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Volume 7 Issue 6 - August 2013

News Update
TWC News Update
08/13/2013
KCI Acquires Systagenix for $485 million   Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI), San Antonio, TX, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United Kingdom-based Systagenix, a provider of advanced wound care (AWC) products, in a move that’s expected...
KCI Acquires Systagenix for $485 million   Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI), San Antonio, TX, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United Kingdom-based Systagenix, a provider of advanced wound care (AWC) products, in a move that’s expected...
KCI Acquires Systagenix for $485...
08/13/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Benefits of Negative Pressure Therapy Application in Newborns
08/13/2013
  The literature and support for use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in neonates and infants living with dehisced abdominal wounds is sparse. NPWT has been used on infants for open wounds related to surgical complications, but the...
  The literature and support for use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in neonates and infants living with dehisced abdominal wounds is sparse. NPWT has been used on infants for open wounds related to surgical complications, but the...
  The literature and support for...
08/13/2013
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Pairing Advanced Wound Care Therapy with NPWT
08/13/2013
  Any wound care provider is going to continuously seek new approaches to wound therapies that improve patient healing times. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has grown to be an important adjunctive therapy in any wound care setting due...
  Any wound care provider is going to continuously seek new approaches to wound therapies that improve patient healing times. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has grown to be an important adjunctive therapy in any wound care setting due...
  Any wound care provider is...
08/13/2013
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Use of Mechanically Powered NPWT: A Clinical Case Study Series
08/13/2013
  Today's Wound Clinic takes you through each patient's care trajectory in an exclusive series of photos. Be sure to check out the slideshow here: http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/mechanical-npwt   The goal of care with any of...
  Today's Wound Clinic takes you through each patient's care trajectory in an exclusive series of photos. Be sure to check out the slideshow here: http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/mechanical-npwt   The goal of care with any of...
  Today's Wound Clinic takes you...
08/13/2013
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An Historical Perspective on Negative Pressure in Wound Care
08/13/2013
  Modern wound care has increased substantially, both in volume and complexity. To help address the spike in demand, there has been a concomitant advancement in both products and devices that are aimed at improving wound treatment. Negative...
  Modern wound care has increased substantially, both in volume and complexity. To help address the spike in demand, there has been a concomitant advancement in both products and devices that are aimed at improving wound treatment. Negative...
  Modern wound care has...
08/13/2013
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Column

Facility in Focus
Taking a Multidisciplinary Approach to Care at Denver Wound Healing Center
08/13/2013
During our trip to SAWC Spring 2013, Today’s Wound Clinic visited the Denver Wound Healing Center at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, where we met not only many of the clinic’s staff members but three of their most inspiring patients....
During our trip to SAWC Spring 2013, Today’s Wound Clinic visited the Denver Wound Healing Center at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, where we met not only many of the clinic’s staff members but three of their most inspiring patients....
During our trip to SAWC Spring...
08/13/2013
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Business Briefs
Parallel Paths to Medicare Reimbursement: Surgical Dressings & NPWT Pumps (Traditional and Disposable)
08/13/2013
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,...
08/13/2013
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Feature

Clinician's Report
Clinician’s Report: Educational Aids & Resources
08/13/2013
Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI®) Website: www.wcei.net Contact: Mike Grivas, CWCMS, vice president of business development; 877-462-9234; mike@wcei.net. Location: Plainfield, IL Founded: 2003 Program Provideded: Skin and Wound...
Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI®) Website: www.wcei.net Contact: Mike Grivas, CWCMS, vice president of business development; 877-462-9234; mike@wcei.net. Location: Plainfield, IL Founded: 2003 Program Provideded: Skin and Wound...
Wound Care Education Institute...
08/13/2013
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Infographic
Industry Insider: An Inside Look at MTI Inc.
08/13/2013
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Jeff Baker, president. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Jeff Baker (JB): MTI entered the wound care...
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Jeff Baker, president. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Jeff Baker (JB): MTI entered the wound care...
For this month’s feature,...
08/13/2013
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Infographic
Industry Insider: An Inside Look at Derma Sciences
08/13/2013
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Ed Quilty, CEO. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Ed Quilty (EQ): I have been involved in wound care...
For this month’s feature, Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Ed Quilty, CEO. Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare? Ed Quilty (EQ): I have been involved in wound care...
For this month’s feature,...
08/13/2013
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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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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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