reimbursement

Original Research

Comparison of Wound Surface Area Measurements Obtained Using Clinically Validated Artificial Intelligence-Based Technology Versus Manual Methods and the Effect of Measurement Method on Debridement Code Reimbursement Cost

10/25/2023

Misael C. Alonso

Heba Tallah Mohammed

Robert D. Fraser

José L. Ramirez-GarciaLuna

David Mannion

Researchers compared maximum allowable payments for 177 wounds measured by both a traditional paper ruler method and an AI-based digital wound management solution.

Researchers compared maximum...

10/25/2023

Wounds

Guest Editorial

Keeping Your Reimbursement Should Not Be More Difficult Than Getting Paid!

07/16/2022

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, discusses important steps to avoid repayment after an audit

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS,...

07/16/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Special Report

Changing Policy Through Advocacy: 20 Years of Elevating the Voice of Wound Care Provider

12/01/2021

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, looks at the role advocacy has played in wound care.

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, looks at...

12/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

OBL Corner

Protecting Reimbursement Is a Never-Ending Challenge

08/01/2021

Jeffrey G. Carr, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Tyler Cardiac and Endovascular Center, Vein Center of East Texas, CardiaStream, Founding and Past President – Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society, Medical Director – Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society National Registry, Tyler, Texas

Jeffrey G. Carr, MD, FACC, FSCAI Tyl...

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

Implementation of Synchronous/Asynchronous Interprofessional Internet Consultations in a U.S. Hospital-based Wound Clinic, Leveraging a Wound Care Specific Telemedicine Solution

Abstract Body: Background: As wound care moves toward more comprehensive patient-centered care management, frequent consultation with multiple specialists is necessary. For patients, thi...

11/23/2020

A Multidisciplinary Team Approach Reduces PEG Site Complications

Education provided to patients and their family on how to care for the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is limited and varies widely. This results in PEG-site and tube compl...

11/23/2020

Commentary

CAS Reimbursement: Anatomy of a Retraction

09/05/2008

On April 30, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Coverage and Analysis Group (CAG) posted their Final Decision for 2007 regarding Medicare coverage for carotid stenting (CAS).

On April 30, 2007, the Centers...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management