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Ep.17 2026 OPPS Payment Changes for CTPs Will Not Happen “By Magic”
As 2026 begins, Kathleen Schaum opens Episode 17 of Reimbursement Readiness: Business Tips for Wound Practice with a candid assessment of the turbulence wound care teams endured in 2025—particularly around cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs). While the 2026 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule brought meaningful improvements for hospital-owned outpatient provider-based departments (PBDs), Kathleen is still fielding urgent calls from departments that have not yet aligned their systems to capture those payments correctly.
In this episode, Kathleen walks PBD…
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