HBOT

Patient-Centered Decision Making in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine

12/04/2020

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

Centering wound treatment on the patient rather than the disease permits patients more active engagement in their own care, and can lead to better outcomes. This author explains how to make your practice more patient centered, with an eye on...

Centering wound treatment on the...

12/04/2020

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HBOT

A Closer Look at Hyperbaric Safety and Training

06/02/2020

W.T. Workman, BS, MS, CAsP, CHT-A, FAsMA, FUHM

W.T. Workman, BS, MS, CAsP, CHT-A, FA...

This author describes the risk posed by the increasing numbers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) facilities operating with inadequate training and little or no oversight. For the most part, those of us who operate hyperbaric medicine...

This author describes the risk...

06/02/2020

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Original Research

Treatment of Frostbite With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Single Center’s Experience of 22 Cases

12/01/2019

Ammara Ghumman

Hannah St. Denis-Katz

Rosalind Ashton

Christopher Wherrett

Claudia Malic

The aim of this retrospective study is to describe the usage patterns, side effects, and outcomes of HBOT used as an adjunct to wound care at a single major Canadian university hospital.

The aim of this retrospective...

12/01/2019

Wounds

A Life and a Limb Saved: Life-Threatening Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Case: A 62-year-old female presented to ER with erythema and drainage to the left leg and thigh. PMHX: Chronic right stasis ulcer, Raynaud’s disease, cholestanol storage disease.

11/06/2019

HBOT

How a New HBOT Law Poses a Dilemma for North Carolina’s Wound Clinics

11/05/2019

Dick Clarke

This author takes a look at a law governing hyperbaric access in North Carolina and its implications for wound clinics. On Oct. 1, a bill entitled the “North Carolina Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder...

This author takes a look at a...

11/05/2019

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Business Briefs

Correcting Common Bad Habits That Cause Medicare Denials and/or Repayments for HBOT

09/04/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and...

Information regarding coding,...

09/04/2019

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HBOT

Understanding Nutritional Optimization in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

09/03/2019

Tiffany Hamm, BSN, RN, ACHRN, CWS

Jeff Mize, RRT, CHT, CWCA

Elaine Horibe Song, MD, PhD, MBA

Eugene R. Worth, MD, M.Ed., FABA, ABPM/UHM

National Coverage Determination requires nutritional optimization for patients to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy. These authors provide a guideline for how to assess nutrition and take a closer look at payers’ required elements of...

National Coverage Determination...

09/03/2019

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HBOT

What We Have Learned From the Prior Authorization Model for Non-Emergent HBOT

09/03/2019

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

Taking a closer look at the Prior Authorization Project for Non-Emergent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), this author details what wound clinicians can learn from the utilization and expenditures of HBOT. In 2015, the Centers for...

Taking a closer look at the...

09/03/2019

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Case Series

A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment of Wounds Caused by Calciphylaxis: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy with and Without Sodium Thiosulfate

04/22/2019

Background. Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is a rare, devastating condition with a mortality approaching 80%, most often seen in patients with chronic kidney disease. It is characterized by calcification and intimal...

Background. Calciphylaxis, or...

04/22/2019

Wounds

HBOT

Hyperbaric Medicine: Feeling Pressure in the Wound Clinic

01/10/2019

Dick Clarke, CHT

As the utilization of HBOT becomes increasingly scrutinized, wound care providers must remain vigilant to ensure they are providing treatment appropriately.

As the utilization of HBOT...

01/10/2019

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