BREAKING NEWS: Wound Care Company Owners Plead Guilty to $1.2 B in Fraudulent Claims for Amniotic Products and Face Prison

The case was handled through the Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program, which currently operates in nine Strike Forces across the country.

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How Much About Access to Care With “Skin Substitutes” is Around Cost (and Will the LCDs Actually Make That Better for Patients)?

It’s possible that the LCD(s) will improve the problems with access caused by the preference for high priced products.

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No End in Sight for the Spiraling Cost of Amniotic Products

Although implementing the LCD(s) might slow down the approaching bankruptcy of the Medicare trust fund a little bit, frankly the LCDs alone will not bring sanity to this industry.

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Clear Health Costs Investigates the “Skin Substitute / Cellular Tissue Product” market

Check out this article about skin substitutes by investigative reporter Jeanne Pinder, CEO of Clear Health Costs.

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Breaking News! LCDs Delayed Until 4/13/25!

If you scroll to the end of the LCD, it will state the future effective date of 4/13/25.

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MIPS Basics – Watch it on Today’s Wound Clinic

Thank you to HMP for letting me create a video talk on “MIPS (Merit Based Incentive Payment System) Basics”!

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Will Implementation of the Skin Substitute LCDs Be Frozen for 60 Days?

Expect for the LCDs to be implemented on February 12th, since they are not federal policies and thus likely not included in the recent EO.

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Landmark Antitrust Settlement Calls for Blue Cross Blue Shield to Pay $2.8 Billion into a Fund Designated for Physicians and Others

The fund is designated for settlement class members, including physicians, group practices, and health care facilities.

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JAMA Patient Information about Obesity Medications

The need for clinicians of all types to be engaged in conversations with patients about obesity is obvious from a JAMA Medical News brief.

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Proposed LCDs Raise Questions About ABNs That I Can’t Answer

I was able to answer a few of the patient’s questions, but I could not answer several around the ABN process.

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Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the CMO of Intellicure, Inc., Exec. Director of the US Wound Registry & Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic.

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