Volume 12 Issue 3 - March 2018
News
News
03/01/2018
CMS Proposes Opioid Prescribing Limits for Medicare Enrollees
New regulations recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would put limits on pharmacies’ filling of opioid prescriptions for Medicare...
CMS Proposes Opioid Prescribing Limits for Medicare Enrollees
New regulations recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would put limits on pharmacies’ filling of opioid prescriptions for Medicare...
CMS Proposes Opioid Prescribing...
03/01/2018
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News
03/01/2018
Indiana Hospital Expansion to Include Wound Care Center
Officials at Franciscan Health Lafayette (IN) East, Lafayette, IN, have announced plans for a $60-million expansion project that will include a new outpatient wound care clinic.
Indiana Hospital Expansion to Include Wound Care Center
Officials at Franciscan Health Lafayette (IN) East, Lafayette, IN, have announced plans for a $60-million expansion project that will include a new outpatient wound care clinic.
Indiana Hospital Expansion to...
03/01/2018
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Clinical and Industry News
03/01/2018
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance Report
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance Report
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance...
03/01/2018
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Clinical and Industry News
03/01/2018
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance Report
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance Report
OIG Releases HBOT Compliance...
03/01/2018
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Department
Editorial Board & Staff News
03/01/2018
Aviles, Shindell Collaborate at Wound Care Roundtable Event
Aviles, Shindell Collaborate at Wound Care Roundtable Event
Aviles, Shindell Collaborate at...
03/01/2018
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Exhibitor Preview
03/01/2018
As the leading multidisciplinary conference on wound care and healing, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) delivers quality evidence-based wound management and prevention education for the entire wound care team. Even after 31 years,...
As the leading multidisciplinary conference on wound care and healing, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) delivers quality evidence-based wound management and prevention education for the entire wound care team. Even after 31 years,...
As the leading multidisciplinary...
03/01/2018
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HBOT
03/01/2018
Helen B. Gelly, MD, FACCWS, UHM/ABPM, FUHM
It is well known in the hyperbaric community that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a prior authorization model in 2015 for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey. This...
It is well known in the hyperbaric community that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a prior authorization model in 2015 for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey. This...
It is well known in the...
03/01/2018
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HBOT
03/01/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Guidelines exist for the ethical off-label use of HBOT. An institutional review board- approved protocol is not required for case- by-case decisions to use HBOT off-label. It is possible to utilize HBOT unethically for approved indications....
Guidelines exist for the ethical off-label use of HBOT. An institutional review board- approved protocol is not required for case- by-case decisions to use HBOT off-label. It is possible to utilize HBOT unethically for approved indications....
Guidelines exist for the ethical...
03/01/2018
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HBOT
03/01/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Will wound care providers get on board with HBOT quality reporting before the flood waters get too high? That remains to be seen.
Will wound care providers get on board with HBOT quality reporting before the flood waters get too high? That remains to be seen.
Will wound care providers get on...
03/01/2018
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Insights
Commentary
03/01/2018
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FACHM FUHM, FACP
Editor’s Note: This commentary piece is published in place of our regularly occurring From The Editor message.
Editor’s Note: This commentary piece is published in place of our regularly occurring From The Editor message.
Editor’s Note: This commentary...
03/01/2018
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