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Letter from the Editor
Preparing for a Quality-Based Payment System
02/13/2015
The discussion about value-based payment is no longer theoretical. Within three years more than half of Medicare payments will be value-based – are you prepared?  
The discussion about value-based payment is no longer theoretical. Within three years more than half of Medicare payments will be value-based – are you prepared?  
The discussion about value-based...
02/13/2015
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Letter from the Editor
Reader’s Choice Issue
12/15/2014
We asked you – our readers – to tell us what you wanted to see more coverage of. The results were valid, thought-provoking, and in many cases detail specific.  
We asked you – our readers – to tell us what you wanted to see more coverage of. The results were valid, thought-provoking, and in many cases detail specific.  
We asked you – our readers – to...
12/15/2014
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Letter from the Editor
HBOT State of Affairs
10/12/2014
The demise of 24/7 emergency hyperbaric services may be one of the greatest ironies in medical history — that emergency HBOT services have disappeared because of the growth of clinical hyperbaric medicine.
The demise of 24/7 emergency hyperbaric services may be one of the greatest ironies in medical history — that emergency HBOT services have disappeared because of the growth of clinical hyperbaric medicine.
The demise of 24/7 emergency...
10/12/2014
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From the Editor
Adapting to Change
09/20/2014
We are in the middle of a fundamental restructuring of outpatient payment policy. The only thing we can do about healthcare reform is change ourselves and the way our wound centers operate. This issue of Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) is devoted...
We are in the middle of a fundamental restructuring of outpatient payment policy. The only thing we can do about healthcare reform is change ourselves and the way our wound centers operate. This issue of Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) is devoted...
We are in the middle of a...
09/20/2014
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Guest Editorial
Understanding Wound Care’s Psychology
08/14/2014
The wound care visit is, under the best of circumstances, a daunting experience for our patients. They come to us with a myriad of emotions and feelings. How we recognize, address, and manage those feelings is what establishes trust and...
The wound care visit is, under the best of circumstances, a daunting experience for our patients. They come to us with a myriad of emotions and feelings. How we recognize, address, and manage those feelings is what establishes trust and...
The wound care visit is, under...
08/14/2014
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From the Editor
The Obesity Crisis
06/12/2014
   A report released by the CDC earlier this year estimated 42% of Americans would be obese by 2030. We will not need to worry about having patients to care for in our wound centers. We will need to worry about whether the healthcare system...
   A report released by the CDC earlier this year estimated 42% of Americans would be obese by 2030. We will not need to worry about having patients to care for in our wound centers. We will need to worry about whether the healthcare system...
   A report released by the CDC...
06/12/2014
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Guest Editorial
The Politics of Wound Care
06/11/2014
For this month’s editorial, TWC board member Des Bell, DPM, CWS, discusses his support of Dr. Lee Rogers’ run for the US House of Representatives.
For this month’s editorial, TWC board member Des Bell, DPM, CWS, discusses his support of Dr. Lee Rogers’ run for the US House of Representatives.
For this month’s editorial, TWC...
06/11/2014
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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
From the Editor: Wound Care & Health Reform
03/14/2014
  This week I had lunch with Dr. Guy L. Clifton, MD, author of Flatlined, Resuscitating American Medicine, a book that “delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system.”   The former chairman of neurosurgery at the...
  This week I had lunch with Dr. Guy L. Clifton, MD, author of Flatlined, Resuscitating American Medicine, a book that “delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system.”   The former chairman of neurosurgery at the...
  This week I had lunch with Dr....
03/14/2014
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Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: In Memoriam: Jeffrey Unger
02/14/2014
  Jeffrey (Jeff) Unger was born in West Reading, PA, April 19, 1952. He married Pamela Fenstermacher Unger in April of 1977. His sudden and unexpected passing this past fall shocked an entire community. But his fond memories continue to be...
  Jeffrey (Jeff) Unger was born in West Reading, PA, April 19, 1952. He married Pamela Fenstermacher Unger in April of 1977. His sudden and unexpected passing this past fall shocked an entire community. But his fond memories continue to be...
  Jeffrey (Jeff) Unger was born...
02/14/2014
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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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