Volume 13 Issue 2 - February 2019
Video
02/08/2019
In this exclusive three-part video series, Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) speaks with Daniel Kapp, MD, chief of plastic surgery at Palm Beach Gardens (FL) Medical Center and medical director of the Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center at Jupiter...
In this exclusive three-part video series, Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) speaks with Daniel Kapp, MD, chief of plastic surgery at Palm Beach Gardens (FL) Medical Center and medical director of the Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center at Jupiter...
In this exclusive three-part...
02/08/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
02/08/2019
Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, MS, CWS, FAAWC
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Today’s long-term care patients are more likely to be sicker and in need of specialized wound care. What should outpatient centers know about regulations and procedures in skilled nursing facilities to ensure a better patient care experience?
Today’s long-term care patients are more likely to be sicker and in need of specialized wound care. What should outpatient centers know about regulations and procedures in skilled nursing facilities to ensure a better patient care experience?
Today’s long-term care patients...
02/08/2019
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Nutrition
02/08/2019
Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RDN, FAND
As skin ages, people will become more susceptible to chronic wounds. What do outpatient providers need to know to keep their patients healthy when collaborating with long-term care facilities?
As skin ages, people will become more susceptible to chronic wounds. What do outpatient providers need to know to keep their patients healthy when collaborating with long-term care facilities?
As skin ages, people will become...
02/08/2019
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News Update
02/08/2019
The incidence and severity of wound botulism cases among patients in California as a result of opioid drug injection continues to make national headlines. Following up on a January report by Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC), the Centers for Disease...
The incidence and severity of wound botulism cases among patients in California as a result of opioid drug injection continues to make national headlines. Following up on a January report by Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC), the Centers for Disease...
The incidence and severity of...
02/08/2019
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Column
Business Briefs
02/08/2019
National Correct Coding Initiative edits continue to be an area of confusion for many wound care stakeholders.
This article offers helpful resources and a practice exercise to help keep wound clinics current.
National Correct Coding Initiative edits continue to be an area of confusion for many wound care stakeholders.
This article offers helpful resources and a practice exercise to help keep wound clinics current.
National Correct Coding...
02/08/2019
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From the Editor
02/08/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of...
02/08/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Consultation Corner
02/08/2019
Medicare covers many medical options that are not the subject of NCDs, LCDs, and/or articles. However, in those instances, the wound management providers and professionals own the responsibility of verifying that: 1) their selected medical...
Medicare covers many medical options that are not the subject of NCDs, LCDs, and/or articles. However, in those instances, the wound management providers and professionals own the responsibility of verifying that: 1) their selected medical...
Medicare covers many medical...
02/08/2019
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Let's Be Frank
02/08/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
Our most challenging patients, clinically speaking, may also push us to the limit in other ways. It’s up to wound care clinicians to not quit on them.
Our most challenging patients, clinically speaking, may also push us to the limit in other ways. It’s up to wound care clinicians to not quit on them.
Our most challenging patients,...
02/08/2019
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Insights
From the Editor
02/08/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of...
02/08/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Let's Be Frank
02/08/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
Our most challenging patients, clinically speaking, may also push us to the limit in other ways. It’s up to wound care clinicians to not quit on them.
Our most challenging patients, clinically speaking, may also push us to the limit in other ways. It’s up to wound care clinicians to not quit on them.
Our most challenging patients,...
02/08/2019
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