Disparities in Access to Care for CTPs / Skin Subs (and How Package Pricing in the Doctor’s Office Might Actually Improve Access to Them)

Disparities in Access to Care for CTPs / Skin Subs (and How Package Pricing in the Doctor’s Office Might Actually Improve Access to Them)

by | Oct 12, 2023 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight

Check out the entire series here. In 2015, CMS moved to “package pricing” for CTPs/skin subs in the hospital-based outpatient clinic. When that happened, the cost of the product was incorporated into the charge for the visit, and that caused a sudden and dramatic...
“Research Not Rebates”… and “Our IRB Status with the Department of Health and Human Services…” Hmmmmmm……..

“Research Not Rebates”… and “Our IRB Status with the Department of Health and Human Services…” Hmmmmmm……..

by | Oct 9, 2023 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight

Check out the entire series here. Dr. Fife, I thought you should see this advertisement for “research” with CTPs/skin subs. It’s not an isolated case. Many of them are doing this where the MACs have cracked down on Rebate programs, particularly in nursing...
The Other Side of the CTP/Skin Substitute Story – How Poorly-Crafted CMS Policies for Package Pricing in HOPDs Created This Mess

The Other Side of the CTP/Skin Substitute Story – How Poorly-Crafted CMS Policies for Package Pricing in HOPDs Created This Mess

by | Oct 4, 2023 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight

Check out the entire series here. This morning I got an email from a friend and colleague who is one of the best and most ethical wound care practitioners that I know. His letter below points out the problem that started this mess, which is the methodology behind...