Reimbursement

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC With approximately $20 billion being spent a year on advanced wound care supplies, cost containment is a sought after goal. Long-term care fac...

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Patient safety is always of the utmost importance. Health care providers aim to improve the health of others. Having been in many settings...

In this interview, Dr. Jonathon Johnson, MD, MBA, CWSP covers the basics of coding for CTP reimbursement, such as JC and JW modifiers and how they are used. ...

By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA The Black OPPS continues unchecked. My last blog addressed the recent Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) in...

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new local coverage determination (LCD) impacting wound care providers, originally planned for implementation on October 1...

By Colton Mason I love coffee. I often joke with my friends that drinking coffee is the only way I can get my eight glasses of water in every day. Now if you're a coffee junky like me, you can prob...

By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM I recently read a synopsis about how Obamacare will affect the type of health care services that will be available in the marketplace and the age groups that will be helped ...

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Public policy is an aspect that affects every day practice for most wound, ostomy and continence nurses, but is something that we do not g...

By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN In the last installment of my blog, we discussed a brief overview of billing for wound care products and dressings (durable medical eq...