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Volume 15 Issue 12 - December 2021

Year in Review
Best of TWC 2021
12/22/2021
Here is what you were reading, watching, and listening to from TWC in 2021, along with the top 10 most-read articles.
Here is what you were reading, watching, and listening to from TWC in 2021, along with the top 10 most-read articles.
Here is what you were reading,...
12/22/2021
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Patient and Family Advisory Councils
Patients and Their Families: Important Voices in Health Care Practices
12/15/2021
Across the United States, hospitals—and increasingly, ambulatory care facilities—are engaging with patients and their families through Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs).
Across the United States, hospitals—and increasingly, ambulatory care facilities—are engaging with patients and their families through Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs).
Across the United States,...
12/15/2021
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News

News
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, Named World Expert in Reimbursement Health Insurance
12/21/2021
Congratulations to TWC’s own Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, who recently received recognition as an Expertscape World Expert in Reimbursement Health Insurance. Expertscape tweeted the news on Dec. 12 as part of International Universal Health...
Congratulations to TWC’s own Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, who recently received recognition as an Expertscape World Expert in Reimbursement Health Insurance. Expertscape tweeted the news on Dec. 12 as part of International Universal Health...
Congratulations to TWC’s own...
12/21/2021
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
Changing Policy Through Advocacy: Elevating the Voice of Wound Care Providers for 20 Years
12/20/2021
The upcoming new year marks the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders’ founding. Its mission is to stand as the unified voice of wound care and protect access to products and services for people with wounds and the...
The upcoming new year marks the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders’ founding. Its mission is to stand as the unified voice of wound care and protect access to products and services for people with wounds and the...
The upcoming new year marks the...
12/20/2021
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Column

Legal Counsel
Navigating Legal Issues Involving Medicare and Manufacturer Rebates
12/13/2021
This article explores the legal issues surrounding Medicare and manufacturer rebates.
This article explores the legal issues surrounding Medicare and manufacturer rebates.
This article explores the legal...
12/13/2021
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Business Briefs
Payers Continue to Release Pertinent Coverage Policies
12/06/2021
Three pertinent coverage policies that have been recently released are excellent examples of the vital information that will be missed if wound/ulcer management professionals do not read and implement coverage guidelines.
Three pertinent coverage policies that have been recently released are excellent examples of the vital information that will be missed if wound/ulcer management professionals do not read and implement coverage guidelines.
Three pertinent coverage...
12/06/2021
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From the Editor
How Did We Get Here?
12/03/2021
I don’t know how to turn the tide of worsening medical care, but patients with chronic wounds are the ones most affected by it and it’s time we at least talked about how we got here.
I don’t know how to turn the tide of worsening medical care, but patients with chronic wounds are the ones most affected by it and it’s time we at least talked about how we got here.
I don’t know how to turn the...
12/03/2021
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Infection
Is Your Wound Bioburdened? Case 1
12/01/2021
Test your knowledge by assessing this clinical case.
Test your knowledge by assessing this clinical case.
Test your knowledge by assessing...
12/01/2021
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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