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Volume 9 Issue 7 - September 2015

AAWC News
09/18/2015
SAWC FALL IN LAS VEGAS Attendees of the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, September 26–28, 2015, will be able to: choose from more than 40 educational sessions across four dynamic tracks, earn up to...
SAWC FALL IN LAS VEGAS Attendees of the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, September 26–28, 2015, will be able to: choose from more than 40 educational sessions across four dynamic tracks, earn up to...
SAWC FALL IN LAS...
09/18/2015
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News Update
TWC News Update: CMS Announces Minority Health Equity Plan
09/18/2015
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently unveiled the or­ganization’s first plan to address health equity in Medicare. The CMS Equity Plan for Im­proving Quality in Medicare...
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently unveiled the or­ganization’s first plan to address health equity in Medicare. The CMS Equity Plan for Im­proving Quality in Medicare...
Officials with the Centers for...
09/18/2015
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In Memoriam: Remembering Matthew William Livingston, BSN: A Tribute to a Dedicated Wound Care Provider
09/18/2015
Today’s Wound Clinic, HMP Commu­nications LLC, and the wound care industry are mourning the loss of the late Matthew William Livingston, BSN, who passed away Aug. 12, 2015, at the age of 50.
Today’s Wound Clinic, HMP Commu­nications LLC, and the wound care industry are mourning the loss of the late Matthew William Livingston, BSN, who passed away Aug. 12, 2015, at the age of 50.
Today’s Wound Clinic, HMP...
09/18/2015
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Online Exclusive: Clinic Management Models: Collaborating With Small Management Companies
09/15/2015
Brossett Corp., Monroe, LA, provides turnkey management services for outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT clinics. Established in 1994, the company is an experienced provider of contracted wound and HBOT services with...
Brossett Corp., Monroe, LA, provides turnkey management services for outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT clinics. Established in 1994, the company is an experienced provider of contracted wound and HBOT services with...
Brossett Corp., Monroe, LA,...
09/15/2015
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Quality Measures Resource Guide: PAD Awareness: Take the Extra Steps to Save the Feet
09/15/2015
September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. As we all know, wound healing begins with a “CSI” — clinical scientific identification — investigation. This means having an understanding of underlying etiologies. Are we looking...
September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. As we all know, wound healing begins with a “CSI” — clinical scientific identification — investigation. This means having an understanding of underlying etiologies. Are we looking...
September is Peripheral Artery...
09/15/2015
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Provider Profile
Provider Profile: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
09/15/2015
Coding, coverage, and payment — realities that can stop even the best healthcare professionals in their tracks. Are you coding to the highest level? Are you following the latest payment regulations? Why should you even care about coverage?
Coding, coverage, and payment — realities that can stop even the best healthcare professionals in their tracks. Are you coding to the highest level? Are you following the latest payment regulations? Why should you even care about coverage?
Coding, coverage, and payment —...
09/15/2015
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Wound Care Documentation Case Study: The Time Has Arrived for ICD-10! Are You Ready?
09/15/2015
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 author 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 author do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding,...
09/15/2015
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Column

Spotlight
Product Spotlight: 3M™ Coban™ 2 Layer Compression System (expanded sizes)
09/18/2015
  FEATURED PRODUCT: 3M™ Coban™ 2 Layer Compres­sion System (expanded sizes)  PRODUCT LAUNCH/RELEASE: The original 3M Coban 2 Layer Com­pression System launched in 2006; the 3M Coban 2 Layer Compression System (expanded sizes) will launch...
  FEATURED PRODUCT: 3M™ Coban™ 2 Layer Compres­sion System (expanded sizes)  PRODUCT LAUNCH/RELEASE: The original 3M Coban 2 Layer Com­pression System launched in 2006; the 3M Coban 2 Layer Compression System (expanded sizes) will launch...
  FEATURED PRODUCT: 3M™ Coban™...
09/18/2015
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Business Briefs
Business Briefs: Qualified Healthcare Professionals: Prepare for New & Revised POS Codes
09/11/2015
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 author 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 author do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding,...
09/11/2015
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Department

Practice Management
Achieving Collaborative Clinical & Operational Workflows in the Outpatient Wound Clinic
09/11/2015
Wound care clinics continue to operate under multidisciplinary models. Implementing effective workflows is essential to producing optimal outcomes.   
Wound care clinics continue to operate under multidisciplinary models. Implementing effective workflows is essential to producing optimal outcomes.   
Wound care clinics continue to...
09/11/2015
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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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