Shaun Carpenter, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP

Effectiveness of Color Calibrated Photo Documentation in the Wound Care Clinic

03/30/2016

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are your photos saying about your wound care?

If a picture is worth a thousand...

03/30/2016

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Debridement

Choosing the Best Debridement Modality to 'Battle' Necrotic Tissue: Pros & Cons

07/03/2017

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

Todd P. Shaffett , DNP, FNP, CWS, FACCWS;

As clinicians wage “war” against chronic wounds, choosing the proper debridement “weapon” with which to do battle can be challenging and fraught with risks. This article discusses wound debridement approaches, as well as the pros and cons of...

As clinicians wage “war” against...

07/03/2017

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Letter from the Editor

Guest Editorial: Place of Service 11 — A Private-Office Solution for Wound Center Survival

07/03/2017

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

The battle over the fate of Obamacare rages on, with a major area of debate centered around whether more people will be uninsured under the Republican plan. What isn’t being discussed is the fact that currently there are millions of...

The battle over the fate of...

07/03/2017

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Feature

Skin Substitutes: Will CMS Restrict Access to Care for Our Most At-Risk Minority Patients?

04/13/2023

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

Patients of any race, especially at-risk minorities with multiple and/or larger wounds, must not be discriminated against by a bundled policy that restricts the treatment of larger wounds or policies that unreasonably restrict number of...

Patients of any race, especially...

04/13/2023

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Feature

Overcoming Challenges in the Wound Clinic in 2023 and Looking to the Future

12/19/2023

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

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

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

Leah D. Amir , MS, MHA;

TWC board members share the clinical and reimbursement challenges they faced this year, with an eye toward a better 2024.

TWC board members share the...

12/19/2023

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Guest Editorial

The G-Code Solution to Skin Substitute Reimbursement

01/25/2024

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, 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...

01/25/2024

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Guest Editorial

Wound Size Matters: Analysis of the New Restrictive Skin Substitute LCD Policy

09/01/2023

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

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

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Feature

When a Wound Specialist Gets a Wound

03/30/2021

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

After suffering a wound between his shoulder blades that he could not treat himself, this author went from wound specialist—with a track record of healing “wounds no one else could handle”—to patient.

After suffering a wound between...

03/30/2021

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Guest Editorial

Beyond COVID-19: How to Stay Essential

05/04/2020

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

Go into medicine,” my father always told me. “You get to help people and you will always have a job.” Except back when he told me those wise words, treating wounds wasn’t a specialty, and there wasn’t a worldwide pandemic dividing health care...

Go into medicine,” my father...

05/04/2020

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Original Research

Evaluating the Number of Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Product Applications Required to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers in Non-Hospital Outpatient Department Settings

08/09/2024

Shaun Carpenter , MD, FAPWCA, CWSP;

Angelina Ferguson , DNP, FNP, CWS;

Devinna Bahadur , DNP, AGACNP-BC, MSN-ED;

Amanda Estapa , ACNP-BC, CWS;

Jamie Bahm , RHIA, CCS;

Objective: To evaluate how the number of cellular and/or tissue-based product applications affect healing and wound area reduction rates of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers.

Objective: To evaluate how the...

08/09/2024

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