Logical Images Debuts Newest Version of VisualDx: Includes Comprehensive Pressure Ulcer Staging and Treatment Reference
Summary
In response to this, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that treatment of stages III and IV will not be reimbursed when acquired in the hospital (ie, preventable).“Pressure ulcers are an overlooked and growing health concern affecting more than 2.5 million patients in US acute care facilities each year,” said Dr. Art Papier, Chief Scientific Officer of Logical Images.Such enhanced diagnostic accuracy improves health care quality and helps to eliminate unnecessary and inappropriate testing, treatments, specialist referrals, and hospitalizations.In response to this, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that treatment of stages III and IV will not be reimbursed when acquired in the hospital (ie, preventable).Such enhanced diagnostic accuracy improves health care quality and helps to eliminate unnecessary and inappropriate testing, treatments, specialist referrals, and hospitalizations.