WCHM Magazine

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• Remembrances—Ronald Lee Samson, MD
  By Michael B. Strauss, MD, FACS, AAOS
• Over 10 Years of Practice-Relevant Content At Your Fingertips
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • UHMS Releases the 14th Edition of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications
    Compiled by Renée Duncan
  • Baromedical Nurses Association Letter from the President
    By Annette M. Gwilliam, BSN, RN CWON, ACHRN Baromedical Nurses Association, President
• WOUND CARE
  • Press Release from Smith & Nephew
  • Challenges of Wound Healing
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD, FACS, AAOS, Stuart S. Miller, MD, Igor V. Aksenov, MD, PhD
  • Pressure Ulcers
    By Aimee D. Garcia, MD, CWC, FACCWS

WCHM Magazine celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2019! Each issue will spotlight an archived article from the magazine’s prolific authors. This issue spotlights Gretchen Dixon’s archived article on compliance in the billing and coding section. First, however, to kick off this issue of WCHM, a brief explanation of what is in store for the magazine and its readers in 2019 and beyond is provided. 

The Baromedical Nurses Association (BNA) provides updates from their website along with a summary of what they have accomplished and will do in 2019. A synopsis of the highly anticipated publication of the 14th edition of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications is also included in this issue.

The clinic in focus section spotlights MountainView Outpatient Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Read about their wonderful accomplishments in this section.

Guest author and conservationist Dove Joans returns with the second part of her series “Aquatic Affair,” where she shares her unique thoughts on living life through breath and water.

We know you will enjoy this celebratory year of high quality, information-packed articles to enhance your practice of wound care and hyperbaric medicine!

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• WCHM Magazine Celebrates Its 10-Year Anniversary in 2019
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications 14th Edition Coming Summer 2019 
  • Baromedical Nurses Association News
    By Annette M. Gwilliam, BSN, RN CWON, ACHRN Baromedical Nurses Association, President
  • CLINIC IN FOCUS: MountainView Outpatient Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Do You Have the Perfect Drive? Perfecting Your Tee Off is Similar to Your Documentation Improvement
    By Gretchen Dixon CCS, CHCO, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Our Aquatic Affair: “Dolphin in the Womb” 

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• WCHM Magazine Celebrates its 10-Year Anniversary in 2019.
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • 2018: An Exciting Year for the BNA!
    Compiled by Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • UHMS Announces a Cost-Effectiveness Study of HBO2 for Radiation-Induced Cystitis and Proctitis
    Compiled by Renee Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Clinic In Focus: Milpark Hyperbaric Foundation
    By Deane Nesbitt Jr.
• SAFETY
  • Dry Run
    By Darren Mazza, CHT
  • Best Publishing Company Announces Publication of 2nd Edition of Hyperbaric Facility Safety: A Practical Approach in 2019
• DIVE MEDICINE:
  • Our Aquatic Affair: Remembering our original language with life through breath and water
    ​By Dove Joans

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Baromedical Nurses Association Updates
    Compiled by Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • BNA Announces Release of Updated Guidelines
    Information provided by Jolene Cormier and Dana Winn
  • Risk Management Analysis
    By Jolene E. Cormier, BSN, RN, EMT-P, CHRN, CHT
• SAFETY
  • Time Machine
    By Darren Mazza, CHT
• WOUND CARE
  • UHMS Member Wound Scoring System Is Receiving Coverage
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD
  • Press Release from Smith & Nephew
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Diving with Disabilities, Part 3 of 3
    By Lientra Q. Lu, BS and Michael B. Strauss, MD

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Baromedical Nurses Association Updates
    Compiled by Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • Meet the Challenges Ahead
    Compiled by Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    By Dr. Marisse Venter, MBChB(UCT), FCS Plast Surg (CMSA), (WITS)
  • Clinic In Focus: Milpark Hyperbaric Medicine Centre
• SAFETY
  • Carbon Monoxide Gets National Exposure
    ​Compiled by Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
• WOUND CARE
  • Emerging Paradigms Integrating the Lymphatic and Integumentary Systems: Clinical Implications
    By Robyn Bjork MPT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA and Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, CLT-LANA, CLWT
  • Press Release from Smith & Nephew: New Meta-Analysis Demonstrates the Effectiveness of PICO NPWT
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Diving with Disabilities, Part 2 of 3
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD and Lientra Q. Lu, BS

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Baromedical Nurses Association
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • UHMS Achieves ISO 9001 Certification
    By Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Respiratory Therapists and the Hyperbaric Medicine Service
    By Jeff Mize RRT, CHT, CWCA
• SAFETY
  • Body Language
    By Darren Mazza CHT
• BILLING & CODING
  • The Spinning World of Coding Updates
    By Gretchen Dixon
• WOUND CARE
  • Textbook of Chronic Wound Care Is Now Available!
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Diving with Disabilities
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD and Lientra Q. Lu, BS

