NEWS & WEBINARS

Medicare fee for service (FFS) does not pay for discarded amounts of “incident to supplies” (which is how all non-BLA CTPs/skin subs are now classified) and will only pay for the amount of product furnished. The post Breaking News! Medicare Will Not Pay for CTP / Skin Substitute Wastage “Under Any Circumstances” appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

This New Year’s Eve, I am going to drink a toast to a new era in the use of CTPs, based on data around real-world clinical effectiveness. The post A New Era for Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

The CMS newsroom just released this press release yesterday, announcing that Final Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for Certain Skin Substitutes Have Been Withdrawn. The post Breaking News! Skin Substitute LCDs Withdrawn appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

I asked Dermatologist Dr. Alex Ortega Loayza to explain Biologics License Application (BLA) products, and he provided this guest post. The post A Primer on “BLA” Products in Wound Care – Guest Blog by Ortega Loayza, MD appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

Last week at the Desert Foot meeting, I had the extraordinary honor of being the 13th recipient of the Paul Brand Award from Dr. Robert Frykberg, who began the tradition. The post The Paul Brand Award Lecture: The Journey Toward Data-Driven Wound Care appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

The LCDs provide access to multiple evidence-based skin substitute products for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. The post BREAKING NEWS! CTP / Skin Graft LCDs to be Effective January 1, 2026 – See CMS Fact Sheet appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

The sad fact is that the most important reforms in wound care payment policy have not happened yet. But this is a start. The post Skin Substitute Payment Reform: Some “Thankfuls” Around the New Payment Structure appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..