Education & Presentations

• Present and Future US Wound Care Market Trends and Their Impact on Clinical Practice - presentations at Alliance membership meeting featuring insights from SmartTRAK General Manager for Wounds Kris Flinn, SmartTRAK Senior Analyst for Wound Care and Reimbursement Jay Merkel, and Intellicure Chief Medical Officer Dr. Caroline Fife. See presentations below.

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• "Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs in Limb Salvage and Wound HealingAdvocacy and Regulatory Affairs in Limb Salvage and Wound Healing"

• "The Benefit of a Wound Care Alliance: the Importance of Advocacy"

• Wound Care Business Navigator Session: "Reimbursement Advocacy Wins - It's Up to You to Implement Them and Prepare for Audits”

• Wound Care Audits, Investigations & Red Flags: Alliance Business Meeting guest experts 
  • “What to Do When the Government Calls – Preparing for and Responding to Audits and Appeals” presented by two former Senior Counsels at the HHS Office of Inspector General David Traskey (Garfunkel Wild) and Shannon DeBra (Epstein Becker and Green) 
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• On a webinar hosted by the ABWM Foundation, the Alliance provided an overview of CMS' Proposed 2026 Payment Rules, the wound-relevant provisions they include, potential impacts, and how to effectively advocate for edits or changes. 

  May 2025 

• Wound Care Business Navigator: Wound Care Centers and Teams - How to Address Growing Need with Shrinking Support 
• Wound Care Business Navigator: Top 10 Reimbursement Tips For Getting Paid and Keeping Your Payment 
• Rapid Fire: Reimbursement Tips to Implement Results of Wound Management Advocacy: CTPs, PRP & more

March 2025

• “Importance of Advocacy in Wound Care: US and Europe"

• Ready! Set! Go! Implement 2025 Medicare Final Rules: MPFS, OPPS, and Home Health PPS - watch recording
• Tips for Implementing the CTP LCD in Your Practice - watch recording
• Challenges and Solutions to Implement and Comply with LCDs - watch recording

• "You Advocated for It: Tips to Implement It!"

• “Importance of Advocacy in Wound Care: US and Europe"