Helen B. Gelly, MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM

Patient Relationship Codes: Why We Need Them and the Unintended Consequences of Using Them
Feature
Patient Relationship Codes: Why We Need Them and the Unintended Consequences of Using Them
03/05/2020
This author takes a closer look at five HCPCS Level II modifier codes developed by CMS, and how complying with the mandate can result in non-payment of claims.
This author takes a closer look at five HCPCS Level II modifier codes developed by CMS, and how complying with the mandate can result in non-payment of claims.
This author takes a closer look...
03/05/2020
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HBOT
Prior Authorization & Nonemergent HBOT: Update for Providers in Outpatient Wound Care
10/20/2015
CMS officials believe they can reduce HBOT spending while maintaining or improving quality of care by ensuring services are provided in compliance with Medicare coverage and payment rules before the claims are paid. This article provides an...
CMS officials believe they can reduce HBOT spending while maintaining or improving quality of care by ensuring services are provided in compliance with Medicare coverage and payment rules before the claims are paid. This article provides an...
CMS officials believe they can...
10/20/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
CMS
How Your Hierarchical Condition Category Score Can Impact Your Wound Clinic’s Finances
12/05/2019
Most people these days know their credit score. There are apps to help monitor it and to help improve it. The calculation may not be easy to understand and although the financial impact of a low credit score may be indirect, most people know...
Most people these days know their credit score. There are apps to help monitor it and to help improve it. The calculation may not be easy to understand and although the financial impact of a low credit score may be indirect, most people know...
Most people these days know...
12/05/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Wound Care: A Service Under True Pressure
10/12/2014
The clock may be ticking on the administration of HBOT as it’s known today due to various threats - from compliance to credentialing.
The clock may be ticking on the administration of HBOT as it’s known today due to various threats - from compliance to credentialing.
The clock may be ticking on the...
10/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
Wound Formulary
A Practical Guide to Establishing a Wound Care Formulary in Your Clinic
06/07/2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been addressing inequities in payment for a variety of services. When a service is provided in the hospital outpatient department setting (HOPD), the patient is likely to receive two...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been addressing inequities in payment for a variety of services. When a service is provided in the hospital outpatient department setting (HOPD), the patient is likely to receive two...
The Centers for Medicare and...
06/07/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
audit
Podcasts
How to Get Your Wound Clinic Through an Audit
08/01/2023
Audits may be unavoidable in the wound clinic. These two physicians discuss audits they've been involved in and what you need to do to prepare.
Audits may be unavoidable in the wound clinic. These two physicians discuss audits they've been involved in and what you need to do to prepare.
Audits may be unavoidable in the...
08/01/2023
Today's Wound Clinic
Special Report
Wound Center Without Walls: The New Model of Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
07/01/2020
The Wound Center Without Walls is a strategy to untether wound care from a physical location and aggressively triage and provide care to patients with wounds across the spectrum of the health system utilizing technology and community-centered...
The Wound Center Without Walls is a strategy to untether wound care from a physical location and aggressively triage and provide care to patients with wounds across the spectrum of the health system utilizing technology and community-centered...
The Wound Center Without Walls...
07/01/2020
Wounds
Office-Based Wound Care
The Challenges and Advantages of Office-Based Wound Care
09/28/2021
Office-based wound care can bring advantages like autonomy and flexibility in product selection, and disadvantages like isolation and financial liability.
Office-based wound care can bring advantages like autonomy and flexibility in product selection, and disadvantages like isolation and financial liability.
Office-based wound care can...
09/28/2021
Today's Wound Clinic
HBOT
Update on Prior Authorization for Non-Emergent HBOT: Transforming Into Prepayment Review
10/05/2017
It has been more than two years since CMS initiated the implementation of prior authorization for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This update will properly inform new and existing wound clinics alike.   
It has been more than two years since CMS initiated the implementation of prior authorization for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This update will properly inform new and existing wound clinics alike.   
It has been more than two years...
10/05/2017
Today's Wound Clinic
COVID-19 and HBOT
A Primer on Using HBOT in Patients With COVID-19
07/28/2021
Focusing on a UHMS study, this author provides a practical Q&A on whether HBOT could play a significant role for hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are hypoxemic and hypoxic.
Focusing on a UHMS study, this author provides a practical Q&A on whether HBOT could play a significant role for hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are hypoxemic and hypoxic.
Focusing on a UHMS study, this...
07/28/2021
Today's Wound Clinic

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