I will tackle various topics over the next several weeks, but here’s the list of covered and not-covered CTPs/skin subs for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and Venous Leg Ulcers (VLUs).

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

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

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

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