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Journal of Clinical Pathways
Ready or Not: Assessment of Readiness for Oncology Value-Based Care Program Participation
08/23/2024
Conducting a thorough and systemic evaluation of practice readiness for value-based care (VBC) programs empowers practices to make informed decisions about VBC model participation. VBC programs like the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) offers the opportunity for prospective participants to understand program requirements, risk/reward, and processes that will impact success. Learn more about the results of an assessment involving oncology practices that engaged in this model.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Beyond the Diagnosis: Exploring the Multifaceted Distress Profile of Patients With Cancer
08/23/2024
To fully understand and rectify impediments to optimal patient outcomes and experiences for patients with cancer, researchers reviewed health-related social needs (HRSN) to fully understand how to provide support to affected patients. Researchers highlight the complex nature of distress to help health care professionals, caregivers, and support systems coordinate social support services for patients with cancer.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
A Pilot Program of Automated Patient Identification for Survivorship Resources Using Clinical Oncology Pathways
08/23/2024
Manual electronic health records (EHR) can help bridge the gap between patients with cancer and survivorship resources. In this study, researchers conducted a pilot using a web-based clinical pathways decision-support platform to provide customized survivorship resources for patients with cancer.
Gastroenterology
HCC Surveillance Program for Patients With Hepatitis C Cirrhosis
08/23/2024
Surveillance-detected cases of hepatocellular carcinoma were more likely to be unifocal and early-stage, and tumors were smaller than incident cases.
EMSWorld
ImageTrend Acquires FlowMSP
08/23/2024
ImageTrend announces the purchase of FlowMSP, a company that provides a pre-incident planning process that works across any device and quickly distributes critical information via dispatch.
Rheumatology & Arthritis
No Major Risk of CVD Events With JAKs or bDMARDs in RA
08/23/2024
A recent study found no significant difference in the risk of cardiovascular events among rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with Janus kinase inhibitors or biologic disease-modifying drugs.
Foot and Ankle Surgery Institute
Venous Stasis and Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Case Reports
08/23/2024
Dr. James LaPolla, Jr. presents two cases using InnovaMatrix AC.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Claims Payment Status for On-Pathway Navigations Across an Academic Cancer Center and its Network
08/23/2024
Delays in cancer treatment authorization often impede optimal patient care. In this retrospective assessment of payment rates, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute explores payer approval decisions for on-pathway treatments.
Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network
Study Compares AEs Associated With Tofacitinib vs Biologics Before Colectomy
08/23/2024
Complications among patients with ulcerative colitis undergoing colectomy were not associated with the drug class of preoperative therapies.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Impact of an EHR-Embedded Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tool on Guideline Adoption: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinician Adaptation to Treatment Intensification in Prostate Cancer
08/23/2024
According to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, clinical decision support (CDS) tools can foster an accelerated uptake of new therapies compared to non-users. In this study, researchers used a CDS tool called Flatiron AssistTM, embedded in the electronic health record (EHR), to facilitate the selection and documentation of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) concordant treatment regimens, undergoing monthly updates aligned with NCCN Guidelines.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Building an Episode of Care to Reduce Time to Treatment
08/23/2024
When previously identifying causes of delay in cancer treatment, existing workflows often did not provide consistent timelines estimated for providers to diagnose and treat patients. To reduce time to treatment, researchers employed a pilot dedicated to nurse practitioner follow-ups on patients with lung nodules and nonneoplastic lesions to determine whether or not this pathway effectively reduces time to diagnosis and treatment.
Oncology
Significance of Dostarlimab Plus Chemotherapy Approval for Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
08/23/2024
BJ Rimel, MD, shares insights on the recent FDA approval which expanded the previous indication for dostarlimab plus carboplatin-paclitaxel for all patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Iris: Using a Telehealth Platform to Provide Virtual Supportive Care for Patients in Oncology
08/23/2024
Telehealth technologies are emerging as transformative tools in health care. Implementing telehealth strategies allows providers to bridge the gap between access to support services, improving patient outcomes and overall experience. In a study conducted by OncoHealth, known as Iris, researchers demonstrated how telehealth services were utilized with an actual patient, highlighting the benefits of their transformative tool.
Cancer Care Business Exchange
Building an Episode of Care to Reduce Time to Treatment
08/23/2024
When previously identifying causes of delay in cancer treatment, existing workflows often did not provide consistent timelines estimated for providers to diagnose and treat patients. To reduce time to treatment, researchers employed a pilot dedicated to nurse practitioner follow-ups on patients with lung nodules and nonneoplastic lesions to determine whether or not this pathway effectively reduces time to diagnosis and treatment.
First Report Managed Care
Study Finds Gemcitabine-Docetaxel Combo Outperforms BCG in Treating High-Risk Bladder Cancer
08/23/2024
Gemcitabine and docetaxel therapy may be a viable alternative to bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Pharmacy Learning Network
Pharmacy Surrenders DEA Registration, Agrees to Fine to Resolve Opioid Allegations
08/23/2024
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has announced a settlement to resolve allegations against Professional Pharmacy & Convalescent Products, Ltd., a Pottstown, PA, pharmacy.
Cath Lab Digest, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, CardioVascular
Semaglutide May Help Prevent Heart Attacks and Other MACE Among Overweight People With CV Disease, Whether or Not They Also Have Heart Failure
08/23/2024
Professor John Deanfield (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) said: “Our previous SELECT analysis showed the benefits of semaglutide for people with cardiovascular disease who had obesity or were overweight. This new study finds that, within this group, people with heart failure did just as well as people without in terms of the outcomes we measured."
First Report Managed Care
Study Finds Low Vaccination Rates Among Pregnant Women With HIV
08/23/2024
Despite recommendations for routine prenatal care, pregnant women living with HIV (PLHIV) are receiving routine vaccinations at alarmingly low rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Vascular Disease Management
Using Data to Determine Your Treatment Algorithm for Complex SFA Lesions
08/23/2024
Watch this live case symposium and expert panel discussion on drug elution and vessel prep treatment algorithms featuring Drs. Eric Secemsky, Zola N'Dandu, Sonya Noor, and Robert Lookstein that was recorded at AMP 2024.
Foot and Ankle Surgery Institute, Surgery
Hard to Heal Wounds
08/23/2024
Dr. Oldani discusses several challenging surgical cases involving difficult-to-heal wounds.

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Today's Wound Clinic Newsletter

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
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
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
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
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
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
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Confessions of a Doctor With Lipedema
03/14/2023
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
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Why Won’t the DME Provide Dressings for My Patient?
02/23/2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Coding Changes, and Coverage Changes Continue
02/09/2022
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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