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Volume 13 Issue 11 - November 2019

Column

Executive Spotlight
Anthony J. Dolisi, Olaregen Therapeutix
11/06/2019
Q: Please provide a short description of your background, training and experience.
Q: Please provide a short description of your background, training and experience.
Q: Please provide a short...
11/06/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
Reimbursement Pearls From Wound Clinic Business 2019
11/06/2019
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 accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and...
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and...
Information regarding coding,...
11/06/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Medicare (Non) Coverage for Debridement: The WPS LCD and What We Really Need to Worry About
11/06/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A new Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for debridement does not include diabetic foot ulcers in the list of conditions for which debridement is covered. However, the real omission may be “the wounds with no name.” Wisconsin Physicians...
A new Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for debridement does not include diabetic foot ulcers in the list of conditions for which debridement is covered. However, the real omission may be “the wounds with no name.” Wisconsin Physicians...
A new Local Coverage...
11/06/2019
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Insights

Executive Spotlight
Anthony J. Dolisi, Olaregen Therapeutix
11/06/2019
Q: Please provide a short description of your background, training and experience.
Q: Please provide a short description of your background, training and experience.
Q: Please provide a short...
11/06/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Medicare (Non) Coverage for Debridement: The WPS LCD and What We Really Need to Worry About
11/06/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A new Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for debridement does not include diabetic foot ulcers in the list of conditions for which debridement is covered. However, the real omission may be “the wounds with no name.” Wisconsin Physicians...
A new Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for debridement does not include diabetic foot ulcers in the list of conditions for which debridement is covered. However, the real omission may be “the wounds with no name.” Wisconsin Physicians...
A new Local Coverage...
11/06/2019
Today's Wound Clinic

Department

HBOT
How a New HBOT Law Poses a Dilemma for North Carolina’s Wound Clinics
11/05/2019

Dick Clarke

Dick Clarke
This author takes a look at a law governing hyperbaric access in North Carolina and its implications for wound clinics. On Oct. 1, a bill entitled the “North Carolina Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder...
This author takes a look at a law governing hyperbaric access in North Carolina and its implications for wound clinics. On Oct. 1, a bill entitled the “North Carolina Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder...
This author takes a look at a...
11/05/2019
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Pressure Injuries
What Really Causes Pressure Ulcers and How Can We Prevent Them?
11/05/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
This author shares a story of a pressure ulcer that occurred during an unrelated surgery and theorizes that some pressure ulcers are due to angiosomal ischemia and not localized pressure. You can’t get the right prevention in place if you...
This author shares a story of a pressure ulcer that occurred during an unrelated surgery and theorizes that some pressure ulcers are due to angiosomal ischemia and not localized pressure. You can’t get the right prevention in place if you...
This author shares a story of a...
11/05/2019
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ICD-11-MMS
What Is Your Wound Clinic’s Status of Converting to the New ICD-11-MMS Coding System?
11/04/2019
Donna J. Cartwright, MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA
The implementation of the new International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11-MMS) system is coming in the next few years. This author provides a guide to conversion to the new system,...
The implementation of the new International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11-MMS) system is coming in the next few years. This author provides a guide to conversion to the new system,...
The implementation of the new...
11/04/2019
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CMS
Get on Board With the Quality Payment Program
11/04/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
In the last two years, the Quality Payment Program (QPP) has changed the way wound clinicians practice. This author assesses the status of the QPP, specifically how the program can help improve the quality of patient care and patient outcomes...
In the last two years, the Quality Payment Program (QPP) has changed the way wound clinicians practice. This author assesses the status of the QPP, specifically how the program can help improve the quality of patient care and patient outcomes...
In the last two years, the...
11/04/2019
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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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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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