SmartTrak x Wound Care Collaboration Blog

Blog

01/08/2025

This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on December 31, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/market-responds-to-final-mac-lcds. Reposted with permission. SmartTRAK looks at the market’s response to the recently finalized...

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01/08/2025

Wound Care

Blog

Facing the Payback Crisis: Challenges Threatening Italy’s Medical Device Sector

11/26/2024

In an interview with SmartTRAK, Gennaro Broya de Lucia, president of the National Board of Directors at PMI Sanità, offers a comprehensive summary of the challenges for the medical device market in Italy, which places hundreds of companies at...

In an interview with SmartTRAK,...

11/26/2024

Wound Care

Blog

Reimbursement Changes: Wound Dressings Under Threat in Germany

10/01/2024

In an interview with SmartTRAK, Dr. Willi Schnorpfeil, an expert in reimbursement strategies, offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes for advanced wound care products in Germany, which pose a potential threat to both market...

In an interview with SmartTRAK,...

10/01/2024

Wound Care

Blog

Skin Substitute Market Rocked by DOJ Investigations

08/08/2024

SmartTRAK believes the billions of dollars of Medicare abuse already uncovered is the tip of the iceberg in services billed to Medicare via the Physician Fee Schedule.

SmartTRAK believes the billions...

08/08/2024

Wound Care

Blog

Medicare Administrative Contractors' (MACs) LCD Changes: Impact on Skin Substitutes/CTPs

05/29/2024

All seven MACs, in a united front, released proposed changes to the LCDs, which govern Skin Substitute/CTP use for DFUs and VLUs. SmartTRAK looks at the potential impact on the market.

All seven MACs, in a united...

05/29/2024

Wound Care

Blog

Vaporox Company Spotlight

05/07/2024

This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on May 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/vaporox-company-spotlight. Reposted with permission. New leadership at Vaporox to launch a second generation of vaporous hyperoxia...

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05/07/2024

Wound Care

Blog

Swedish Wound Care Companies – You Win Some, You Lose Some

04/10/2024

This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on April 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/swedish-wound-care-companies-you-win-some-you-lose-some. Reposted with permission. It is difficult to make it as a small to midsize...

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04/10/2024

Wound Care

Blog

What Impact will GLP-1 Agonists have on Chronic Wounds?

03/18/2024

With many believing that GLP-1 agonists should be considered a “wonder drug,” SmartTRAK explores what impact their use could have on the market for wound care

With many believing that GLP-1...

03/18/2024

Wound Care

Partner Content

Advanced Wound Dressings: 2024 Market Outlook

03/05/2024

SmartTRAK forecasts the WW Advanced Wound Dressing Market will grow at a 5-year CAGR of +5.2%. The market grew +5.2% in Q323 and +5.6% in the first three quarters of 2023.

SmartTRAK forecasts the WW...

03/05/2024

Wound Care

Partner Content

Wound Debridement 2024 Outlook

02/12/2024

SmartTRAK

With the eyes of the wound care world focused on the markets for Skin Substitutes and Antimicrobials, SmartTRAK discusses how 2024 could be a disruptive year for Debridement.

With the eyes of the wound care...

02/12/2024

Wound Care

Meeting Highlights

Webinars

PermeaDerm®: A New Biosynthetic Wound Matrix

On-Demand

Benefit of CAMPs in the Surgical Treatment of Oncologic Patients

On-Demand

Outcome-Driven Wound Care: A Review of the Latest Clinical Evidence Looking at the Reliability and Transferability of RCT Data to the Real-World Impact on Patients

On-Demand

CAMPs in Action: Transforming Surgical Approaches to Challenging Wounds

On-Demand

Join us for an engaging webinar that will enhance your surgical skills and knowledge on the impact of CAMPs. This session will dive into the innovative use of Cellular, Acellular, and Matrix-Like Products (CAMPs) in managing complex surgical tissue reconstructions and challenging wounds...

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Current trends and treatment challenges of oral antibiotic therapies

On-Demand

Turning the Clock Back on Moisture/Incontinence damaged skin with pure Hypochlorous Acid (pHA) Skin and Wound Cleanser

On-Demand

The use of 3M™ Promogran Prisma™ Collagen Matrix with ORC and Silver in Conjunction With 3M™ ActiV.A.C.™ Therapy System: Expert Panel Consensus Recommendations & Real-World Evidence

On-Demand

Meet the Experts: Purposed CTP Changes – What’s the latest and how to prepare?

On-Demand

Proposed LCDs & LCAs for CTPs: NOW WHAT?

On-Demand

A New Paradigm Shift in Wound Care: Intimate Conversations about Missed Opportunities to Help Rethink What’s Possible with Early Initiation of Instillation Therapy and Beyond

Presented by: Luis G. Fernández, MD, KHS, KCOEG, FACS, FASAS, FCCP, FCCM, FICS; Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS; and Saeed A. Chowdhry, MD, FACS. It is known in the literature about the clinical and economic benefits of instillation therapy, ranging from reductions in hospital stays to fe...

Supplements

Supplement

SAWC Fall 2024 Abstract Proceedings

The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall, October 2-5, 2024, received record-breaking abstract submission numbers. For additional conference coverage from SAWC Fall 2024, read more than 100 pages of scientific abstracts in the November supplement to Wounds.