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Volume 8 Issue 3 - April 2014

NPWT
Will Simultaneous Irrigation Become New Trend for NPWT?
04/23/2014
  Decades prior to the first negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device being cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1997, Pal Svedman, PhD, MD, reported the use of simultaneous irrigation in conjunction with NPWT to treat...
  Decades prior to the first negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device being cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1997, Pal Svedman, PhD, MD, reported the use of simultaneous irrigation in conjunction with NPWT to treat...
  Decades prior to the first...
04/23/2014
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News Update
TWC News Update
04/23/2014
  The US Senate has pushed the compliance date for ICD-10-CM by one year with the passing of legislation aimed at providing a patch for the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). This is the 17th consecutive SGR patch passed, with a vote of 64-35,...
  The US Senate has pushed the compliance date for ICD-10-CM by one year with the passing of legislation aimed at providing a patch for the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). This is the 17th consecutive SGR patch passed, with a vote of 64-35,...
  The US Senate has pushed the...
04/23/2014
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ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Documentation Tips For Venous Ulcers (Categories 170-174; 180.00-187.9)
04/10/2014
To view and print the PDF, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/icd-10-cm-diagnosis-coding-documentation-tips-venous-ulcers-categories-170-174-18000-1879   The arrival of ICD-10-CM has been pushed back to at least October 2015, but...
To view and print the PDF, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/icd-10-cm-diagnosis-coding-documentation-tips-venous-ulcers-categories-170-174-18000-1879   The arrival of ICD-10-CM has been pushed back to at least October 2015, but...
To view and print the PDF, visit...
04/10/2014
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Removing Deterrents Without Adding Potentially Harmful Agents: A New Paradigm for Effective Wound Healing
04/10/2014
  Surgical incisions and traumatic lacerations are closed through wound approximation. Chronic wounds and large-surface burn wounds cannot be closed by primary intention. Many advanced wound dressings, skin substitutes, and peptide growth...
  Surgical incisions and traumatic lacerations are closed through wound approximation. Chronic wounds and large-surface burn wounds cannot be closed by primary intention. Many advanced wound dressings, skin substitutes, and peptide growth...
  Surgical incisions and...
04/10/2014
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Ultimate Standardization of First-Line Wound Dressings to a Single Type
04/10/2014
  Maintaining a varied inventory of dressings in the outpatient wound clinic is expensive and time-consuming. In keeping with the discovery that wound healing must take place in a moist environment,1 wet-to-dry gauze has been gradually...
  Maintaining a varied inventory of dressings in the outpatient wound clinic is expensive and time-consuming. In keeping with the discovery that wound healing must take place in a moist environment,1 wet-to-dry gauze has been gradually...
  Maintaining a varied inventory...
04/10/2014
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EMR
Specialty Wound Care EMR: 6 Areas Driving Critical Value & Compliance
04/10/2014
  As a healthcare business entity, the outpatient wound clinic operates for a patient population living with complex chronic conditions unlike any other throughout the care continuum. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in...
  As a healthcare business entity, the outpatient wound clinic operates for a patient population living with complex chronic conditions unlike any other throughout the care continuum. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in...
  As a healthcare business...
04/10/2014
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New & Emerging Concepts in Wound Care Products
04/10/2014
  Wound care products and applications continue to evolve. This can be challenging for both the seasoned clinician as well as those new to the field of wound management. Keeping current with trends and scientific literature can also be a...
  Wound care products and applications continue to evolve. This can be challenging for both the seasoned clinician as well as those new to the field of wound management. Keeping current with trends and scientific literature can also be a...
  Wound care products and...
04/10/2014
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Column

Facility in Focus
Maximizing Collaboration to Develop Wound Care Service Line at Excela Health
04/10/2014
For more photos from our visit to Excela Health, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/facility-focus-photo-slideshow-maximizing-collaboration-develop-wound-care-service-line-ex   Greensburg, PA — On a sun-soaked afternoon last...
For more photos from our visit to Excela Health, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/facility-focus-photo-slideshow-maximizing-collaboration-develop-wound-care-service-line-ex   Greensburg, PA — On a sun-soaked afternoon last...
For more photos from our visit...
04/10/2014
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Business Briefs
CTPs: From Coding & Payment Changes (Then) To Coverage Changes (Now)
04/10/2014
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding,...
04/10/2014
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From the Editor
The Delay of ICD-10-CM
04/10/2014
  My father used to joke that his definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car. I had mixed emotions on March 31, when the US Senate approved a bill to delay national adoption of ICD-10-CM...
  My father used to joke that his definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car. I had mixed emotions on March 31, when the US Senate approved a bill to delay national adoption of ICD-10-CM...
  My father used to joke that...
04/10/2014
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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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April 2014 Volume 8 Issue 3

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