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From the Editor
The Patient’s Perspective: Things I Wish Wound Care Doctors Would Consider When They See a Patient
12/20/2022
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message...
12/20/2022
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From the Editor
New Clinical Trial Brings Hope at Last for Patients With Pyoderma Gangrenosum  
09/01/2022
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
It’s a good bet if you see patients with non-healing wounds, you have at least one and maybe several who have pyoderma gangrenosum.
It’s a good bet if you see patients with non-healing wounds, you have at least one and maybe several who have pyoderma gangrenosum.
It’s a good bet if you see...
09/01/2022
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From the Editor
CTPs: Can We Do the Right Thing for the Right Patients?
08/05/2022
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
CMS recently issued a proposed rule for the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule that makes sweeping changes to the way that CTPs are paid for in the office space setting, proposing to treat and pay for CTPs as “incident to” supplies under the PFS...
CMS recently issued a proposed rule for the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule that makes sweeping changes to the way that CTPs are paid for in the office space setting, proposing to treat and pay for CTPs as “incident to” supplies under the PFS...
CMS recently issued a proposed...
08/05/2022
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Guest Editorial
I'd Rather Switch Than Fight—Thoughts on Moving into Private Practice Wound Management
04/20/2022
Stephen “Andy” Rohrer, MSN, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CWS
The industry is seeing a shift towards private wound centers. If you are considering a shift to private wound care, this author discusses some key services that have been additive to his program, and therefore, set it apart.
The industry is seeing a shift towards private wound centers. If you are considering a shift to private wound care, this author discusses some key services that have been additive to his program, and therefore, set it apart.
The industry is seeing a shift...
04/20/2022
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Guest Editorial
Why This Woundologist Transitioned From Hospital-Based to Office-Based Wound Care
03/15/2022
Stephen “Andy” Rohrer, MSN, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CWS
We Woundologists heal wounds they said could not be healed. We preserve limbs they said could not be preserved. We treat patients who thought they could not be helped.
We Woundologists heal wounds they said could not be healed. We preserve limbs they said could not be preserved. We treat patients who thought they could not be helped.
We Woundologists heal wounds...
03/15/2022
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Guest Editorial
Called to the Principal’s Office: My Experience With a TPE Audit
02/22/2022
David Charash, DO, CWS, FACEP, FUHM
Any audit can be stressful but it should not be traumatic. Proactive advanced preparation and planning will be your best defense against any audit from a third party.
Any audit can be stressful but it should not be traumatic. Proactive advanced preparation and planning will be your best defense against any audit from a third party.
Any audit can be stressful but...
02/22/2022
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Guest Editorial
What Every Wound Care Provider Needs to Know About the ‘No Surprise Billing’ Act
01/24/2022
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FACHM FUHM, FACP
The AMA and the TMA strongly support protecting patients from unanticipated medical bills. But an unfair independent dispute resolution process can reduce access to care by discouraging meaningful contracting negotiations and reducing...
The AMA and the TMA strongly support protecting patients from unanticipated medical bills. But an unfair independent dispute resolution process can reduce access to care by discouraging meaningful contracting negotiations and reducing...
The AMA and the TMA strongly...
01/24/2022
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From the Editor
How Did We Get Here?
12/03/2021
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
I don’t know how to turn the tide of worsening medical care, but patients with chronic wounds are the ones most affected by it and it’s time we at least talked about how we got here.
I don’t know how to turn the tide of worsening medical care, but patients with chronic wounds are the ones most affected by it and it’s time we at least talked about how we got here.
I don’t know how to turn the...
12/03/2021
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From the Editor
Health Care’s Mental Health Crisis: Winning the Battle in the Mind
09/24/2021
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
We can’t control circumstances, but we can control how we react to them. The battle we have to win is the one in our mind.
We can’t control circumstances, but we can control how we react to them. The battle we have to win is the one in our mind.
We can’t control circumstances,...
09/24/2021
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From the Editor
COVID Redux in the Wound Center
08/06/2021
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
There are battles on so many fronts. I just want to take care of patients with wounds, but it’s getting harder and harder to do that.
There are battles on so many fronts. I just want to take care of patients with wounds, but it’s getting harder and harder to do that.
There are battles on so many...
08/06/2021
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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
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
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, 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, CWSP, WMS
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
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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
Shannon Kody, MD
Alex G. Ortega-Loayza, MD, MCR
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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