Shaun Carpenter, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP

Effectiveness of Color Calibrated Photo Documentation in the Wound Care Clinic
03/30/2016
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are your photos saying about your wound care?   
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are your photos saying about your wound care?   
If a picture is worth a thousand...
03/30/2016
Today's Wound Clinic
Debridement
Choosing the Best Debridement Modality to 'Battle' Necrotic Tissue: Pros & Cons
07/03/2017
As clinicians wage “war” against chronic wounds, choosing the proper debridement “weapon” with which to do battle can be challenging and fraught with risks. This article discusses wound debridement approaches, as well as the pros and cons of...
As clinicians wage “war” against chronic wounds, choosing the proper debridement “weapon” with which to do battle can be challenging and fraught with risks. This article discusses wound debridement approaches, as well as the pros and cons of...
As clinicians wage “war” against...
07/03/2017
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
Guest Editorial: Place of Service 11 — A Private-Office Solution for Wound Center Survival
07/03/2017
The battle over the fate of Obamacare rages on, with a major area of debate centered around whether more people will be uninsured under the Republican plan. What isn’t being discussed is the fact that currently there are millions of...
The battle over the fate of Obamacare rages on, with a major area of debate centered around whether more people will be uninsured under the Republican plan. What isn’t being discussed is the fact that currently there are millions of...
The battle over the fate of...
07/03/2017
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
Skin Substitutes: Will CMS Restrict Access to Care for Our Most At-Risk Minority Patients?
04/13/2023
Patients of any race, especially at-risk minorities with multiple and/or larger wounds, must not be discriminated against by a bundled policy that restricts the treatment of larger wounds or policies that unreasonably restrict number of...
Patients of any race, especially at-risk minorities with multiple and/or larger wounds, must not be discriminated against by a bundled policy that restricts the treatment of larger wounds or policies that unreasonably restrict number of...
Patients of any race, especially...
04/13/2023
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
Overcoming Challenges in the Wound Clinic in 2023 and Looking to the Future
12/19/2023
TWC board members share the clinical and reimbursement challenges they faced this year, with an eye toward a better 2024.
TWC board members share the clinical and reimbursement challenges they faced this year, with an eye toward a better 2024.
TWC board members share the...
12/19/2023
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
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
Today's Wound Clinic
When a Wound Specialist Gets a Wound
Feature
When a Wound Specialist Gets a Wound
03/30/2021
After suffering a wound between his shoulder blades that he could not treat himself, this author went from wound specialist—with a track record of healing “wounds no one else could handle”—to patient.
After suffering a wound between his shoulder blades that he could not treat himself, this author went from wound specialist—with a track record of healing “wounds no one else could handle”—to patient.
After suffering a wound between...
03/30/2021
Today's Wound Clinic
Beyond COVID-19: How to Stay Essential
Guest Editorial
Beyond COVID-19: How to Stay Essential
05/04/2020
Go into medicine,” my father always told me. “You get to help people and you will always have a job.” Except back when he told me those wise words, treating wounds wasn’t a specialty, and there wasn’t a worldwide pandemic dividing health care...
Go into medicine,” my father always told me. “You get to help people and you will always have a job.” Except back when he told me those wise words, treating wounds wasn’t a specialty, and there wasn’t a worldwide pandemic dividing health care...
Go into medicine,” my father...
05/04/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
Original Research
Evaluating the Number of Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Product Applications Required to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers in Non-Hospital Outpatient Department Settings
08/09/2024
Objective: To evaluate how the number of cellular and/or tissue-based product applications affect healing and wound area reduction rates of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers.
Objective: To evaluate how the number of cellular and/or tissue-based product applications affect healing and wound area reduction rates of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers.
Objective: To evaluate how the...
08/09/2024
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