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Scoop of Practice Episode 4: Prescribing Plant-Based Wound Care
10/04/2023
Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Recent studies have postulated that topically applied cannabinoids and terpenes may be effective in aiding wound healing with minimal adverse effects.
Recent studies have postulated that topically applied cannabinoids and terpenes may be effective in aiding wound healing with minimal adverse effects.
Recent studies have postulated...
10/04/2023
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Cole
Blog
Improving the Wound Care Patient Experience
12/05/2022
Windy E. Cole, DPM, CWSP, FACCWS
The future of wound management must be committed to creating a patient-centric wound care ecosystem to drive payers, providers, patients, and other stakeholders to think differently about how the business of wound care is conducted.
The future of wound management must be committed to creating a patient-centric wound care ecosystem to drive payers, providers, patients, and other stakeholders to think differently about how the business of wound care is conducted.
The future of wound management...
12/05/2022
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SALSAL
Blog
The SALSAL Foundation and the Importance of Actions versus Words in Diabetes Care
11/21/2022
Desmond P. Bell, Jr., DPM, CWS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg), FCCWS, FAPWCA
The Save a Leg, Save a Life Foundation has been built on 3 key principles: Education, Advocacy, and Community Outreach.
The Save a Leg, Save a Life Foundation has been built on 3 key principles: Education, Advocacy, and Community Outreach.
The Save a Leg, Save a Life...
11/21/2022
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Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Blog
Scoop of Practice Episode 3: Cancer Prevention and Control in Wound Medicine
07/15/2022
Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Get the "scoop" of practice from this author on improving systems and processes of medical practice that will not just affect one patient but will affect an entire population.
Get the "scoop" of practice from this author on improving systems and processes of medical practice that will not just affect one patient but will affect an entire population.
Get the "scoop" of practice from...
07/15/2022
Today's Wound Clinic
Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Blog
Toils From the Wound Wizard: Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Started
05/17/2022
Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Wound medicine is a vital, youthful, evolving—yet highly underserved—medical specialty practiced by passionate, experienced providers.
Wound medicine is a vital, youthful, evolving—yet highly underserved—medical specialty practiced by passionate, experienced providers.
Wound medicine is a vital,...
05/17/2022
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Desmond Bell DPM CWS FFPM RCPS Glasgow
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The Impact and Importance of Public Engagement in Wound Care
03/21/2022
Desmond P. Bell, Jr., DPM, CWS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg), FCCWS, FAPWCA
We, the wound care community, understand the critically important nature of our work. This is part of the reason we attend conferences such as the SAWC and return year after year.
We, the wound care community, understand the critically important nature of our work. This is part of the reason we attend conferences such as the SAWC and return year after year.
We, the wound care community,...
03/21/2022
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Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS
Blog
Physician Coaching Explained
02/14/2022
Desmond P. Bell, Jr., DPM, CWS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg), FCCWS, FAPWCA
Coaching has no definitive definition, but the concepts it entails are empowering. Thinking, listening, and verbalizing with a trusted partner can be therapeutic, even at the most basic level.
Coaching has no definitive definition, but the concepts it entails are empowering. Thinking, listening, and verbalizing with a trusted partner can be therapeutic, even at the most basic level.
Coaching has no definitive...
02/14/2022
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Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
Blog
Scoop of Practice Episode 1: Designing a Wound Career
02/07/2022
Traci A. Kimball, MD, CWSP
The scoop on this blog: My aim is to disrupt the delivery of wound management by changing the model from fee for service/volume-centric to one that utilizes patient-focused outcomes to drive value.
The scoop on this blog: My aim is to disrupt the delivery of wound management by changing the model from fee for service/volume-centric to one that utilizes patient-focused outcomes to drive value.
The scoop on this blog: My aim...
02/07/2022
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Desmond Bell DPM CWS FFPM RCPS Glasgow
Blog
Where Do You Get Your Information?
10/26/2021
Desmond P. Bell, Jr., DPM, CWS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg), FCCWS, FAPWCA
One of the rewarding and fun projects I have been involved with for the past 2 years has been the development of a YouTube video program called “Inside the Doctors” Lounge.” “The Lounge” is part of a bigger project called MD Coaches and is...
One of the rewarding and fun projects I have been involved with for the past 2 years has been the development of a YouTube video program called “Inside the Doctors” Lounge.” “The Lounge” is part of a bigger project called MD Coaches and is...
One of the rewarding and fun...
10/26/2021
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Monique Abner, MD, CWSP
Blog
Physicians and Patients Need Patience
10/14/2021
Monique L. Abner, MD, CWSP
We are familiar with the many conditions that may impede wound healing such as poor nutrition, impaired blood supply, and previous radiation treatments resulting in a hostile wound environment. As wound care practitioners, we create...
We are familiar with the many conditions that may impede wound healing such as poor nutrition, impaired blood supply, and previous radiation treatments resulting in a hostile wound environment. As wound care practitioners, we create...
We are familiar with the many...
10/14/2021
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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
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, FAPWCA, 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, FAPWCA, CWSP
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Alex G. Ortega-Loayza, MD, MCR; Shannon Kody, MD
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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