Reimbursement

The Places of Service, or POS, is a designation that payers, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), and MACs (Medicare Administrative Contractor) use to designate where specifically providers...

by Marcia Nusgart, Executive Director, Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Editor's note:This blog post is part of the WoundSource Trending Topics series, bringing you insight into the latest clini...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD Have you noticed that in the fictional future, such as in the Star Trek universe, nobody uses money to pay for medical care? When you get sick, a starship medical officer scans...

Selecting the correct ICD-10 code to correspond with the treatment provided is essential for proper reimbursement. Dr. Jayesh Shah breaks down the key elements of identifying the correct ICD-10 code f...

By Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP, CWOCN There's a lot to be said about change, and much of what you say depends on which end of change you are on. Those of us who are early adopters of new ...

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD In the June 2015 issue of the Journal of Ostomy Wound Management, Bell et al. published an article in which they reacted to the recent decision by CMS (January 22, 2015) ...

In this interview, Dr. Matthew Regulski, DPM, ABMSP, FFPM RCPS(Glasgow) discusses A- and Q-codes, how these codes differ, and more. ...

By Aletha Tippett MD Welcome, Colton Mason, to the WoundSource blog forum. I enjoyed your opening blog on cost versus price and love your Healthcare Caffeine image. You are so correct, looking at o...