Wound Care Compare is Here.

I’ve previously blogged about the exciting news that Physician Compare selected 3 USWR QCDR measures relevant to wound care to depict on Physician Compare: Adequate off loading of DFUs, Adequate Compression of VLUs and arterial screening of all leg ulcer patients at the first visit. There’s a great article by Marcia Nusgart about this in the most recent issue of Wound Management and Prevention. Volume 65-Issue 10-October 2019-ISSN 2640-5245

Why does this matter? Because we can save the field of wound management, despite the fact it doesn’t have a specialty, by tying reimbursement to quality performance. The problem is, without wound relevant quality measures recognized by CMS, the way quality will be measured for wound management is the practitioner’s performance on measures like blood pressure control and immunizations. Private payers are already starting to pay differential amounts based on quality score. The payment reform train has left the station. Are you aboard?

Additional Information:

• Making the right thing the easy thing
• This is how we can Save Wound Care
• CMS information – see page 11 for QCDR measures
• Goodbye Volume, Hello Value
• How to get to your own data on Compare
• Leveling the Playing field with quality reporting
• Building an Ark to Ensure Survival
• Other specialties have been doing this for YEARS
• Background on Compare from 2016 (We have been working on this for years)

Caroline Fife, M.D.

Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care. Please visit my blog at CarolineFifeMD.com and my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/carolinefifemd/videos