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Volume 5 Issue 7 - September 2011

From The Mouths of the DME Companies
10/13/2011
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed representative from several leading DME Companies to explore how their business help in the wound care clinic space. The following companies participated in this interview: National Rehab Location: U.S....
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed representative from several leading DME Companies to explore how their business help in the wound care clinic space. The following companies participated in this interview: National Rehab Location: U.S....
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed...
10/13/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
Product Roundup
Product Roundup: HBOT Chambers and Management Solutions
09/09/2011
Sechrist Industries, Inc. WEBSITE: www.SechristUSA.com CONTACT: (800) SECHRIST; info@sechristusa.com LOCATION: Anaheim, California FOUNDED: 1973 PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PRODUCT LINES. Sechrist Industries has two main product lines –...
Sechrist Industries, Inc. WEBSITE: www.SechristUSA.com CONTACT: (800) SECHRIST; info@sechristusa.com LOCATION: Anaheim, California FOUNDED: 1973 PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PRODUCT LINES. Sechrist Industries has two main product lines –...
Sechrist Industries,...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
ICD-10-CM: One Time Only ICD-10-CM Workshop for the Wound Care Industry: A Learning Opportunity That You Can Not Afford to Miss!
09/09/2011
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Manufacturers and Distributors:   • Do you list diagnosis codes on your sales and marketing literature?   • Are you conducting clinical trials in 2013?   • Do you use databases that contain diagnosis codes for market research, economic...
Manufacturers and Distributors:   • Do you list diagnosis codes on your sales and marketing literature?   • Are you conducting clinical trials in 2013?   • Do you use databases that contain diagnosis codes for market research, economic...
Manufacturers and...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
No Man is an Island—Without His iPhone
09/09/2011
Dr. Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA
Dr. Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM,...
  I have reached the highest frequent-flyer level on US Airways in record time this year. In fact, George Clooney played me in the movie “Up in the Air.” In the past, I would strike up conversations to assuage my boredom. Today, although...
  I have reached the highest frequent-flyer level on US Airways in record time this year. In fact, George Clooney played me in the movie “Up in the Air.” In the past, I would strike up conversations to assuage my boredom. Today, although...
  I have reached the highest...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
How to Survive a Medicare Outpatient Audit for Wound Care Services
09/09/2011
Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPCH
Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPCH
  Since August 2000, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have remained steadfast to their commitment to create and implement a multitude of regulatory requirements within the outpatient revenue cycle. Layers of complexity and...
  Since August 2000, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have remained steadfast to their commitment to create and implement a multitude of regulatory requirements within the outpatient revenue cycle. Layers of complexity and...
  Since August 2000, the Centers...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic

Feature

Infographic
An Inside Look at Medela Healthcare
09/09/2011
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed Susan Reid, MSN, MBA, RN, WOCN, CWCN, Director of Clinical Affairs – Medela Healthcare to learn about the company’s goals and mission. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you personally been in wound...
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed Susan Reid, MSN, MBA, RN, WOCN, CWCN, Director of Clinical Affairs – Medela Healthcare to learn about the company’s goals and mission. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you personally been in wound...
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
Infographic
An Inside Look at Spiracur Inc.
09/09/2011
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed Dane Shackleford, Vice President, Sales at Spiracur Inc to discuss the SNaP® Wound Care System. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you personally been in wound care and how did you enter this area of...
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed Dane Shackleford, Vice President, Sales at Spiracur Inc to discuss the SNaP® Wound Care System. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you personally been in wound care and how did you enter this area of...
Today’s Wound Clinic interviewed...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
Clinician's Report
Clinician’s Report: Antimicrobial Dressings
09/09/2011
Covidien Mansfield, MA • www.Covidien.com (800) 438-0048 • KHPC-AMD@Covidien.com • Founded 1903 1) How many types or lines of antimicrobial dressings does your company currently make? There are two lines that make up the portfolio of AMD...
Covidien Mansfield, MA • www.Covidien.com (800) 438-0048 • KHPC-AMD@Covidien.com • Founded 1903 1) How many types or lines of antimicrobial dressings does your company currently make? There are two lines that make up the portfolio of AMD...
Covidien Mansfield, MA •...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic

Column

Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: Surviving a Medicare Audit
09/09/2011
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
  Hearing the word audit can strike us all differently at various times. Our Revenue Integrity department routinely audits our E&M visits, making sure that if they read our documentation, they will not only find the reason for an E&M charge,...
  Hearing the word audit can strike us all differently at various times. Our Revenue Integrity department routinely audits our E&M visits, making sure that if they read our documentation, they will not only find the reason for an E&M charge,...
  Hearing the word audit can...
09/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
Business Briefs: “Heads-Up” from the CERT Documentation Contractors’ Reports
09/09/2011
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 authors 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 authors do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding,...
09/09/2011
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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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic

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