Wound care in LTC facility

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I am a PT that works in an outpatient rehab facility, however our facility

contracts with a long term care facility (not skilled) to provide their

therapy services. We very rarely get orders for wound care at the contract

facility, however one has recently come up and I was unsure at what point

Medicare would pay for wound care services. The wound is a stage two and

needs some minimal debridement and dressing changes, no whirlpool.

Obviously nursing can do the dressing changes, but will Medicare pay for the

debridement by PT in a long term care setting, or do they expect nursing to

provide that type of service (are nurses even allowed to perform

debridement?). Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ali Hill, PT

The Rehabilitation Center

ville, IN

ali@...

(812)479-1411 x 204