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Volume 8 Issue 9 - November/December 2014

Column

Spotlight
SAWC Spotlight: Focus On: Multidisciplinary Education
12/15/2014
Joe Darrah
Joe Darrah
Physical Therapist, Registered Nurse Endorse SAWC’s Range of Content  
Physical Therapist, Registered Nurse Endorse SAWC’s Range of Content  
Physical Therapist, Registered...
12/15/2014
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Spotlight
Product Spotlight: Cutimed® Sorbact® by BSN medical
12/15/2014
Cutimed Sorbact is an alternative infection management product. It can be used to effectively remove bacteria from the wound or prophylactically to prevent an infection.  
Cutimed Sorbact is an alternative infection management product. It can be used to effectively remove bacteria from the wound or prophylactically to prevent an infection.  
Cutimed Sorbact is an...
12/15/2014
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Business Briefs
10 Preparation Steps for Charge Description Masters in 2015
12/15/2014
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Let’s review the major charge description master (CDM) changes that HOPD program directors should make and schedule for implementation when the clock strikes midnight Jan. 1.</  
Let’s review the major charge description master (CDM) changes that HOPD program directors should make and schedule for implementation when the clock strikes midnight Jan. 1.</  
Let’s review the major charge...
12/15/2014
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Letter from the Editor
Reader’s Choice Issue
12/15/2014
Joe Darrah
We asked you – our readers – to tell us what you wanted to see more coverage of. The results were valid, thought-provoking, and in many cases detail specific.  
We asked you – our readers – to tell us what you wanted to see more coverage of. The results were valid, thought-provoking, and in many cases detail specific.  
We asked you – our readers – to...
12/15/2014
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ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Documentation Tips for External Causes of Morbidity
12/15/2014
Donna J. Cartwright, MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA
This month’s tool covers “external causes of morbidity.”  
This month’s tool covers “external causes of morbidity.”  
This month’s tool covers...
12/15/2014
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Biofilm
Treating Chronic Wounds With Hypochlorous Acid Disrupts Biofilm
12/15/2014
Martin C. Robson, MD
Although the role of biofilm remains unclear, treatments that kill microorganisms and disrupt extracellular matrix of biofilm may aid in wound healing.     
Although the role of biofilm remains unclear, treatments that kill microorganisms and disrupt extracellular matrix of biofilm may aid in wound healing.     
Although the role of biofilm...
12/15/2014
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Appropriate Reporting of G-Codes & C-Modifiers by Therapists Who Treat Chronic Wounds
12/15/2014
Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, AWCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT, CORE
Stephanie Woelfel-Dyess, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS
Rose Hamm, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS
Therapy services must be reported appropriately in order to receive expected reimbursement. Here’s what PTs, OTs, and SLPs need to know.  
Therapy services must be reported appropriately in order to receive expected reimbursement. Here’s what PTs, OTs, and SLPs need to know.  
Therapy services must be...
12/15/2014
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Pressure Ulcers
Staging & Documenting Pressure Ulcers in the Wound Care Clinic
12/15/2014

Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN; R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, FRCPC, MACP, FAAD, MEd, DSc (Hons), MAPWCA; Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU; Sarah Lebovits, MS, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU; Komal Saggu, MS, RN, NP-C, CWOCN, IIWCC-NYU

Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC...
Wound care providers in the outpatient clinic must be mindful of how pressure ulcers among their LTC referrals are likely to be staged in order to improve outcomes.  
Wound care providers in the outpatient clinic must be mindful of how pressure ulcers among their LTC referrals are likely to be staged in order to improve outcomes.  
Wound care providers in the...
12/15/2014
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Providing Appropriate Care to Patients Living With Malignant Wounds
12/15/2014
Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWOCN
From physical pain to emotional stressors, wound care providers have to consider many factors when establishing care plans and monitoring treatment for their cancer patients.  
From physical pain to emotional stressors, wound care providers have to consider many factors when establishing care plans and monitoring treatment for their cancer patients.  
From physical pain to emotional...
12/15/2014
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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
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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
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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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