The hidden costs of limiting access: clinical and economic risks ofMedicare’s future effective cellular, acellular, and matrix-like products (CAMPs) Local Coverage Determination

Authors

William Tettelbach, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA¹ ² ³ ⁴*
David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD⁵ ⁶
Jeffery Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS⁷ ⁸
Naz Wahab, MD, FAAFP, MAPWCA⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹
Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP¹²
Travis Tucker, MA, MBA¹³
Martha R. Kelso, RN, CHWS, DAPWCA, HBOT¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷

Corresponding Author: tarpon@xmission.com

Affiliations

¹ Chief Medical Officer, RestorixHealth, Metairie, LA, US.
² President, American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA), Milwaukee, WI, US.
³ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, US.
⁴ Adjunct Professor of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, US.
⁵ Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), US.
⁶ Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, US.
⁷ President, WebCME, Milwaukee, WI, US, and RxOS Medical, Milwaukee, WI, US.
⁸ Chief Medical Officer, Kent Imaging, Calgary, Canada, and Auxillium Health, Milwaukee, WI, US.
⁹ Wound Care Experts, NV, US.
¹⁰ HCA Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, US.
¹¹ Roseman University College of Medicine, Henderson, NV, US.
¹² Director of Wound Care Research, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, Independence, OH, US.
¹³ Owner, Principal Consultant, Woodside Analytics, LLC, St. Petersburg, FL, US.
¹⁴ Chief Regulatory Officer, Wound Care Plus, LLC, Kansas City, MO, US.
¹⁵ Board Member, American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA).
¹⁶ Board Member, Post Acute Wound & Skin Integrity Council (PAWSIC).
¹⁷ Board Member, Coalition for At-Risk Skin (CARS).