Helen B. Gelly, MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM

Special Report

Wound Center Without Walls: The New Model of Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

07/01/2020

Marcia I. Nusgart , RPh;

Richard Neville , MD;

Stephanie L. Woelfel-Dyess , PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, DPT;

Julio R. Garcia ;

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

John Capotorto ;

Karen Ravitz , JD;

Lee C. Rogers , DPM, FFPM RCPS;

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

William Marston ;

David G. Armstrong , DPM, MD, PhD, MSc;

Geoffrey C. Gurtner , MD, FACS;

Lawrence A. Lavery , DPM, MPH;

The Wound Center Without Walls is a strategy to untether wound care from a physical location and aggressively triage and provide care to patients with wounds across the spectrum of the health system utilizing technology and community-centered...

The Wound Center Without Walls...

07/01/2020

Wounds

Office-Based Wound Care

The Challenges and Advantages of Office-Based Wound Care

09/28/2021

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

Office-based wound care can bring advantages like autonomy and flexibility in product selection, and disadvantages like isolation and financial liability.

Office-based wound care can...

09/28/2021

Today's Wound Clinic

HBOT

Update on Prior Authorization for Non-Emergent HBOT: Transforming Into Prepayment Review

10/05/2017

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

It has been more than two years since CMS initiated the implementation of prior authorization for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This update will properly inform new and existing wound clinics alike.

It has been more than two years...

10/05/2017

Today's Wound Clinic

COVID-19 and HBOT

A Primer on Using HBOT in Patients With COVID-19

07/28/2021

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

Focusing on a UHMS study, this author provides a practical Q&A on whether HBOT could play a significant role for hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are hypoxemic and hypoxic.

Focusing on a UHMS study, this...

07/28/2021

Today's Wound Clinic

HBOT

What We Have Learned From the Prior Authorization Model for Non-Emergent HBOT

09/03/2019

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

Taking a closer look at the Prior Authorization Project for Non-Emergent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), this author details what wound clinicians can learn from the utilization and expenditures of HBOT. In 2015, the Centers for...

Taking a closer look at the...

09/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Medicare Advantage

Taking a Critical Look at Medicare Advantage

01/09/2020

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

By the end of the decade, Medicare Advantage plans are projected to cover nearly half of eligible beneficiaries. This author examines the impact of Medicare Advantage plans, what the plans cover, and how the preauthorization appeals process...

By the end of the decade,...

01/09/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

HBOT

The New Near Future of Hyperbaric Medicine Regulation: Targeted Probe and Educate

03/01/2018

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

It is well known in the hyperbaric community that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a prior authorization model in 2015 for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey. This...

It is well known in the...

03/01/2018

Today's Wound Clinic

HBOT

The Expanding Scope of Prepayment Review for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

02/06/2017

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

In 2016, prepayment review for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code G0277 was started by Medicare Administrative Contractors, including Noridian Healthcare Solutions, Novitas Solutions, Palmetto...

In 2016, prepayment review for...

02/06/2017

Today's Wound Clinic

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Nutritional Assessment & Prior Authorization of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

11/16/2016

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

The definition of a “nutritional assessment” within the national coverage determination for HBOT is vague. Although an assessment of nutritional status should be routinely performed on all patients seen in the outpatient wound clinic, the...

The definition of a “nutritional...

11/16/2016

Today's Wound Clinic

HBOT

Uncharted Territory: Site Neutrality & Hyperbaric Therapy

01/05/2017

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

Where is the utilization of HBOT for wounds headed? That all depends on where the clinician is working.

Where is the utilization of HBOT...

01/05/2017

Today's Wound Clinic