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Volume 6 Issue 9 - November/December 2012

A Lasting Impact: Harriett B. Loehne, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS
01/04/2013
Joe Darrah
Joe Darrah
Despite her ‘retirement,’ Harriett B. Loehne, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS, continues to advance the role of PTs in wound care.   For many of us, retirement will come along rather routinely. A date will be set, we’ll count the number of remaining...
Despite her ‘retirement,’ Harriett B. Loehne, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS, continues to advance the role of PTs in wound care.   For many of us, retirement will come along rather routinely. A date will be set, we’ll count the number of remaining...
Despite her ‘retirement,’...
01/04/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
The Importance of Compression in the Outpatient Wound Center
12/18/2012
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS & Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWOCN
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS & Susie S...
  Walking into the wound center treatment room to assess a patient with a lower extremity ulcer, you really already know what you’ll diagnosis. If you were to venture to guess that chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) would accompany the ulcer,...
  Walking into the wound center treatment room to assess a patient with a lower extremity ulcer, you really already know what you’ll diagnosis. If you were to venture to guess that chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) would accompany the ulcer,...
  Walking into the wound center...
12/18/2012
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News Update
TWC News Update
12/18/2012
New HCPCS Codes Awarded for Wound Care   A pair of procedures by Spiracur Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, for the delivery of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has gained Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) approval by the Centers...
New HCPCS Codes Awarded for Wound Care   A pair of procedures by Spiracur Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, for the delivery of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has gained Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) approval by the Centers...
New HCPCS Codes Awarded for...
12/18/2012
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Skin & Wound Management Under the Wraps
12/18/2012
Matthew Livingston, BSN, RN, CWS, ACHRN
Matthew Livingston, BSN, RN, CWS, ACH...
  Wound management for patients living with venous insufficiency often involves multiple complexities. These variations require providers to consider a spectrum of strategies. Some require an advanced knowledge of skin conditions and...
  Wound management for patients living with venous insufficiency often involves multiple complexities. These variations require providers to consider a spectrum of strategies. Some require an advanced knowledge of skin conditions and...
  Wound management for patients...
12/18/2012
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Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Pathophysiology and Treatment
12/18/2012
Kathryn C. Durham, MD & Adelaide A. Hebert, MD
Kathryn C. Durham, MD & Adelaide ...
  Although peripheral vascular problems are encountered throughout many healthcare arenas, venous insufficiency with resultant venous stasis dermatitis and ulceration remains a challenging clinical scenario. New therapies are emerging as the...
  Although peripheral vascular problems are encountered throughout many healthcare arenas, venous insufficiency with resultant venous stasis dermatitis and ulceration remains a challenging clinical scenario. New therapies are emerging as the...
  Although peripheral vascular...
12/18/2012
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Efficacious Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulceration with Total Contact Casting: Coding for Procedure and Product
12/18/2012
Peggy Dotson, RN, BS
Peggy Dotson, RN, BS
  Diabetic foot ulcerations (DFUs) pose a considerable financial burden for the US healthcare system and impart an enormous emotional toll on people who live with these complex wounds. It has been estimated that treatment for an uncomplicated...
  Diabetic foot ulcerations (DFUs) pose a considerable financial burden for the US healthcare system and impart an enormous emotional toll on people who live with these complex wounds. It has been estimated that treatment for an uncomplicated...
  Diabetic foot ulcerations...
12/18/2012
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Conference Connection: 2013 SAWC Spring/WHS
12/18/2012
SAWC Gets Major Endorsement From Colorado Gov.   In conjunction with the 2013 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring/Wound Healing Society (SAWC Spring/WHS) event, Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper has proclaimed May 2013 as “Chronic Wound...
SAWC Gets Major Endorsement From Colorado Gov.   In conjunction with the 2013 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring/Wound Healing Society (SAWC Spring/WHS) event, Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper has proclaimed May 2013 as “Chronic Wound...
SAWC Gets Major Endorsement From...
12/18/2012
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Column

Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: Year’s End Reflection
12/18/2012
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
  As we’ve prepared this last issue of Today’s Wound Clinic for 2012, I’m realizing how fast this year has progressed. We hope that you have enjoyed this year’s editions as we plan topics for 2013. We face an ever-changing regulatory and...
  As we’ve prepared this last issue of Today’s Wound Clinic for 2012, I’m realizing how fast this year has progressed. We hope that you have enjoyed this year’s editions as we plan topics for 2013. We face an ever-changing regulatory and...
  As we’ve prepared this last...
12/18/2012
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Business Briefs
Business Briefs: Application of Compression: Medicare Coding, Payment, & Coverage
12/18/2012
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that the coding, coverage, and payment information is error-free and/or...
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that the coding, coverage, and payment information is error-free and/or...
Information regarding coding,...
12/18/2012
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Feature

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Industry Insider: An Inside Look at Spiracur, Inc. and Net Health Systems
12/18/2012
An Inside Look at Spiracur Inc. Interview with Kenton D. Fong, MD, co-founder, chief scientific officer Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare?   Kenton D. Fong...
An Inside Look at Spiracur Inc. Interview with Kenton D. Fong, MD, co-founder, chief scientific officer Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare?   Kenton D. Fong...
An Inside Look at Spiracur...
12/18/2012
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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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