CGS Announces a Multi-Jurisdictional Town Hall Meeting on the “Skin Substitute” LCD(s) 12/10/2024

The policies will become effective for services on or after 02/12/2025.

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Some Hospitals are Not Complying with the “Price Transparency” Rule

In the meantime, wound care practitioners working in HOPDs would do their hospital a favor by making sure that the prices listed for wound care services on the website are in fact, correct.

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The High Cost of Playing Documentation Defense Against Medicare Audits

The audit situation is not going to get better any time soon, so clinicians will just have to spend more time ensuring that their documentation is as close to perfect as possible.

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Vitamin D Deficiency and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity

In case anyone out there is still not on the Vitamin D bandwagon, there’s now an association between low Vitamin D and the severity of pediatric sleep apnea.

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Breaking News! LCDs for Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes Released!

LCD – Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and Tissue-Based Products for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers (L39756)

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GLP-1 RAs and Their Possible Use for Addiction and Inflammatory Conditions?

I do not have a financial interest in the use of these drugs. But I do care about finding help for patients.

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Remembering the Veterans In My Life

Today I am thinking of the veterans in my life with gratitude. I’m donating to my favorite Veteran’s organization today, in honor of these two men.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Adopts New Recommendations for Treating Pain

Although physicians have reduced opioid prescribing by more than 50%, health insurance companies have not increased access to affordable alternatives.

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CMS Releases the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2025

The sad news is that CMS is going ahead with a 2.9% cut to Medicare physician reimbursements for 2025.

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The Body Roundness Index – a Better Way to Understand Obesity Than BMI?

Body Roundness Index may be a more accurate way to understand obesity and healthcare risk than the Body Mass Index (BMI).

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