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Kathleen Schaum

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2013: Kathleen D Schaum
2013 "heads-up": Medicare physician fee schedule payment system changes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2013;26(4):157-8.
2013: Kathleen D Schaum
2013 "heads-up": therapy code changes and functional data reporting and collection system.
Advances in skin & wound care 2013;26(3):105-9.
2013: Kathleen D Schaum
2013 "heads-up": OPPS and ASC medicare payment system changes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2013;26(2):59-61.
2013: Kathleen D Schaum
2013 "heads-up": code changes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2013;26(1):11-2.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
It's that time of year again: have you read the 2013 office of inspector general work plan?
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(12):538-41.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
2012 outpatient therapy caps, prior authorization of threshold exceptions, and manual medical reviews.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(11):489-93.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
A View through Medicare's Looking Glass: Notices You Might Have Missed.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(10):444-8.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
Is it a suction pump for use on wounds or is it a negative-pressure wound therapy pump?
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(9):394-8.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
3-day payment window policy q & a.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(8):345-8.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
MDs, DPMs, and NPPs: do you know what was submitted on your Medicare claims?
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(7):301-3.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
CMS redesigned Medicare Summary Notices.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(6):248-51.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
Code it right or repay: place-of-service compliance.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(5):202-4.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
2012 financial outlook: physicians and podiatrists.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(4):154-7.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
2012 financial outlook: hospital-based outpatient wound care departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(3):108-12.
2012: Kathleen D Schaum
25 years of Medicare reimbursement changes for wound care.
Advances in skin & wound care 2012;25(2):96.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Who's minding the charge description master?
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(11):500-2.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
A potpourri of readers' questions and answers.
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(10):451-4.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Why should wound care providers pay attention to Medicare payment indicators?
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(7):300, 302-5.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Correct coding edits caused Medicare claims denials for revised debridement codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(6):251-2, 254-5.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
2011 Medicare payment changes part 2: hospital-owned outpatient wound care services and procedures.
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(5):204-6.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
2011 Medicare payment changes part 1: physicians who perform wound care services and procedures.
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(4):157-9.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Can you pass the surgical dressing ordering and documentation test?
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(3):112-7.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Did you implement the 2011 HCPCS code changes?
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(2):60-2.
2011: Kathleen D Schaum
Did you implement the 2011 skin substitute/dermal substitute changes: coding, payment, and coverage?
Advances in skin & wound care 2011;24(1):11-4.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
The 2011 OIG Work Plan has been released: clinicians must remember to read it!
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(12):541-3.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Certification does not always equal separate Medicare payment.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(11):489-92.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Can physicians use selective debridement codes, 97597 and 97598, to bill Medicare?
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(10):443-5.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Coding and medicare payment for discarded drugs and biologicals.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(9):398-403.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Facts you should know about ordering/referring providers for Medicare Part B items and services.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(8):348-51.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare clarified support surface policies and coverage requirements.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(7):300-4.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare revises signature guidelines for medical reviewers: wound care providers should read and implement them.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(6):252-3.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
When should nurse practitioners bill "incident to" a physician?
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(4):158-60.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
The ABCs of ABNs.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(3):110-4.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment for consultation ends.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(2):57-8.
2010: Kathleen D Schaum
Overview: 2010 final rule for hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2010;23(1):17-20.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Remember to review the Office of Inspector General fiscal year 2010 work plan.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(12):557-8.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
CMS limits consignment closets and stock and bill arrangements.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(11):500-1.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Beware of inappropriately billing clinic visits/evaluation and managements with procedures.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(10):450-2.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Solve the mystery: why was the claim rejected?
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(9):396-401.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Midyear HCPCS coding update.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(8):350-2.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Defining skin substitutes used as a graft versus skin substitutes not used as a graft.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(7):298, 300-3.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Does your hospital-owned outpatient wound care department have the required "direct supervision"?
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(6):252-4.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Average sales price differs for physicians and hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(5):210-1.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
Do you know your new Medicare contractor?
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(4):154-6.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
2009 coding and payment changes for hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(3):110-2.
2009: Kathleen D Schaum
2009 coding and payment changes for physicians.
Advances in skin & wound care 2009;22(2):64-7.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
CMS announces Zone Program Integrity Contractors and Recovery Audit Contractors.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(12):558-63.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
Correct coding edits force proper modifier utilization.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(11):513-6.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
New acute care inpatient hospital payment system affects wound care.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(10):458-60.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
New/revised wound care ICD-9-CM codes will be implemented.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(9):413-5.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
Are you ready for a Medicare audit?
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(8):358-62.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
Should it be coded as a dressing or as a dermal/epidermal (substitute) tissue?
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(7):317-21.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
Physicians must use correct place-of-service codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(6):260-3.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
2008 coding and payment changes for physicians.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(4):159-62.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
2008 wound-related coding changes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(3):114, 116.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
2008 significant changes for hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(2):70-1.
2008: Kathleen D Schaum
Copayment collection is not an option!
