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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a completely new set of DRGs and payment rates based on patient severity. Included in the rule are provisions providing less payment ... [read more]
A newly proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule proposed in June of 2007and set to go into effect in October 2008, would deny Medicare payment for six costly and sometimes deadly ... [read more]
Department of Health and Human Services -Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 42 CFR Parts 411, 412, 413 et al. Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective ... [read more]
The DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES relased its final ruling on the hosptial Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) in August 2008. The new ruling on Stage III and IV pressure ... [read more]
In late 2008, Medicare plans to stop paying for costs incurred from some of the most common and preventable medical errors suffered by patients. The cost of treating pressure ulcers can run ... [read more]
Pressure ulcers have become a serious reportable quality of care event and the complexities of this problem continue to challenge the healthcare community. The awareness of pressure ulcers has ... [read more]
This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project(HCUP) on the most common reasons for all hospitalizations that began in the Emergency Department. Policy ... [read more]
Based on the comprehensive Assessment of a resident, the facility must ensure that-- (1) A resident who enters the facility without pressure sores does not develop pressure sores ... [read more]
Two Congressional acts, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87) and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), contained regulations governing practices in the nursing ... [read more]
Abrasion The wearing or scraping away of a substance or structure, such as the skin, through an unusual or abnormal mechanical process. (2) Abscess A collection of pus that is restricted to a ... [read more]
The CDC has released the ICD-9-CM coding guidance for coding and reporting. Code assignments for pressure ulcers is included in the document. Link to document (page 104) ... [read more]
The CDC has released the ICD-9-CM coding guidance for coding and reporting. Code assignments for pressure ulcers is included in the document. Link to document (page 104) ... [read more]
NPUAP - 2007 This staging system should be used only to describe pressure ulcers. Wounds from other causes, such as arterial, venous, diabetic foot, skin tears, tape burns, perineal dermatitis, ... [read more]
The word "pressure" describes a force over an area. We know that a person cannot be weightless and so cannot be completely free of pressure. NPUAP purposes the following terms and ... [read more]
Immobile for hours, an anesthetized body can press against an operating room bed with sufficient sustained force to break skin, reduce blood flow and cause pressure sores in tissue. As you lie ... [read more]
BACKGROUND: Perioperative pressure ulcer (PrU) development has become a significant risk of surgery, but few studies have compared efficacy of various operating room (OR) pads for prevention. The ... [read more]
Many individuals are at risk of developing a pressure ulcer before, during, or following surgery. Read about these risk factors and how WAFFLE products can help prevent pressure ulcers. [read more]
Many surgeons and operating room personnel believe that if skin ulceration is not evident immediately following a surgical procedure, then soft tissue injury has not occurred. This thought process ... [read more]
The Emergency Department (ED) environment has changed considerably over the past 30 years, increasing awareness of pressure ulcers that develop in the ED. Patients treated in the ED range from those ... [read more]
It is imperative to assess a patient's risk for pressure ulcers before selecting the appropriate support surface. Mobility, nutrition, existing pressure ulcers and the general medical condition ... [read more]
I want to share with you our experience with the Waffle Surgery Table Pad. As you know we are a Free-standing Radiation Therapy Center and provide transperineal interstitial implants of the ... [read more]
