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SAWC Spring
Great Debates and Updates: HBOT vs. Topical Oxygen in DFUs
04/29/2023
Brian McCurdy
How does HBOT compare with topical oxygen for DFUs? These speakers provide insights into their SAWC Spring session.
How does HBOT compare with topical oxygen for DFUs? These speakers provide insights into their SAWC Spring session.
How does HBOT compare with...
04/29/2023
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications Simplified
04/19/2023
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA; Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C
Indication #4: Compromised Skin Grafts and Flaps
Indication #4: Compromised Skin Grafts and Flaps
Indication #4: Compromised Skin...
04/19/2023
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications Simplified
01/16/2023
Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C; Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA
In the third article in a series, these authors discuss protocols for using HBOT to treat radiation injuries.
In the third article in a series, these authors discuss protocols for using HBOT to treat radiation injuries.
In the third article in a...
01/16/2023
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications Simplified
11/18/2022
Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C; Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA
In the second article in a series, these authors discuss protocols for using HBOT to treat carbon monoxide poisoning.
In the second article in a series, these authors discuss protocols for using HBOT to treat carbon monoxide poisoning.
In the second article in a...
11/18/2022
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HBOT
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications Simplified
10/14/2022
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA; Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C
This new series aims to describe and simplify each of these HBOT indications. Indication #1: Air Embolism.
This new series aims to describe and simplify each of these HBOT indications. Indication #1: Air Embolism.
This new series aims to describe...
10/14/2022
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UHMS Discusses Two Possible New HBO2 Indications
09/22/2022
Marc Robins, DO, MPH, FUHM, FAAFP
The hyperbaric oxygen therapy committee reviewed new evidence for two possible new indications for HBO2 for inflammatory bowel disease and traumatic brain injury and their report will be forthcoming in the next edition of the hyperbaric...
The hyperbaric oxygen therapy committee reviewed new evidence for two possible new indications for HBO2 for inflammatory bowel disease and traumatic brain injury and their report will be forthcoming in the next edition of the hyperbaric...
The hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
09/22/2022
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Top Ten Things You Need to Know About HBOT #1: Two New HBOT Indications
08/09/2022
Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C; Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and central retinal artery occlusion were both approved as indications by the UHMS and the ACHM in 2011, but the FDA only recently approved these two indications in 2021.
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and central retinal artery occlusion were both approved as indications by the UHMS and the ACHM in 2011, but the FDA only recently approved these two indications in 2021.
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural...
08/09/2022
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Top Ten Things You Need to Know About HBOT #2: The Difference Between Topical Oxygenation Therapy and HBOT
07/19/2022
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA; Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C
The ultimate goal is a good patient outcome combined with patient safety and for this reason, TOT can be a safe and valid alternative for patients in which HBOT is not a feasible modality.
The ultimate goal is a good patient outcome combined with patient safety and for this reason, TOT can be a safe and valid alternative for patients in which HBOT is not a feasible modality.
The ultimate goal is a good...
07/19/2022
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Top Ten Things You Need to Know About HBOT #3: Side Effects Are Rare
07/11/2022
Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C; Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA
HBOT is a very safe and has been around for more than 150 years. It is a valuable therapeutic option for our patients with hard to heal wounds.
HBOT is a very safe and has been around for more than 150 years. It is a valuable therapeutic option for our patients with hard to heal wounds.
HBOT is a very safe and has been...
07/11/2022
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Top Ten Things You Need to Know About HBOT #4: What Is HBOT’s Only Contraindication?
06/28/2022
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, MSc, UHM, ABPM, CWSP, FAPWCA; Denise Nemeth, MPAS, CWS, PA-C
The contraindications that health care professionals often associate with HBOT are, contrary to popular belief, relative contraindications.
The contraindications that health care professionals often associate with HBOT are, contrary to popular belief, relative contraindications.
The contraindications that...
06/28/2022
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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
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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
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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