Early reported effects of the 2026 CMS Physician Fee Schedule on patient access to CAMPs in wound care: a national clinician and practice survey
Authors
William H. Tettelbach, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵*
David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD⁶ ⁷
Travis Tucker, MA, MBA⁸
Alisha Oropallo, MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS⁹ ¹⁰
Naz Wahab, MD, FAAFP, MAPWCA¹¹ ¹² ¹³
Lee C. Rogers, DPM, FFPM RCPS¹⁴
Mervin Low, MD¹⁵
Vickie Driver, DPM, MS, FACFAS¹⁶
Daniel L. Kapp, MD¹⁷
Lynnette Morrison, MD¹⁸
Kevin Nolan, MD¹⁸ ¹⁹
Marta Ostler, PT, CWS, CLT, CCS, DAPWCA²⁰
Will Tettelbach²¹
Justin Gooden, MD²²
Gregory A. Bohn, MD²³
Jeffery A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ ²⁷
Michael N. Desvigne, MD, FACS²⁸
Robert J. Snyder, DPM, MBA²⁹
Thomas Davenport, MD, FACS³⁰
Marcus Gitterle, MD, FACCWS³¹
Martha R. Kelso, RN, CHWS, DAPWCA, HBOT³² ³³ ³⁴ ³⁵
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 President, Wound and Hyperbaric Association, Park City, UT, US.
⁶ Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), US.
⁷ Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, US.
⁸ Founder, Principal Consultant, Woodside Analytics, LLC, St. Petersburg, FL, US.
⁹ Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Uniondale, NY, US.
¹⁰ Associate Professor, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, US.
¹¹ CEO, Wound Care Experts, NV, US.
¹² HCA Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, US.
¹³ Roseman University College of Medicine, Henderson, NV, US.
¹⁴ Chief of Podiatry, Professor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, TX, US.
¹⁵ Plastic Surgeon and CEO, Newport Wound, Newport Beach, CA, US.
¹⁶ Wound Care Collaborative Community, US.
¹⁷ Plastic Surgeon, Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, FL, US.
¹⁸ Regional Medical Director, RestorixHealth, Metairie, LA, US.
¹⁹ Clinical Professor of Vascular Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, US.
²⁰ Founder, Purpose Physical Therapy, Sheridan, WY, US.
²¹ Undergraduate Program in Medicine, Health, and Society, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, US.
²² Founder, MK Wound & Limb Preservation, Wichita, KS, US.
²³ President, American Board of Wound Healing, Franklin, WI, US.
²⁴ President, WebCME, Milwaukee, WI, US.
²⁵ President, RxOS Medical, Milwaukee, WI, US.
²⁶ Chief Medical Officer, Kent Imaging, Calgary, Canada.
²⁷ Chief Medical Officer, Auxillium Health, Milwaukee, WI, US.
²⁸ Wound Care Specialists, AZ, US.
²⁹ Professor and Director of Clinical Research, Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine, FL, US.
³⁰ New York Plastic Surgical Group, New York, NY, US.
³¹ Medical Officer and Co-Founder, WoundCentrics, LLC, New Braunfels, Texas, US.
³² Former Chief Executive Officer, Wound Care Plus, LLC, Kansas City, MO, US.
³³ Board Member, American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA), Milwaukee, WI, US.
³⁴ Board Member, Post Acute Wound & Skin Integrity Council, Quakertown, PA, US.
³⁵ Board Member, Wound and Hyperbaric Association, Park City, UT, US.
