Guest Post by Dr. Helen Gelly: Medicare Documentation Requirements for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) – What Documentation is Required for the HBOT Followup Visit?

Guest Post by Dr. Helen Gelly: Medicare Documentation Requirements for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) – What Documentation is Required for the HBOT Followup Visit?

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Dr. Helen Gelly, Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Recently, a clinician inquired about Medicare documentation requirements for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In particular, they wanted to know once a patient has started HBOT, how often the follow up visits with the physician should be performed, and what should be...
Remember Why We Do It

Remember Why We Do It

by | Jul 9, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight

Lately there have been a lot of articles about clinician burnout. There are good reasons. The past 18 months have been tough for everyone. But a few days ago I saw a lovely patient whose wound had returned in an area of previous high-dose radiation. The reason it...
Here, Have Some Rice (Bodies)

Here, Have Some Rice (Bodies)

by | May 14, 2021 | Don't Miss This

My initial reaction was, “What the heck is THAT? I don’t want to be the Sigourney Weaver of wound care!” The patient is a 30+ year survivor of high-dose radiation for a sarcoma over her right hip and thigh. She has terrible late effects of radiation, and the tissue...