Volume 1 Issue 2 - Fall 2007
Column
Business Briefs
09/25/2009
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plans for the past few years include a study to determine the extent to which Medical Part B surgical debridement services met Medicare program requirements. The findings from the May 2007 OIG...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plans for the past few years include a study to determine the extent to which Medical Part B surgical debridement services met Medicare program requirements. The findings from the May 2007 OIG...
The Office of Inspector...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Opening Arguments
09/25/2009
The TWC Editorial Board labored over how to address the important, controversial, and confusing topic of debridement. An integral part of the day-to-day care provided in hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments (HOPDs), debridement...
The TWC Editorial Board labored over how to address the important, controversial, and confusing topic of debridement. An integral part of the day-to-day care provided in hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments (HOPDs), debridement...
The TWC Editorial Board labored...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Are you making the most appropriate clinical and coding choices? Take the Debridement Quiz and test your knowledge. Share your responses with TWC — we will publish compiled results in a future issue.
Study the examples of wounds,...
Are you making the most appropriate clinical and coding choices? Take the Debridement Quiz and test your knowledge. Share your responses with TWC — we will publish compiled results in a future issue.
Study the examples of wounds,...
Are you making the most...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Modern literature on debridement initially centered on the life-saving benefits of debriding wounds sustained during war. The impact of debridement on decreasing war wound-related mortality was so profound that a century ago the concept of...
Modern literature on debridement initially centered on the life-saving benefits of debriding wounds sustained during war. The impact of debridement on decreasing war wound-related mortality was so profound that a century ago the concept of...
Modern literature on debridement...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Education is a never-ending process of acquiring knowledge and skills and developing powers of reason and judgment. In an independent wound clinic, educational responsibilities are handled in-house. The following discussion offers insights...
Education is a never-ending process of acquiring knowledge and skills and developing powers of reason and judgment. In an independent wound clinic, educational responsibilities are handled in-house. The following discussion offers insights...
Education is a never-ending...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
A chance to cut is a chance to cure. — Medical proverb
Non-viable (necrotic) material within a chronic wound has been shown to inhibit the development of vascular tissue (granulation) and the formation of skin (epithelialization)....
A chance to cut is a chance to cure. — Medical proverb
Non-viable (necrotic) material within a chronic wound has been shown to inhibit the development of vascular tissue (granulation) and the formation of skin (epithelialization)....
A chance to cut is a chance to...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