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Baromedical Nurses Association
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • UHMS Welcomes Derall Garrett as New UHMS Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation Director
    By Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist: From Air to Ground
    By Jeff Mize RRT, CHT, CWCA
  • 2018 WINTER SYMPOSIUM: Hyperbaric Medicine & Wound Management
  • UHMS Program for Advanced Training in Hyperbarics Blocks 1-3 Now Available
• WOUND CARE
  • New Study Documents Cost and Impact of Chronic Wounds
    Compiled by Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Textbook of Chronic Wound Care Is Coming in 2018
    By Jayesh B. SHAH MD, UHM(ABPM), CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FUHM, FACP, FACHM
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Breath-Hold Diving
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD and Lientra Q. Lu, BS

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• IN MEMORIAM
  • James “Jim” T. Joiner
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Baromedical Nurses Association Awards
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th Edition, Is Now Available
  • Clinic In Focus: The Center for Reconstruction and Wound Healing
  • Clinic In Focus: Riverview Health Wound Care
• WOUND CARE
  • Proactive Diabetic Foot Surgeries Part 5 in the Prevention of New and Recurrent Diabetic Foot Wounds series
    By Lientra Q. Lu, Michael B. Strauss and Anna M. Tan
  • Trigeminal Trophic Syndrome A case report of a factitial wound and how addressing etiology can promote healing
    By Ellen H. de Moll, MD, Sandra Wainwright, MD, and Charles Halasz, MD

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Overutilization of Antibiotics in the Outpatient Wound Care/Hyperbaric Program
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • Practitioner Poll: Please take the survey
  • UHMS Celebrates 50 Years of Dedicated Service to the Field of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
    By Renée Duncan and Dr. Enoch Huang
  • Oxygen and the Brain
    By Philip B. James, MB, ChB, DIH, PhD, FFOM
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Begin Summer Training by Understanding the History Components of Evaluation and Management
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, RN, CCS, CPCP, ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
• WOUND CARE
  • Protective Footwear: Part 4B in the Diabetic Wound Prevention series
    By Anna M. Tan, Michael B. Strauss, and Lientra Q. Lu

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • The Advantage to Having Registered Nurses in Hyperbaric Facilities
    By Janet Bello, RN, ACHRN, and Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • UHMS Welcomes Italian Medical Society SIMSI as Affiliate
    By Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • CO: It’s Not Just About the Gas
    By Joseph C. White, MD
  • What We Can Expect from Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th Edition
    By Henry J.C. Schwartz, MD, FACP
• SAFETY
  • Protecting Patient Privacy
    By Darren Mazza EMT, CHT
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • The Younger-Aged Diver Thriving in the aquatic environment
    By Lientra Q. Lu and Michael B. Strauss
• WOUND CARE
  • Protective Footwear: Part 4A in the Diabetic Wound Prevention series
    By Anna M. Tan, Michael B. Strauss, Lientra Q. Lu
  • Textbook of Chronic Wound Care: Chapter 1
    By Herbert B. Slade MD, FAAAAI, and Jamie M. Slade, MD

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • UHMS and US Wound Registry Offer Free Advice on Medicare Reimbursement
    By Renée Duncan, Communications Coordinator, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
  • Fracture Healing and Roles of Hyperbaric Oxygen Chapter excerpt from Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 4th edition
    By Michael B Strauss, M.D., Anna M. Tan, D.P.M., and Lientra Q. Lu, BS
  • Clinic In Focus: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Unit at Mather Hospital
  • UHMS Welcomes the Brazilian Society for Hyperbaric Medicine as an Affiliate
    By Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator, with reports from Dr. Iriano da Silva Alves
• WOUND CARE
  • Evaluation and Management of Foot Skin and Toenails
    By Lientra Q. Lu, Michael B. Strauss, MD, and Anna M. Tan, DPM
  • Complications Associated with Lymphedema
    By Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, CLT-LANA, CLWT
  • Q&A: Commonly Misdiagnosed Ulcers and Atypical Ulcers
    ​By Jayesh B. Shah, MD, CWSP, UHM

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• BILLING AND CODING
  • The Sky Is Blue, the Wind Blows as Air Heals: Does your clinical documentation support the medical necessity for hyperbaric oxygen services?
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, RN, CCS, CPCO, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Emergency and Critical Care Hyperbaric Medicine in the United States
    By Enoch Huang, MD
  • UHMS Members Verify Reliability of Wound Score Tool Updated assessment scoring improves upon existing systems
    By Renée Duncan, UHMS Communications Coordinator
  • Baromedical Nurses Association: Then and Now
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN (Founding Member), and Connie Hutson ACHRN, CHWS, CWCN, RN, MS (Past President)
• WOUND CARE
  • Prevention of New and Recurrent Foot Wounds, Part 2: Education
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD; Anna M. Tan, DPM; Lientra Q. Lu
  • Understanding and Recognizing Lymphedema: If you know what to look for, you will find it
    By Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, CLT-LANA, CLWT
  • Q&A: Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Advanced Wound-Care Modality
    By Jayesh B. Shah, MD, CWSP, UHM

