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Finding a Path to Sustainable Wound Care Revenue
Wound care programs face a familiar tension: how to maintain financial viability while delivering the quality care your patients need. Reimbursement pressures continue. Operating costs rise. Yet the patients depending on your program require the same level of...
Skin Substitute Reimbursements Cut by 90%
Starting January 1, 2026, CMS will slash skin substitute reimbursement by 90%. Here are five critical actions wound care programs must take now.
Reimbursement Optimization for Wound Care Services: A Guide for Hospitals
Master the complexities of wound care reimbursement to transform your hospital’s wound care program into a profitable service that delivers exceptional patient outcomes.
Transitioning from Inpatient to Outpatient Wound Care: A Guide for Hospitals
Moving appropriate wound care cases from inpatient to outpatient settings allows hospitals to reduce costs, serve more patients, and maintain quality care standards.
The Role of Technology in Enhancing Wound Care Quality Control
Technology has transformed wound care quality control through digital assessment tools, remote monitoring, data analytics, and other advancements that consistently deliver improved patient outcomes.
Data-Driven Decision Making in Outpatient Wound Care Programs
Modern wound care programs are leveraging data analytics to move beyond clinical intuition and achieve measurable improvements in healing rates, patient satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
Wound Care Cost Audits: Best Practices and Insights
Rebuild your organization’s financial health through systematic wound care cost audits that align fiscal responsibility with clinical excellence.
Community Impact of Outpatient Wound Care Programs
Specialized outpatient wound care programs can also strengthen communities by reducing healthcare costs, preventing public health crises, and attracting economic development to underserved areas.
Collaborative Partnerships in Wound Care: Building Better Quality Control Standards
Strategic partnerships with specialized wound care companies elevate hospital quality control while improving patient outcomes and controlling costs.
The Role of Nutrition in Wound Healing: Cost Implications for Hospitals
Proper nutrition is the overlooked foundation of effective wound healing. For hospitals facing rising healthcare costs, implementing nutritional protocols offers a dual benefit: faster patient recovery and substantial cost savings.
Patient Education Strategies for Improved Wound Care Outcomes
Targeted education strategies help wound care patients become engaged partners, accelerating healing and reducing complications.
The Economics of Wound Care: Understanding Cost Drivers in Hospitals
Understanding wound care cost drivers can dramatically improve your hospital’s financial performance while maintaining excellent patient outcomes.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Outpatient Wound Care
When specialists unite in wound care, patients heal faster and hospitals operate more efficiently. Lear more about how collaboration transforms outcomes.
Workforce Optimization in Hospital Wound Care Programs
From skill-mix optimization to data-driven staffing, discover how workforce strategies can improve hospital wound care programs without sacrificing quality.
Patient-Centered Care in Outpatient Wound Management
Beyond treating the wound, learn how patient-centered strategies revolutionize outpatient care by empowering patients as active healing partners, improving both their outcomes and their overall satisfaction.
The Economic Impact of Chronic Wounds on Healthcare Systems
The hidden costs of chronic wounds extend far beyond treatment. Explore how comprehensive wound care strategies help protect both patient health and hospital finances.
The Foundation of Quality Control in Outpatient Wound Care
Four pillars form the foundation of exceptional wound care. Learn more about how infrastructure, budgeting, systems, and personnel training unite to distinguish outpatient programs from their competitors.
Use of Adequate Compression
The goal: Compression that is high enough to promote healing while limiting the potential for complications. Compression therapy is considered the gold standard treatment for venous ulcers, and it provides several essential...
When to Use Cellular and Tissue Products (CTPs)
A provider should consider using advanced biologic therapies when wound healing has stalled, when wounds are large or deep, and when there are comorbidities. To say that wound healing is a complex process is a bit of an understatement. However, disruptions caused by...
TCC for Offloading DFU
TCCs should be a first line of defense against DFUs, not the treatment of last resort. Rapidly healing DFUs, even small ulcers, helps to prevent amputations and reduce mortality rates. Total contact casting (TCC) is considered the gold standard in treating diabetic...