When it comes to coding are “Observation” patients inpatients? No. Medicare considers observation...
Place of Service for “Observation” Status Patients
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Wound care updates and original insights
The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule is Out
The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1770-P) went on display late afternoon July 7, 2023....
RAC Provider Audits and Why You Need to Worry
If you want to know what topics the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are auditing,...
The Importance of CPT® 99024
CPT 99024 -- Postoperative follow-up visit, normally included in the surgical package, to indicate...
Watch Session 4 of the Intellicure Webinar Series: Keeping Your Payments — After An Audit — Is In Your Control
On Wed., Oct. 26, Dr. Caroline Fife and Kathleen D. Schaum presented the fourth and final session...
Watch Session 3 of the Intellicure Webinar Series: Keeping Your Payments — After An Audit — Is In Your Control
On Wed., Oct. 19, Dr. Caroline Fife and Kathleen D. Schaum presented the third session of...
Watch Session 2 of the Intellicure Webinar Series: Keeping Your Payments — After An Audit — Is In Your Control
On Wed., Oct. 5, Dr. Caroline Fife and Kathleen D. Schaum presented the second session of...
Homework from Audit Session One
Kathleen Schaum provided the first of 4 free sessions on "Keeping your Payment after an Audit."...
Watch Session 1 of the Intellicure Webinar Series: Keeping Your Payments — After An Audit — Is In Your Control
On Wed., Sept. 28, Dr. Caroline Fife and Kathleen D. Schaum held the first session of...
Join Our Integral 4-Part Webinar Series on Audits!
Please join Dr. Caroline Fife and Kathleen D. Schaum as they discuss the keys to keeping your...
The Devil in the Documentation Details of the Proposed Novitas LCD on “Skin Substitutes” – Part 5
Novitas has issued a draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for the use of “skin substitutes”...
The Devil in the Documentation Details of the Proposed Novitas LCD on “Skin Substitutes” – Part 4
Novitas has issued a draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for the use of “skin substitutes”...
The Devil in the Documentation Details of the Proposed Novitas LCD on “Skin Substitutes” – Part 3
Novitas has issued a draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for the use of “skin substitutes”...
The Devil in the Documentation Details of the Proposed Novitas LCD on “Skin Substitutes” – Part 2
Novitas has issued a draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for the use of “skin substitutes”...
The Devil in the Documentation Details of the Proposed Novitas LCD on “Skin Substitutes” – Part 1
Novitas and First Coast have issued draft Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) that are...
The Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency Announce New Searchable Portals for “Guidance Documents”
As a result of Executive Order 13891 (E.O. 13891), Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved...
Zero Day Postoperative Global Periods
CPT® 28820 - Amputation, toe; metatarsophalangeal joint CPT® 28825 - Amputation, toe;...
A Simple Nutritional Algorithm for Patients with Chronic Wounds
I will be the first to admit that I did a bad job recognizing and treating nutritional deficits in...
CMS Rulings Are Not Law; Yet Followed By ALJs
I often feel that I have gone through the looking glass with Alice when it comes to the behavior...
Wound Repair CPT® Codes
Repair Codes When it comes to CPT® coding, wound repair is typically classified as simple,...
Pressure Ulcer Versus Pressure Injury ICD-10-CM Coding
It must be admitted that the terminology for pressure related skin problems is a mess. The...
You said it Knicole! Stop Auditing Practitioners and Start Auditing Medicare Advantage Plans!
I am fan of attorney Knicole Emanuel’s blog and this one is worth the read. We are being audited...
Is Collagen Billable Following Elective Procedures?
Probably not, but it depends. Some providers dispense surgical dressings to patients and submit...
Documenting “Wulcers”
In about 1991 when I was on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center in...
Take a Firsthand Look at a TPE (Targeted Probe & Educate) Audit
Dr. David Charash put out an article in Today’s Wound Clinic describing his experience with a TPE...
Don’t Miss Dr. Fife’s Sessions, Intellicure’s Interactive Booth at SAWC
This week is the big Spring SAWC (Symposium on Advanced Wound Care) conference! Intellicure...
General Confusion About Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Chamber Supervision (and the Pandemic)
Recently, a Hyperbaric Medicine physician asked for clarification on the supervision requirements...
Can Specialists Submit CPT® 99304?
Yes, specialists who are not the admitting / primary physician may submit CPT 99304 in certain...
The FDA Updates Its List of Conditions for Which HBOT Chambers are Cleared for Use
Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are classified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as “Class...
Appropriate Use of CPT® 11755
CPT® 11755 - Biopsy of nail unit (eg, plate, bed, matrix, hyponychium, proximal and lateral nail...
The MACs are Back… With TPE Audits
The MACs are back at it with the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audits. TPEs were briefly...
The Future of Wound Infections – at the APWCA Meeting This Week in Philadelphia
Great opportunities to advance wound care knowledge, this week in Philadelphia! Wound Week™ 2022...
Medicare and the Game of “Gotcha”
I am a devoted follower of Knicole Emanuel’s legal blog, which focuses on Medicare and Medicaid....
Coding During the Postoperative Global Period
Many wound care–related procedures, including some amputations and certain incision and drainage...
CMS Releases the Final Rules of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Payment System
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the final rules of the Medicare...
Free Access to a Review Article on the Development & Treatment of Lymphatic Dysfunction in Cancer Patients
Check out this Open Access review article on the development and treatment of lymphatic...
Debridement Auditing – It’s All About the Benchmarking
More and more clinicians are telling me that they are being audited for debridement charges. This...
Assessing Malnutrition During the Wound Healing Process
Assessing a patient’s nutritional status during the wound healing process is of tremendous...
WATCH THIS: Trends in Wound Care Audits & Denials, with Dr. Caroline Fife and Dr. Helen Gelly
Last week, Dr. Caroline Fife and Dr. Helen Gelly enjoyed a relaxed, unscripted conversation about...
The History of Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Debridement Audits
The MACs (Medicare Administrative Contractors) have been auditing wound debridements. I thought it...
How the Tiniest Details Impact Wound Care Revenue & Revenue Cycle Management
In the world of Revenue Cycle Management, attention to detail is no laughing matter. A seemingly...
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Coding – Diabetes Awareness Month
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. For those that treat diabetic foot ulcers and don't use...
New Study Highlights Risk Factors of Deep Tissue Injuries
Dr. Jenny Alderden and colleagues at the University of Utah and at Duke have just published the...
The 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule is Open for Comment
Yes, these proposed “rules” are hundreds of pages (sometimes thousands) and are often filled with...
What Exactly is a Separately Identifiable Evaluation & Management?
Evaluation & Management vs. Procedure Almost every service provided to a patient is either a...
Food as Medicine
This woman is 65 and developed a non-healing scalp wound after a fall 9 weeks earlier. The scalp...
Life-Saving Tech Is Here, So Let’s Use It
It’s frustrating, not to mention dangerous. I had a patient with limb-threatening pyoderma...
Survey Analysis: Wound Center Leadership Pressured for Higher Volumes
Earlier this month, the US Wound Registry conducted a market research survey intended to better...
Welcome to the Intellicure Blog!
Fellow Wound Care Warriors, welcome to the Intellicure Blog! Our team at Intellicure shares a...
Debridement Audits – What Documentation Is Required?
The Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for wound care written by my Medicare Administrative...
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