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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
How CMS 2025 Proposed Payment Updates Could Impact Wound Care
10/15/2024
The proposed policies for calendar year 2025 impact payment for autologous blood-derived products used in wound healing and reimbursement for CTPs, as well as caretaker training services, prior authorization, and more.
The proposed policies for calendar year 2025 impact payment for autologous blood-derived products used in wound healing and reimbursement for CTPs, as well as caretaker training services, prior authorization, and more.
The proposed policies for...
10/15/2024
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
A Closer Look at the CMS MACs’ Recent Proposed Coverage Policies for CTPs
05/31/2024
The editors of Today’s Wound Clinic had the chance to touch base with Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders policy advisor Karen Ravitz, JD, at SAWC Spring to discuss policy issues impacting wound care. Below find some highlights of this...
The editors of Today’s Wound Clinic had the chance to touch base with Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders policy advisor Karen Ravitz, JD, at SAWC Spring to discuss policy issues impacting wound care. Below find some highlights of this...
The editors of Today’s Wound...
05/31/2024
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
Policy Updates on Surgical Dressings, Wound Dressing Classifications, and More
05/03/2024
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders has been busy the last few months with advocating for better policy on a range of issues affecting the wound clinic. Here is a roundup on what we’ve been doing and what results we’ve gotten.
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders has been busy the last few months with advocating for better policy on a range of issues affecting the wound clinic. Here is a roundup on what we’ve been doing and what results we’ve gotten.
The Alliance of Wound Care...
05/03/2024
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
What Wound Care Advocacy Achieved in 2023 and Works Toward in 2024
02/12/2024
The wound care community had an exciting and impactful 2023 on the advocacy front. The power of collaborative action and a collective voice resulted in two major advocacy successes, advocated by the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders,...
The wound care community had an exciting and impactful 2023 on the advocacy front. The power of collaborative action and a collective voice resulted in two major advocacy successes, advocated by the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders,...
The wound care community had an...
02/12/2024
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Clinical and Industry News
News November 2023
11/02/2023
12 Posters and Presentations Featuring MolecuLight to be Presented at SAWC Fall 2023
12 Posters and Presentations Featuring MolecuLight to be Presented at SAWC Fall 2023
12 Posters and Presentations...
11/02/2023
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Clinical and Industry News
News October 2023
10/06/2023
Recent Evidence Shows Clinical Utility of MolecuLight Point-of-Care Imaging Platform ... Mallinckrodt Receives FDA Label Update for First-of-Kind Burn Treatment for DPT Burns
Recent Evidence Shows Clinical Utility of MolecuLight Point-of-Care Imaging Platform ... Mallinckrodt Receives FDA Label Update for First-of-Kind Burn Treatment for DPT Burns
Recent Evidence Shows Clinical...
10/06/2023
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
CMS Withdraws Local Coverage Policy That Dramatically Restricted Access to CTPs (Skin Substitutes)
09/29/2023
LCD on Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers, will not become effective on 10/01/2023; new proposed LCD to follow.
LCD on Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers, will not become effective on 10/01/2023; new proposed LCD to follow.
LCD on Skin Substitute...
09/29/2023
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
Prevent Care Interruptions with CTPs for DFU/VLU Patients
08/25/2023
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders is engaging upon a series of advocacy steps to address many problematic issues in the policies. Elevate the voice of the wound care community and making your voice heard by Sept. 8.      
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders is engaging upon a series of advocacy steps to address many problematic issues in the policies. Elevate the voice of the wound care community and making your voice heard by Sept. 8.      
The Alliance of Wound Care...
08/25/2023
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Wound Policy and Advocacy Update
Could New Legislation Help Clinicians Prevent Amputation?
07/28/2023
This bipartisan bill supports a growing provider movement to prevent unnecessary amputations through Medicare and Medicaid coverage of early screening and detection, surveillance, testing, and treatment for PAD.
This bipartisan bill supports a growing provider movement to prevent unnecessary amputations through Medicare and Medicaid coverage of early screening and detection, surveillance, testing, and treatment for PAD.
This bipartisan bill supports a...
07/28/2023
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Clinical and Industry News
News June 2023
06/28/2023
Study: MolecuLight® Led to Wound Treatment Plan Changes in More Than Half of Patients ... Omeza Holdings Appoints Cynthia Flowers as President and CEO
Study: MolecuLight® Led to Wound Treatment Plan Changes in More Than Half of Patients ... Omeza Holdings Appoints Cynthia Flowers as President and CEO
Study: MolecuLight® Led to Wound...
06/28/2023
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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
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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