Alliance in the News
- July 2020: ACFAS Urges CMS to Modify Wound Care Coverage & Payment Policies
- November 2019: Wound Care Comments Sent to USP
- September 2019: CMS Adds Wound Care Measures to Physician Compare Website
- October 2017: New Study Demonstrates the Economic Costs & Medicare Policy Implications of Chronic Wounds
- June 2016: The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Is in Your Corner
- January 2022: Coverage, Payment, and the Impact of Advocacy
- April 2020: Wound Care is an Essential Service: Position Statement from the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders
- February 2020: Wound Care Advocacy in Action: The Wound Care Evidence Summit and Other Updates from the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders
- February 2020: Addressing the Wound Care Evidence "Clarity Gap" and Impact on Payer Coverage
- December 2019: Three Wound Care Quality Performance Measures Are Now Public: Why It Matters
- October 2020: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders opposes payment cuts for physician and physical therapy services in the USA
- September 2020: The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders outlines how wound care may be affected by CMS CY 2021 hospital outpatient and physician fee schedule proposed rules
- August 2020: Alliance of Wound care stakeholders makes requests of CMS during the pandemic
- March 2020: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders highlight importance of wound care amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Sept. 2022: Could Proposed Policy Changes in the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Increase Amputations and Infections in Patients With Wounds?
- April 2022: Promoting Quality Care with the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders (Video)
- March 2022: Wound Care Community: Let’s Make Our Voices Heard to Drive Payer and Regulator Acceptance of Real-World Evidence
- Nov. 2021: Get Up to Speed With Recent Wound Care Policy Updates
- Sept. 2021: Correct Inadequacies in CTP Payments and Remove Barriers to Access
- Oct. 2021: Will Proposed Wound Care Service Payment Reductions in 2022 Harm Wound Clinics?
- Aug. 2021: CMS Policy Updates from the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders
- July 2021: Wound Clinics and Wound Care Advocacy: Advocating for Evidence-Based Coverage and Reimbursement
- June 2020: How COVID-19 Is Changing Wound Care and Why You Should Be Preparing Now for the Next Wave
- July 2020: Fighting Peripheral Arterial Disease One Leg at a Time
- March 2020: Can a Unique Wound Management Program Be a Model for Wound Care?
- January 2020: Delivering Care That Counts: Nutritional Screening of Patients with Chronic Wounds
- Dec. 2021: Changing Policy Through Advocacy: 20 Years of Elevating the Voice of Wound Care Provider
- Feb. 2021: Advocating for the Wound Care Community
- Jan. 2021: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders’ Year in Review
- March 2020: Wound Care is an Essential – Not Elective – Service that Prevents Hospital Admissions and ED Visits Among a Fragile Cohort of Patients at High-Risk of COVID-19
- Oct. 2019: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders: Wound Care Quality Measures
- Oct. 2017: Special to OWM: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Update - Demonstrating the Impact and Cost of Chronic Wounds
- Jan. 2017: Special to OWM: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Report From the WUWHS
- July 2016: Special to OWM: Innovative Reimbursement: the Disruption and Challenges for Wound Care
- March 2022: Wound Care Evidence Summit to Gain Payer and Regulator Perspectives on Clinical Evidence and Coverage Challenges
- October 2020: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Opposes Payment Cuts for Physician and Physical Therapy Services as Proposed in CMS’ CY2021 Physician Fee Schedule
- September 2020: The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Outlines How Wound Care May Be Affected by CMS CY 2021 Hospital Outpatient and Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rules
- August 2020: Alliance Urges CMS to Address Front-Line Wound Care Practitioners’ Challenges
- July 2020: Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Calls on CMS to Modify Wound Care Coverage, Payment Policies in Light of Front-Line Clinical Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- June 2020: Frequently Asked Questions: Wound Care Challenges and Solutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Aug. 2018: Alliance Update: Wound Care Policy News and Comments
- March 2018: The Economic Burdens and Policy Implications of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds
