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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
A Closer Look at the CMS MACs’ Recent Proposed Coverage Policies for CTPs
05/31/2024
Karen Ravitz, JD
The editors of Today’s Wound Clinic had the chance to touch base with Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders policy advisor Karen Ravitz, JD, at SAWC Spring to discuss policy issues impacting wound care. Below find some highlights of this...
The editors of Today’s Wound Clinic had the chance to touch base with Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders policy advisor Karen Ravitz, JD, at SAWC Spring to discuss policy issues impacting wound care. Below find some highlights of this...
The editors of Today’s Wound...
05/31/2024
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Business Briefs
You Are in the Wound/Ulcer Management Business, Not the CTP Application Business!
05/23/2024
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Because most denials and repayments of CTPs are due to lack of thorough wound/ulcer management documentation, I was excited to have this opportunity to remind SAWC Spring attendees that they are in the wound/ulcer management business, not the...
Because most denials and repayments of CTPs are due to lack of thorough wound/ulcer management documentation, I was excited to have this opportunity to remind SAWC Spring attendees that they are in the wound/ulcer management business, not the...
Because most denials and...
05/23/2024
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Schaum
Videos
The Facts You Need to Know About CTP Reimbursement
05/16/2024
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Given the increased number of audits of those frequently using CTPs, and the recent release of proposed LCDs and LCAs on using CTPs for DFUs and VLUs, this SAWC Spring speaker discusses 10 major facts about CTP reimbursement.
Given the increased number of audits of those frequently using CTPs, and the recent release of proposed LCDs and LCAs on using CTPs for DFUs and VLUs, this SAWC Spring speaker discusses 10 major facts about CTP reimbursement.
Given the increased number of...
05/16/2024
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Schaum
Videos
How QHPs Can Tackle CTP Reimbursement Challenges
02/26/2024
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
In a changing landscape of CTP reimbursement, this SAWC Fall speaker discusses how qualified healthcare providers can stay informed and get payment.
In a changing landscape of CTP reimbursement, this SAWC Fall speaker discusses how qualified healthcare providers can stay informed and get payment.
In a changing landscape of CTP...
02/26/2024
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Milne
Videos
How Community-Based Health Care Providers Can Manage Hard-to-Heal Wounds
01/18/2024

Featuring Catherine Milne, APRN, MSN, ANP, CWOCN-AP

Featuring Catherine Milne, APRN, MSN,...
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses challenges faced by community-based healthcare providers with hard-to-heal wounds, recommendations for treatment, and practical adjustments.
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses challenges faced by community-based healthcare providers with hard-to-heal wounds, recommendations for treatment, and practical adjustments.
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses...
01/18/2024
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McKeown
Videos
The Secrets to Optimal Lymphedema Reimbursement
01/04/2024

Featuring Brandy McKeown, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, CLWT

 

Featuring Brandy McKeown, OTR/L, CLT-...
Following her SAWC Fall session, this speaker discusses how to overcome challenges in reimbursement for lymphedema, and what the Lymphedema Treatment Act will bring in 2024.
Following her SAWC Fall session, this speaker discusses how to overcome challenges in reimbursement for lymphedema, and what the Lymphedema Treatment Act will bring in 2024.
Following her SAWC Fall session,...
01/04/2024
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Nusgart Ravitz
Videos
A Closer Look at Potential Changes in Wound Care in 2024
12/08/2023
Marcia Nusgart, RPh
Karen Ravitz, JD
These SAWC Fall speakers discuss potential changes in home health care, prior authorization, managed care, advisory panels, and more.
These SAWC Fall speakers discuss potential changes in home health care, prior authorization, managed care, advisory panels, and more.
These SAWC Fall speakers discuss...
12/08/2023
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Schaum
Videos
Best Practices for Receiving and Keeping Your Payment
11/28/2023

Featuring Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Featuring Kathleen D. Schaum, MS ...
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses dealing with payment guidelines, avoiding reimbursement pitfalls, and the importance of documentation.
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses dealing with payment guidelines, avoiding reimbursement pitfalls, and the importance of documentation.
This SAWC Fall speaker discusses...
11/28/2023
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Alliance
Videos
CTP Reimbursement: Present Challenges and Future Changes
11/17/2023

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, and Karen Ravitz, JD

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, and Karen Ravitz...
Following the proposed—and later withdrawn—CMS guidance on CTPs, the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders discusses potential future developments in this space.
Following the proposed—and later withdrawn—CMS guidance on CTPs, the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders discusses potential future developments in this space.
Following the proposed—and later...
11/17/2023
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poster
SAWC Fall Posters
The Use of Clinical + Operational + Regulatory + Economic/Financial Processes to Support the CMS Guideline Mapping in Wound Care
11/03/2023
A poster to be presented to the SAWC Fall details the mapping of the guidelines and policies of wound care, linking the CORE processes, which can reduce the risk of overpayments.
A poster to be presented to the SAWC Fall details the mapping of the guidelines and policies of wound care, linking the CORE processes, which can reduce the risk of overpayments.
A poster to be presented to the...
11/03/2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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