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Puzzled Over Coding Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, RN, CCS, CPCO, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • The Pivotal Role of Oxygen in Pressure Injury Etiology and Prevention
    By Glenn Butler, CHT; Jody C. DiGiacomo, MD, UHM, FACS; Edward Golembe, MD, UHM, FACCWS; Scott Gorenstein, MD, UHM, FACEP; Bok Lee, MD, FACS
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Will Publish Special Issue on TBI Studies
    By Renee Duncan
  • Clinic In Focus: Catholic Health Advanced Wound Healing Centers
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Villa on Dunbar Rock Funds Hyperbaric Chamber Installation in Guanaja, Honduras
• WOUND CARE
  • Not All Swelling Is Equal: Differential Diagnosis of Edemas
    By Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, CLT, CLWT
  • Prevention of New and Recurrent Foot Wounds, Part 1: Introduction and Misconceptions
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD; Anna M. Tan, DPM;  Lientra Q. Lu
  • Atypical Wounds Q&A
    By Jayesh B. Shah, MD, CWSP, UHM
  • Continuing Education in Wound Care: It’s A Big Deal
    By Terry Treadwell, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Institute for Advanced Wound Care, Montgomery, Alabama

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Providers: Are You Practicing Mismatching? Claims Paid Without Supporting Clinical Documentation
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, RN, CCS, AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, CPCO; and Johanna Legaspi, MBA, CPC, CPMA, AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Clinic In Focus: Abbott Northwestern Hospital Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Clinic
  • The Benefits of UHMS Membership
    By Enoch Huang, MD
• WOUND CARE
  • Offloading Diabetic Foot Ulcers Q&A
    By Jayesh B. Shah, MD, CWSP, UHM

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Clinic In Focus: Edward Hospital Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Scuba Diving and Coronary Artery Disease
    By Douglas Ebersole, MD, FACC, FACP
  • Patent Foramen Ovale and Decompression Sickness
    By Douglas Ebersole, MD, FACC, FACP
• WOUND CARE
  • Wound Geography and Tissue Types: Part 2
    By Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, CLT, CLWT
• SAFETY
  • Basic Training
    By Darren Mazza, EMT, CHT

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in Scuba and Breath-Hold Diving: Part VI: Predive and Surface Problems of Divers
    By Dr. Joe Alcock, MD, MSCR, FAAEM; Dr. Satkirin Khalsa, MD; and Dr. Michael Strauss, MD, FACS, AAOS
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for Stroke Patients
    By Philip B. James, Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• WOUND CARE
  • Wound Geography and Tissue Types: Part 1
    By Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, CLT, CLWT
  • Experiences with Gentian Violet as a Wound Dressing Agent
    By MB Strauss, CK Jones, SS Miller, and A Daniller
• CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
  • Classroom or Online CME Courses? Which is More Effective?
    By WCHM Editors
• SAFETY
  • Development of a Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center
    By Rudy C. Pruneda

Highlights in this Issue:

• Note from the Editor
• BILLING AND CODING
  • ICD-10-CM: Bolstering Your Documentation for the Four Most Common Wound Diagnoses in the Clinical Setting
    Gretchen Dixon, MBA, CCS, CPCO
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Clinic In Focus: Swedish Edmonds Center for Wound Healing and  Hyperbarics
  • Ask the Experts: What is the current perspective regarding supervision of hyperbaric dives by Nurse Practitioners?
    From the from Wound Care Education Partners blog, Rx Pad
• WOUND CARE
  • Keep Things Simple and . . . Speedy: A Dozen Paradigms About Toe Tenotomies
    Michael B. Strauss, MD and Steven La, DPM
  • FOXO1Catcher: An Interview with Dr. Dana Graves on the Role of FOXO1 in Diabetic Patients
• SAFETY
  • Give Me a Break: Air Breaks During Hyperbaric Treatment
    Darren Mazza, EMT, CHT

Highlights in this Issue:

