Mobile Wound Care Services in USA Business Guide
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Explosive growth in skin substitute spending with fraud
$10+ billion Medicare Part B spending on skin substitutes (industry-wide)Medicare Part B spending on skin substitutes surpassed $10 billion annually by end of 2024, with an 83% increase in one year. Mobile wound care market shows costs averaging $23,000 per visit, often exceeding $100,000 per treatment. This unsustainable spending triggered regulatory crackdowns and arrests of providers for $900 million Medicare fraud.
Unverified efficacy and patient harm from inappropriate treatment
Not quantified but includes litigation risk, regulatory fines, and patient harm liabilityMobile wound care companies apply skin substitutes to patients without documented medical necessity or evidence of efficacy. Patients experience poor outcomes, serious infections, and near-amputation requiring reversal of treatment by primary care providers. Some patients were terminally ill and died within days of treatment application.
Excessive Skin Substitute Billing
$10B+Mobile wound care providers apply costly skin substitutes without clinician knowledge or coordination, leading to massive Medicare claims. Clinicians must then manage complications like infections or failed treatments when patients return. This disrupts care continuity and increases workload.
Skin Substitute Fraud Waste Abuse
$10B+ annually for MedicareOIG flags major concerns over Medicare Part B skin substitute payments involving fraud, waste, and abuse from improper wound care billing. Payers incur billions in questionable payouts for procedures outside care standards with no wound improvement. This triggers investigations and payment modernizations.