Volume 11 Issue 3 - March 2017
Column
Spotlight
03/08/2017
In its 30th year, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) continues to be the nation’s largest and leading interdisciplinary wound care conference. With world-renowned presenters and more than 65 feature sessions, SAWC aims to enhance the...
In its 30th year, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) continues to be the nation’s largest and leading interdisciplinary wound care conference. With world-renowned presenters and more than 65 feature sessions, SAWC aims to enhance the...
In its 30th year, the Symposium...
03/08/2017
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Legal Counsel
03/08/2017
James R. Ravitz; Naomi J. L. Halpern; & Rachel Hold-Weiss
James R. Ravitz; Naomi J. L. Halpern;...
It’s widely anticipated that, in many areas, the advent of the new Trump administration will result in a significant reduction in the number of enforcement actions against commercial entities alleging violations of federal laws and...
It’s widely anticipated that, in many areas, the advent of the new Trump administration will result in a significant reduction in the number of enforcement actions against commercial entities alleging violations of federal laws and...
It’s widely anticipated that, in...
03/08/2017
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Let's be Frank
03/08/2017
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
Wound clinic program managers may encounter obstacles when it comes to providing appropriate wound management. In most instances, a lack of standardization to clinical and business practices is the culprit. For an area of care dependent on a...
Wound clinic program managers may encounter obstacles when it comes to providing appropriate wound management. In most instances, a lack of standardization to clinical and business practices is the culprit. For an area of care dependent on a...
Wound clinic program managers...
03/08/2017
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Business Briefs
03/08/2017
In this special edition of Today’s Wound Clinic focusing on reimbursement, we are emphasizing the need for wound care professionals and hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) to meet the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s “Triple...
In this special edition of Today’s Wound Clinic focusing on reimbursement, we are emphasizing the need for wound care professionals and hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) to meet the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s “Triple...
In this special edition of...
03/08/2017
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Letter from the Editor
03/08/2017
I am truly honored to serve as the guest editor for this special reimbursement issue that begins the official 10th anniversary celebration of Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC). I hope you all have enjoyed learning from the wonderful authors and...
I am truly honored to serve as the guest editor for this special reimbursement issue that begins the official 10th anniversary celebration of Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC). I hope you all have enjoyed learning from the wonderful authors and...
I am truly honored to serve as...
03/08/2017
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Reimbursement
03/08/2017
For this special edition of Today’s Wound Clinic focusing on reimbursement, we asked manufacturers and management companies based in the United States to share information on how their business models are changing in an attempt to exist in...
For this special edition of Today’s Wound Clinic focusing on reimbursement, we asked manufacturers and management companies based in the United States to share information on how their business models are changing in an attempt to exist in...
For this special edition of...
03/08/2017
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Burns
03/08/2017
D. Elizabeth McCord, PhD, FAPWCA
Kyle D. Hilsabeck, PharmD
Nancy B. Ray, PhD
Burns are the fourth most common injuries worldwide,1 and it’s estimated that more than 6 million people per year experience burn injuries.2 Although the overall prevalence for burns continues to decrease and treatments continue to improve,...
Burns are the fourth most common injuries worldwide,1 and it’s estimated that more than 6 million people per year experience burn injuries.2 Although the overall prevalence for burns continues to decrease and treatments continue to improve,...
Burns are the fourth most common...
03/08/2017
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QPP
03/08/2017
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
This article provides direction for wound clinic providers who may need help finding their way through today’s new reimbursement and payment rules.
This article provides direction for wound clinic providers who may need help finding their way through today’s new reimbursement and payment rules.
This article provides direction...
03/08/2017
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Feature
03/08/2017
As TWC celebrates its 10th anniversary of publishing, we asked some of our founding board members to share their insights and impressions of the journal’s impact on the wound care industry over the last decade.
As TWC celebrates its 10th anniversary of publishing, we asked some of our founding board members to share their insights and impressions of the journal’s impact on the wound care industry over the last decade.
As TWC celebrates its 10th...
03/08/2017
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Reimbursement
03/07/2017
Lee C. Ruotsi, MD, FACCWS, UHM
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Physicians and hospital-based outpatient departments alike must accept and adapt to the payment system now in place for the treatment of chronic wounds. But how is each entity being impacted, specifically? This article offers two points of...
Physicians and hospital-based outpatient departments alike must accept and adapt to the payment system now in place for the treatment of chronic wounds. But how is each entity being impacted, specifically? This article offers two points of...
Physicians and hospital-based...
03/07/2017
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