CMS

OBL Corner

Protecting Reimbursement Is a Never-Ending Challenge

08/01/2021

If CMS continues this trend of slashing our reimbursement rates, it will have a devastating impact on the well-documented improvement in clinical outcomes in revascularization performed in the outpatient setting.

If CMS continues this trend of...

08/01/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Editor Insights

A Multistakeholder Look at Today’s New Reality

05/22/2020

Winston Wong , PharmD;

Winston Wong, PharmD, examines the shift in the health care industry from the viewpoint of providers, patients, and payers since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling stakeholders to use this reality check to better the health care...

Winston Wong, PharmD, examines...

05/22/2020

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Outpatient Services

CMS: Effective This Month, All Outpatient Services in the Hospital Will Be Under General Supervision

01/09/2020

Jayesh B. Shah , MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA;

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have ruled that all outpatient hospital services will be under general supervision. This author discusses the impact of the rule on wound clinics, particularly those that offer hyperbaric...

The Centers for Medicare and...

01/09/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

From the Editor

The True 'Cost' of Healing Most Wounds

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...

02/08/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Interview

Stenting for Renal Artery Stenosis and CMS Reimbursement: An Interview with Matthew Edwards, MD and Steven Textor, MD

02/02/2011

One of the challenges facing medicine today is how to best allocate resources. As medical costs continue to rise, agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must ensure that money is spent in a responsible manner.

One of the challenges facing...

02/02/2011

Vascular Disease Management