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Guest Editorial: Calling All Nursing Students: How Much Wound Care is in Your Future?
03/11/2016
Lia van Rijswijk, MSN, RN, CWCN; & Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN, CWCN, CWS, MAPWCA, FAAN
Lia van Rijswijk, MSN, RN, CWCN; &amp...
From March 30-April 3, more than 2,000 student nurses and nursing faculty will attend the National Student Nurses’ Association 64th Annual Convention in Orlando, FL. Thinking about this event presents the perfect time for student nurses,...
From March 30-April 3, more than 2,000 student nurses and nursing faculty will attend the National Student Nurses’ Association 64th Annual Convention in Orlando, FL. Thinking about this event presents the perfect time for student nurses,...
From March 30-April 3, more than...
03/11/2016
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Letter from the Editor
Guest Editorial: Our ICD-10-CM ‘Lessons Learned’ Edition
02/10/2016

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
In my 48 years of working with medical reimbursement, only a few “bellwether” reimbursement events are indelibly stamped in my memory: the first day hospitals switched to the Medicare payment system known as diagnosis-related groups, the day...
In my 48 years of working with medical reimbursement, only a few “bellwether” reimbursement events are indelibly stamped in my memory: the first day hospitals switched to the Medicare payment system known as diagnosis-related groups, the day...
In my 48 years of working with...
02/10/2016
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Letter from the Editor
The Brave New World of Medicare Physician Payment: The Quality & Resource Use Report and What You Must do before March
01/13/2016
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the country. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that...
In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the country. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that...
In 2015, the Centers for...
01/13/2016
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Letter from the Editor
From the Editor
12/15/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...
“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...
“What experience and history...
12/15/2015
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Letter from the Editor
The Multidisciplinary Wound Care Team
08/19/2015
Valerie Sullivan, PT, MS, CWS
We launched this publication in spring 2007. The first issue provided readers with articles discussing the “tools” needed to build a successful wound clinic and featured imagery of a construction worker complete with a tool belt on the cover....
We launched this publication in spring 2007. The first issue provided readers with articles discussing the “tools” needed to build a successful wound clinic and featured imagery of a construction worker complete with a tool belt on the cover....
We launched this publication in...
08/19/2015
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Letter from the Editor
Limb Preservation
06/15/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
This issue of Today’s Wound Clinic focuses on one of the most important and rewarding aspects of wound care — limb preservation. Our patients develop limb-threatening wounds for many reasons, and preventing limb loss requires addressing all...
This issue of Today’s Wound Clinic focuses on one of the most important and rewarding aspects of wound care — limb preservation. Our patients develop limb-threatening wounds for many reasons, and preventing limb loss requires addressing all...
This issue of Today’s Wound...
06/15/2015
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Letter from the Editor
The Truth About 'Wound Healing Rates'
05/19/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
It’s time to stop fudging the data on “wound healing rates.” Continuing this practice is going to hurt us all.   
It’s time to stop fudging the data on “wound healing rates.” Continuing this practice is going to hurt us all.   
It’s time to stop fudging the...
05/19/2015
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Letter from the Editor
Taking A Peek Into Your Wound Care Future Through Quality Measures
04/16/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
  The nails are already in the coffin of the fee-for-service reimbursement model we used to know as healthcare providers. It’s not quite buried, but we are presiding over the funeral.
  The nails are already in the coffin of the fee-for-service reimbursement model we used to know as healthcare providers. It’s not quite buried, but we are presiding over the funeral.
  The nails are already in the...
04/16/2015
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Letter from the Editor
Facing Fraud in the US
03/18/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Inappropriate use of HBOT has brought the forces of the federal government down upon the entire industry. Now all of us have to deal with the reality that HBOT is under a more watchful eye and that reimbursement and patient care may be...
Inappropriate use of HBOT has brought the forces of the federal government down upon the entire industry. Now all of us have to deal with the reality that HBOT is under a more watchful eye and that reimbursement and patient care may be...
Inappropriate use of HBOT has...
03/18/2015
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Letter from the Editor
Preparing for a Quality-Based Payment System
02/13/2015
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
The discussion about value-based payment is no longer theoretical. Within three years more than half of Medicare payments will be value-based – are you prepared?  
The discussion about value-based payment is no longer theoretical. Within three years more than half of Medicare payments will be value-based – are you prepared?  
The discussion about value-based...
02/13/2015
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From the Editor
The Future of Wound Care in the Quality Payment Program
03/13/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to...
03/13/2024
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From the Editor
The Non-Pressure Ulcer Episode-Based Cost Measure "Field Test" Began Feb. 1
02/05/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining...
02/05/2024
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Guest Editorial
The G-Code Solution to Skin Substitute Reimbursement
01/25/2024
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP
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
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Guest Editorial
Wound Size Matters: Analysis of the New Restrictive Skin Substitute LCD Policy
09/01/2023
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP, WMS
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
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Guest Editorial
Wrestling With Implicit Bias to Deliver Better Care for Our Patients
06/01/2023
Monique L. Abner, MD, CWSP
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a...
06/01/2023
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From the Editor
Confessions of a Doctor With Lipedema
03/14/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how...
03/14/2023
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From the Editor
Why Won’t the DME Provide Dressings for My Patient?
02/23/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My...
02/23/2023
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Guest Editorial
How Wound Care Providers Can Treat Patients Like People, Not Like Cases
02/01/2023
Morgan McCoy
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care...
02/01/2023
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Guest Editorial
Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patients: Underreported or Very Rare?
01/11/2023
Shannon Kody, MD
Alex G. Ortega-Loayza, MD, MCR
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the...
01/11/2023
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From the Editor
The Patient’s Perspective: Things I Wish Wound Care Doctors Would Consider When They See a Patient
12/20/2022
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message...
12/20/2022
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Business Briefs
Telehealth Use Continues and Receives Further Medicare Payment 
01/25/2023
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been...
01/25/2023
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Waivers Q&A
09/07/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more...
09/07/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extension Also Applies to Telehealth
08/15/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health...
08/15/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Coding Changes, and Coverage Changes Continue
02/09/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review...
02/09/2022
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