Volume 9 Issue 9 - November/December 2015
12/17/2015
TWC offers this exclusive forum for providers in the outpatient wound clinic to share their experiences related to hyperbaric reimbursement and prepayment protocols. To share a comment, email jdarrah@hmpcommunications.com
TWC offers this exclusive forum for providers in the outpatient wound clinic to share their experiences related to hyperbaric reimbursement and prepayment protocols. To share a comment, email jdarrah@hmpcommunications.com
TWC offers this exclusive forum...
12/17/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
12/15/2015
Caroline Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Caroline Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
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The United States’ healthcare “fee for service” payment system is rapidly transitioning away from one based on volume to one that is determined by “value” and links costs to improved patient outcomes. The problem with the current system is...
The United States’ healthcare “fee for service” payment system is rapidly transitioning away from one based on volume to one that is determined by “value” and links costs to improved patient outcomes. The problem with the current system is...
The United States’ healthcare...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
12/15/2015
Stephen D. Guthrie, MD, PhD, & Barbara R. Guthrie, MD
Stephen D. Guthrie, MD, PhD, & Ba...
Indocyanine green fluorescence vascular angiography (FVA, or ICG imaging) provides a dynamic view of tissue perfusion at the microvascular level.
Indocyanine green fluorescence vascular angiography (FVA, or ICG imaging) provides a dynamic view of tissue perfusion at the microvascular level.
Indocyanine green fluorescence...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
12/15/2015
Patrick V. Marasco, Jr., MD, FACS
Patrick V. Marasco, Jr., MD, FACS
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When Celeste Bell was declared free of anal cancer a few years ago, she was left with a painful reminder from the more than 30 radiation and chemotherapy treatments that cured her: a large, open wound (measuring 4 cm x 5 cm) that was very...
When Celeste Bell was declared free of anal cancer a few years ago, she was left with a painful reminder from the more than 30 radiation and chemotherapy treatments that cured her: a large, open wound (measuring 4 cm x 5 cm) that was very...
When Celeste Bell was declared...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
12/15/2015
Wound care providers can avoid the cookie-cutter approach to practice by gaining advanced specialized education. This article will review several options.
Wound care providers can avoid the cookie-cutter approach to practice by gaining advanced specialized education. This article will review several options.
Wound care providers can avoid...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
12/15/2015
Jennifer Hurlow, GNP-BC, CWOCN & Linda Hensley, RN
Jennifer Hurlow, GNP-BC, CWOCN & ...
The term “compliance” is no longer appropriate to define patient behaviors toward care planning. How can wound care providers determine “adherence” and help patients improve self-care?
The term “compliance” is no longer appropriate to define patient behaviors toward care planning. How can wound care providers determine “adherence” and help patients improve self-care?
The term “compliance” is no...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
Column
Letter from the Editor
12/15/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...
“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...
“What experience and history...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
12/15/2015
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 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,...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
Department
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
12/15/2015
Helen B. Gelly, MD, FACCWS, UHM/ABPM, FUHM
Appropriate response to records requests requires knowledge of the prepayment review process. This article offers guidance to HBOT providers in wound care.
Appropriate response to records requests requires knowledge of the prepayment review process. This article offers guidance to HBOT providers in wound care.
Appropriate response to records...
12/15/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
