Reimbursement

By Lydia A. Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Today's health care changes are a necessity. Unfortunately, both the country's economy and overspending with abuse of the system contributed to this need for change...

With approximately 68,000 codes (nearly five times the number of codes as ICD-9), the ICD-10 system can seem daunting. In addition to an expansion in the number of codes, with flexibility for new code...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT) amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act by adding a new section –Standardi...

Cellular and/or tissue-based products: Engineered wound dressing products created to promote biological repair or regeneration of wound tissue by providing signaling, structural, or cellular elements ...

By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN It is becoming increasingly difficult to be involved in wound care at any level without having a working knowledge of the intricacies...

Advanced therapeutic devices in wound care can be among your greatest tools for encouraging wound closure. However, it can be disappointing when you may have an advanced modality in mind, but it is de...

By Lydia Corum RN MSN CWCN The times are changing in the world of wound care. There used to be a time when there were no problems with reimbursements, as long as the doctor wrote the order. Today, ...

Clinicians and physicians play a vital role in their Medicare reimbursement.This series consists of 3 parts and will meet 3 objectives. In part 1, we will learn that Medicare reimbursement is first de...

In part 2, we will discuss how clinicians and physicians determine if Medicare will cover and pay for various types of debridement. Why should wound ulcer management clinicians, physicians, and QHPs s...