Advances in skin & wound care 2008;21(1):23-8.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
2008 Office of Inspector General's work plan: a "heads-up" for wound care providers.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(12):650-1.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment for administered and discarded biological products.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(11):584-5.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
Working with the Medicare contractor who processes your claims.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(10):536-40.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
The Office of Inspector General cites wound care industry.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(9 Pt 1):479-84.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
2007 update: wound care-related HCPCS codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(7):379-80.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
2007 update: skin replacement and skin substitute application codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(5):267-8.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
2007 update: RBRVS physician fee schedule for wound management procedures.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(4):192, 194, 196.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
The 2007 hospital outpatient prospective payment system changes for HOPDS.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(3):146, 148.
2007: Kathleen D Schaum
Update charge encounter sheets and charge description masters.
Advances in skin & wound care 2007;20(1):29-31.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Revised coding guidelines for surgical dressings.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(9):490-1.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Voicing opinions on local coverage determinations: part II.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(8):428-30.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Voicing opinions on local coverage determinations: part I.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(7):374-8.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Mid-year update: Medicare physician fee schedule and average sales prices for wound care products and services.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(6):308-9.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
New and revised overweight and obesity ICD-9 codes.
Ostomy/wound management 2006;52(6):63-4.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
New 2006 physical therapy cap and exception process.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(5):251-4.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
National Provider Identifier: should wound care specialists apply?
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(4):192-3.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
New 2006 wound care-related HCPCS codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(3):127-9.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Update on skin replacement and skin substitute application codes.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(2):86-90.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment system for surgical dressings containing silver.
Ostomy/wound management 2006;52(1):30-3.
2006: Kathleen D Schaum
2006 Medicare funding assigned for wound care services.
Advances in skin & wound care 2006;19(1):26-7.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Purchasing responsibilities for surgical dressings.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(8):410, 412.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment system for wound care dressings.
Ostomy/wound management 2005;51(9):18.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
CERT program reviews Medicare contractors and providers.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(6):304-6.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment system for wound care drugs.
Ostomy/wound management 2005;51(6):20.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Unna boots versus multilayered, sustained, graduated high compression bandage systems.
Ostomy/wound management 2005;51(5):28, 30.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Answering NPs' questions about billing "incident-to" services.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(4):190-1.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Helpful hints for hyperbaric oxygen and drugs/biologicals reimbursement.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(3):134-5.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Negative pressure wound therapy pumps and ostomy supplies.
Ostomy/wound management 2005;51(3):20, 22.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
2005 HCPCS changes impact wound care.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(2):76-8.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
Pressure-reducing support surfaces.
Ostomy/wound management 2005;51(2):36, 96.
2005: Kathleen D Schaum
New year payment system changes for hospital-owned outpatient wound departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2005;18(1):24-7.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
Payers regulate code selection for wound care procedures.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(9):458-60.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
Copayments impact hospital-owned outpatient wound departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(8):444-7.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
ICD-9-CM coding changes impact wound care practices.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(7):333-4.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
Decision on national coverage of electromagnetic therapy for wounds.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(6):316-7.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
The never-ending saga: Changes to wound care payment systems.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(5 Pt 1):256-8.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
Surgical dressings: base purchases on outcomes, not on payment.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(4 Pt 1):166, 168.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
2004 Medicare legislation and regulations impact wound management.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(3):113-4.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
Will Medicare pay for concurrent hospital-owned outpatient wound department visits and procedures?
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(2):91-2.
2004: Kathleen D Schaum
2004 Medicare changes impact hospital-owned outpatient wound departments.
Advances in skin & wound care 2004;17(1):40-1.
2003: Kathleen D Schaum
Diagnosis=medical necessity=payment.
Advances in skin & wound care 2003;16(6):295-8.
2003: Kathleen D Schaum
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 2003 Medicare coverage decision.
Advances in skin & wound care 2003;16(5):244.
2003: Kathleen D Schaum
2003 Surgical Dressing Medicare Policy update.
Advances in skin & wound care 2003;16(4):203-6.
2003: Kathleen D Schaum
Ostomy Medicare policy 2003.
Advances in skin & wound care 2003;16(3):153-6.
2003: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare payment issues for physicians specializing in skin and wound management.
Advances in skin & wound care 2003;16(1):40-4.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Ostomy Medicare policy update.
Advances in skin & wound care 2002;15(5):230-2.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Hospital-owned Outpatient Department Prospective Payment System Final Rule.
Advances in skin & wound care 2002;15(4):183.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Documentation of wound exudate amount leads to dressing reimbursement after discharge.
Home healthcare nurse 2002;20(6):399.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare documentation guidelines for wound care nurses.
Advances in skin & wound care 2002;15(3):142-3.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare part B changes affect wound care planning for 2002.
Home healthcare nurse 2002;20(4):270-2.
2002: Kathleen D Schaum
Medicare Part B negative pressure wound therapy pump policy. A partner for Medicare Part A PPS.
Home healthcare nurse 2002;20(1):57-8.
2001: Kathleen D Schaum
Will payers cover nursing services for wound care?
Advances in skin & wound care 2001;14(6):290-1.
2001: Kathleen D Schaum
A new Medicare Part B wound care policy.
Advances in skin & wound care 2001;14(5):238-40.
2001: Kathleen D Schaum
Unscramble the alphabet soup of medicare payment systems.
Advances in skin & wound care 2001;14(4):176-8.
2001: Kathleen D Schaum
Home health wound services under Medicare PPS.
Advances in skin & wound care 2001;14(2):74, 76.