Marcia Nusgart, RPh

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update

2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Wound Care Wins, Challenges, and Opportunities

11/30/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

As a result of elevating a united voice for wound care to CMS and to members of Congress, problematic policies that would have challenged physician offices with reduced payments, created barriers to access, and negatively impacted clinical...

As a result of elevating a...

11/30/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Special Report

Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Submits Comments on CTP Provisions

10/03/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders alerted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that changes to the way cellular- and/or tissue-based products for skin wounds (CTPs, also known as “skin substitutes”) are coded and paid...

The Alliance of Wound Care...

10/03/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update

Remove Patient Access Barriers by Correcting Inadequacies in CTP Payments in the 2023 Hospital OPPS Proposed Rule

09/26/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders recently urged CMS to update inadequate payment methodologies for CTPs to ensure appropriate access to care in the hospital outpatient/provider-based department site of service.

The Alliance of Wound Care...

09/26/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update

Could Proposed Policy Changes in the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Increase Amputations and Infections in Patients With Wounds?

09/12/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders told CMS that sweeping proposed changes to the way CTPs are paid for and coded in the physician office will limit patient access.

The Alliance of Wound Care...

09/12/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Promoting Quality Care With the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders

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Promoting Quality Care With the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders

05/18/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders has made it a mission to improve care and access to services for people with wounds. Executive Director Marcia Nusgart, RPh, discusses the Alliance’s work, its upcoming Wound Care Evidence Summit,...

The Alliance of Wound Care...

05/18/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Guest Editorial

We Can Help Drive Acceptance of Real-World Evidence

04/01/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

Now is a unique time for clinicians to articulate the realities and complexities of wound care.

Now is a unique time for...

04/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update

Wound Care Community: Let’s Make Our Voices Heard to Drive Payer and Regulator Acceptance of Real-World Evidence

03/29/2022

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

Today the doors are finally opening to payer and regulator recognition that there is value to real-world data and the use of it to generate real-world evidence.

Today the doors are finally...

03/29/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update

Changing Policy Through Advocacy: Elevating the Voice of Wound Care Providers for 20 Years

12/20/2021

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

The upcoming new year marks the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders’ founding. Its mission is to stand as the unified voice of wound care and protect access to products and services for people with wounds and the...

The upcoming new year marks the...

12/20/2021

Today's Wound Clinic

Special Report

Changing Policy Through Advocacy: 20 Years of Elevating the Voice of Wound Care Provider

12/01/2021

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, looks at the role advocacy has played in wound care.

Marcia Nusgart, RPh, looks at...

12/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Wound Policy and Advocacy Update