Wound Industry

Audits are meant to protect against fraud, but in wound care many providers are now facing aggressive “bad faith” audits driven by financial incentives and bias. This blog explores what’s behind the rise in these audits, their impact on patients and practitioners, and the steps providers can take to prepare, push back, and protect their practices.

After a recent survey we conducted, it is clear most clinicians agreed skin substitutes are highly effective and essential, warning that the proposed rates would reduce patient access, hinder innovation, and threaten the viability of many practices. Read the blog to learn more about our findings.

Venture Medical, LCC is sharing our position on the CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and our future recommendations.

If we want reimbursement systems that reflect real-world care and outcomes, we need to speak up. The comment period is now open. Read the full breakdown from John Schroeder and Howard Walthall to learn more about how you can join the call for fair, evidence-based reimbursement.

Venture Medical, a leader in wound care solutions, stands at the forefront of advocating for patient access and innovation in response to the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.

Under a system previously reliant solely on hospital outpatient departments, many patients—especially the elderly in care facilities, the poor, the homebound, the rural, and the otherwise disenfranchised—never enjoyed equitable access. Today, however, more patients than ever are receiving wound care as providers are motivated to bring advanced modalities directly to them.

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