The Unwilling Doing the Impossible for the Ungrateful: Wound Care Quality Measure Development
We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Category: Healthcare Payment Policy
The Wound Care Practitioner Reduction Program (HRRP)
If any wound care practitioner has looked at their Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR), you might have gotten a shock.
Super Mario – And “Simplexity”
I don’t have THE answer to the “complex but simple” things, but at least I have Super Mario.
Pre-Authorization for All… and Medicare by Any Other Name
Although Medicare officially ended prior authorization, it’s still alive and well through the Medicare Advantage prior authorization programs which are rapidly taking over the market.
Transdermal Oxygen for the Irradiated Field – I’ll Be Darned if it Didn’t Work!
The wound closed 11 weeks after OxyBand treatments began.
Oh, Was That All You Needed?
This message was left on the voice mail of our Wound Clinic Program Director. I’ve cut out any patient identifiers
Mistaken Identity Part 2 – It’s Not ME!
How long do you think anyone can continue to practice wound care if quality is going to be determined by the performance of others, and wound care practitioners are held responsible for the cost of all the patient’s underlying medical conditions?