• Note from the Editor
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Your Double-Headed Dragon Requires Attention: Wrangling Compliance and Documentation
    Gretchen Dixon, MBA, CCS, CPCO
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in SCUBA and Breath-Hold Diving Part V: Near-drowning and Drowning
    Michael B. Strauss, MD; Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, MD; and Stuart S. Miller, MD
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Sinus and Ear Disorders that Take Place During Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
    Emanuele Nasole, MD; Antonio Paoli, MD, BSc; Gerardo Bosco, MD, PhD; and Enrico Camporesi, MD
  • Clinics In Focus
  • How to Make Your Hyperbaric Medicine Practice Stand Out from the Pack
• SAFETY
  • Clarity: The Importance of Patient Education
    Darren Mazza, EMT, CHT
• WOUND CARE
  • Oxygen, Hyperbaric Oxygen, and Free Radicals: Wound Management Considerations
    Michael B. Strauss, MD and Stuart S. Miller, MD

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 5
• PATIENT EDUCATION
  • Now is a Good Time to Change Your Lifestyle
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, CCS, CPCO
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in SCUBA and Breath-Hold Diving Part IV: The No Panic Syndromes
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD, Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, and Stuart S. Miller, MD
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinical Application in Resuscitation from Insult of Acute Severe Anemia
    By Keith Van Meter, MD
  • Clinic In Focus: Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Springhill Medical Center
• FACILITY SAFETY
  • The Sweet Zone
    By Darren Mazza, EMT, CHT
• WOUND CARE
  • Press Release: The American Diabetes Association Encourages People to Focus on Healthy Living for World Diabetes Day
  • A 5-Year Follow Up to the Essential Skills for Targeted Limb Salvage: Being DRRAFTed
    By Ryan Fitzgerald, DPM, FACFAS and David McArthur, C.Ped, CFo

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Are You Ready for the Stormy Season? Will Your Clinical Documentation Weather an Audit with Gale Force Winds?
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, CCS, CPCO
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in SCUBA and Breath-Hold Diving Part III: Psychological Stresses
    By Michael B. Strauss MD, Derek Covington MD, and Stuart S. Miller MD
  • Preparing for that Epic Dive
    By David Charash DO, FACEP, CWS, UHM
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Considerations about Panic in Extraordinary Environments
    By Vincenzo Zanon MD; Gerard Bosco MD, PhD; and Enrico M. Camporesi MD
  • Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
    By Eugene R. Worth MD, M.Ed, FABA, FABPM-UHM
  • UHMS Gulf Coast Chapter Meeting Converges on Delray Beach, Florida this September!
  • Press Release: HVHC’s Top Distinction
• FACILITY SAFETY
  • In Plain Sight
    By Darren Mazza EMT, CHT
• WOUND CARE
  • Credentialing: What’s In it for Me?
  • Press Release: Wounds Article
  • Press Release: MiMedx Epifix®
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • New Book Release: A Sneak Peek at the upcoming book Preventative Legal Care

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
• BILLING AND CODING
  • Your Current Weather Report on ICD-CM-10
    By Gretchen Dixon, MBA, CCS, CPCO
  • Prior Authorization to Ensure Beneficiary Access and Help Reduce Improper Payments
    Press Release from CMS
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in SCUBA and Breath-Hold Diving Part II: Physiological Stresses
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD and Stuart S. Miller, MD
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: An Introduction
    By Steven Piper, DO, FAAEM, UHM; Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FUHM; and Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM, FUHM
  • Oxygen and the Brain, The Journey of Our Lifetime
    By Philip B. James
  • Press Releases
• WOUND CARE
  • Wound Care Specialists in Home Health Care: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
    By Michael O. Fleming MD, FAAFP; Monica Timko-Progar BSN, RN, CWS; Bobbie Stallings et al.
  • Four Easy Tips to Improve Your Clinic's Community Education Initiatives
  • Letter to the Editor Regarding Wet-to-Dry Dressings
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Press Release
  • Bonus Content: RF3 Conference Proceedings Now Available

Highlights in this Issue:

• NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
• BILLING AND CODING
  • 2014 the Year for Big Billing Changes
    By Gretchen Dixon CCS, CPCO, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer
• DIVE MEDICINE
  • Stresses in SCUBA and Breath-Hold Diving Part I: Introduction and Physical Stresses
    By Michael B. Strauss, MD and Stuart S. Miller, MD
• FACILITY SAFETY
  • Why Your Smoke/Fire Hood Should Meet the American National Standards for Certification
    By Ira Gurvitch, President, Elmridge Protection Products, LLC
  • Why is a Hyperbaric Facility Maintenance Program Necessary
    By Wound Care Education Partners
• HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Quality Improvement
    By Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
  • Ask the Experts: What is the Current Perspective Regarding Supervision of Hyperbaric Dives by Nurse Practitioners?
    By the Experts from Wound Care Education Partners
• FREE CLINIC POSTER
  • Critical Events Occurring During a Dive in the Water and During Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
    By Best Publishing Company
• TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
  • Check your answers online with this free quiz!