — Give her 90 days, and Sharon Lynn Hannum, RN, will tell you she can devise, design, and launch a hospital-based outpatient wound care center from the ground up. Give her nine months, as did the administration at Main Line...
  Bryn Mawr, PA — Give her 90...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Effective Measurers for Recruiting Wound Clinic Staff
04/10/2013
Chris Morrison, MD
Chris Morrison, MD
  In this evolving era of outcomes-based, cost-effective medicine, wound care programs are challenged to meet a new standard of improved healing rates and diminished liability – all at a lower cost. Gratefully, the science of wound care has...
  In this evolving era of outcomes-based, cost-effective medicine, wound care programs are challenged to meet a new standard of improved healing rates and diminished liability – all at a lower cost. Gratefully, the science of wound care has...
  In this evolving era of...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Diabetes Screening in the Wound Clinic: Reader Survey Results
04/10/2013
Joe Darrah
Joe Darrah
  Last month, Today’s Wound Clinic featured a comprehensive series of articles related to the management of diabetes within the wound clinic — from clinical issues such as the cardiovascular effects of diabetic foot ulcers to the importance...
  Last month, Today’s Wound Clinic featured a comprehensive series of articles related to the management of diabetes within the wound clinic — from clinical issues such as the cardiovascular effects of diabetic foot ulcers to the importance...
  Last month, Today’s Wound...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Making the Case for Specialized Wound Care
04/10/2013
D. Scott Covington, MD, FACS, CHWS
D. Scott Covington, MD, FACS, CHWS ...
  Although many physicians routinely treat acute wounds in their day-to-day practice, the variety and complexity of nonhealing chronic wounds presents a particular challenge. As with any chronic disease process, a wound, regardless of its...
  Although many physicians routinely treat acute wounds in their day-to-day practice, the variety and complexity of nonhealing chronic wounds presents a particular challenge. As with any chronic disease process, a wound, regardless of its...
  Although many physicians...
04/10/2013
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Improving Communication in the Wound Clinic
04/10/2013
Michael Cioroiu, MD, FACS, CWS & Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF
Michael Cioroiu, MD, FACS, CWS & ...
Editor’s note: There are no financial disclosures related to this article.   The era of pay-for-performance in healthcare is here, and payment formulas based on quality measures will soon become the standard. Because of related high-cost and...
Editor’s note: There are no financial disclosures related to this article.   The era of pay-for-performance in healthcare is here, and payment formulas based on quality measures will soon become the standard. Because of related high-cost and...
Editor’s note: There are no...
04/10/2013
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Feature

Infographic
Industry Insider: An Inside Look at ACell Inc.
04/10/2013
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Arjun R. Ishwar, product manager. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Arjun R. Ishwar (ARI): ACell has...
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Arjun R. Ishwar, product manager. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Arjun R. Ishwar (ARI): ACell has...
For this month’s feature,...
04/10/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Clinician's Report
Clinician’s Report: NPWT: Powered & Non-Powered
04/10/2013
KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. (KCI), SAN ANTONIO, TX FOUNDED: 1976 HOW MANY NPWT PRODUCTS DOES YOUR COMPANY PRODUCE? Five: ActiV.A.C.® Therapy System, InfoV.A.C.® Therapy System, V.A.C.® Freedom Therapy System, V.A.C.Via™ Therapy System, and,...
KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. (KCI), SAN ANTONIO, TX FOUNDED: 1976 HOW MANY NPWT PRODUCTS DOES YOUR COMPANY PRODUCE? Five: ActiV.A.C.® Therapy System, InfoV.A.C.® Therapy System, V.A.C.® Freedom Therapy System, V.A.C.Via™ Therapy System, and,...
KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. (KCI),...
04/10/2013
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Department

Workflow
Optimizing Wound Care Processes and Workflows to Drive Documentation Compliance
04/10/2013

Cathy Thomas Hess, BSN, RN, CWOCN

Cathy Thomas Hess, BSN, RN, CWOCN ...
  When thinking about the goals of documentation, consider the following:     • Any word has a singular meaning.     • Words placed in a particular order and sequence along with punctuation create a sentence.     • Sentences denote thoughts....
  When thinking about the goals of documentation, consider the following:     • Any word has a singular meaning.     • Words placed in a particular order and sequence along with punctuation create a sentence.     • Sentences denote thoughts....
  When thinking about the goals...
04/10/2013
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Letter From the Editor

Guest Editorial
Advocate for Your Wound Care Patients on the Proposed MAC Policy on CTPs
05/29/2024
Eric J. Lullove, DPM, CWSP
The MACs recently released proposed coverage policy updates for applying CTPs for DFUs and VLUs. This is your opportunity to effect change by submitting comments to the MACs before the policy becomes final. You have a responsibility to know...
The MACs recently released proposed coverage policy updates for applying CTPs for DFUs and VLUs. This is your opportunity to effect change by submitting comments to the MACs before the policy becomes final. You have a responsibility to know...
The MACs recently released...
05/29/2024
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From the Editor
The Future of Wound Care in the Quality Payment Program
03/13/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to...
03/13/2024
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From the Editor
The Non-Pressure Ulcer Episode-Based Cost Measure "Field Test" Began Feb. 1
02/05/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining...
02/05/2024
Today's Wound Clinic
Guest Editorial
The G-Code Solution to Skin Substitute Reimbursement
01/25/2024
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP
I am calling on CMS to adopt new G codes to replace Q code reimbursement and CPT 15000 codes for skin substitute application procedures and to establish skin substitute product code classes.
I am calling on CMS to adopt new G codes to replace Q code reimbursement and CPT 15000 codes for skin substitute application procedures and to establish skin substitute product code classes.
I am calling on CMS to adopt new...
01/25/2024
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Guest Editorial
Wound Size Matters: Analysis of the New Restrictive Skin Substitute LCD Policy
09/01/2023
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP, WMS
With so much ambiguity remaining, an immediate compromise on the number of applications to allow 7 is warranted both from an ethical and medical perspective. The current restriction of 4 applications is clearly not based on an accurate...
With so much ambiguity remaining, an immediate compromise on the number of applications to allow 7 is warranted both from an ethical and medical perspective. The current restriction of 4 applications is clearly not based on an accurate...
With so much ambiguity...
09/01/2023
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Guest Editorial
Wrestling With Implicit Bias to Deliver Better Care for Our Patients
06/01/2023
Monique L. Abner, MD, CWSP
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a...
06/01/2023
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From the Editor
Confessions of a Doctor With Lipedema
03/14/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how...
03/14/2023
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From the Editor
Why Won’t the DME Provide Dressings for My Patient?
02/23/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My...
02/23/2023
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Guest Editorial
How Wound Care Providers Can Treat Patients Like People, Not Like Cases
02/01/2023
Morgan McCoy
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care...
02/01/2023
Today's Wound Clinic
Guest Editorial
Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patients: Underreported or Very Rare?
01/11/2023
Shannon Kody, MD
Alex G. Ortega-Loayza, MD, MCR
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the...
01/11/2023
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Coping With COVID-19

Business Briefs
Telehealth Use Continues and Receives Further Medicare Payment 
01/25/2023
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been...
01/25/2023
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Waivers Q&A
09/07/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more...
09/07/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extension Also Applies to Telehealth
08/15/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health...
08/15/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Coding Changes, and Coverage Changes Continue
02/09/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review...
02/09/2022
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