Kathleen D Schaum

Summary

Affiliation: Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi It's that time of year again: have you read the 2013 office of inspector general work plan?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:538-41. 2012
  2. ncbi A View through Medicare's Looking Glass: Notices You Might Have Missed
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:444-8. 2012
  3. ncbi Code it right or repay: place-of-service compliance
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:202-4. 2012
  4. ncbi 2012 financial outlook: physicians and podiatrists
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:154-7. 2012
  5. ncbi 2008 wound-related coding changes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:114, 116. 2008
  6. ncbi 2007 update: RBRVS physician fee schedule for wound management procedures
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:192, 194, 196. 2007
  7. ncbi 2007 update: skin replacement and skin substitute application codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:267-8. 2007
  8. ncbi The 2007 hospital outpatient prospective payment system changes for HOPDS
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:146, 148. 2007
  9. ncbi 2007 update: wound care-related HCPCS codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:379-80. 2007
  10. ncbi Update charge encounter sheets and charge description masters
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:29-31. 2007

Collaborators

  • Bobby Hurt

Detail Information

Publications71

  1. ncbi It's that time of year again: have you read the 2013 office of inspector general work plan?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:538-41. 2012
    ..Be sure to read the document and take a proactive approach by conducting internal audits to identify areas of improvement that you can make before you receive an external audit...
  2. ncbi A View through Medicare's Looking Glass: Notices You Might Have Missed
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:444-8. 2012
    ..If you have not subscribed to this valuable information, now is the time to act. The looking glass is there if you will only reach out for it...
  3. ncbi Code it right or repay: place-of-service compliance
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:202-4. 2012
    ..If the internal audit identifies compliance with the POS code policy, celebrate with your team!..
  4. ncbi 2012 financial outlook: physicians and podiatrists
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 25:154-7. 2012
    ..Healthcare providers will maintain a healthy revenue cycle by conducting internal audits before outside auditors conduct audits that result in repayments that could have been prevented...
  5. ncbi 2008 wound-related coding changes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:114, 116. 2008
  6. ncbi 2007 update: RBRVS physician fee schedule for wound management procedures
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:192, 194, 196. 2007
  7. ncbi 2007 update: skin replacement and skin substitute application codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:267-8. 2007
  8. ncbi The 2007 hospital outpatient prospective payment system changes for HOPDS
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:146, 148. 2007
  9. ncbi 2007 update: wound care-related HCPCS codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:379-80. 2007
  10. ncbi Update charge encounter sheets and charge description masters
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:29-31. 2007
  11. ncbi Revised coding guidelines for surgical dressings
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:490-1. 2006
  12. ncbi Voicing opinions on local coverage determinations: part II
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:428-30. 2006
  13. ncbi Voicing opinions on local coverage determinations: part I
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:374-8. 2006
  14. ncbi Mid-year update: Medicare physician fee schedule and average sales prices for wound care products and services
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:308-9. 2006
  15. ncbi New 2006 physical therapy cap and exception process
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:251-4. 2006
  16. ncbi National Provider Identifier: should wound care specialists apply?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:192-3. 2006
  17. ncbi New 2006 wound care-related HCPCS codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:127-9. 2006
  18. ncbi Working with the Medicare contractor who processes your claims
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Dr, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:536-40. 2007
  19. ncbi Medicare payment for administered and discarded biological products
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:584-5. 2007
  20. ncbi 2008 Office of Inspector General's work plan: a "heads-up" for wound care providers
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:650-1. 2007
  21. ncbi Who's minding the charge description master?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 24:500-2. 2011
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  22. ncbi How does a skilled nursing facility get reimbursed by Medicare? Interview by Kathleen D. Schaum
    Bobby Hurt
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 24:394-402. 2011
    ....
  23. ncbi Medicare clarified support surface policies and coverage requirements
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 23:300-4. 2010
    ..Providers should take time to review the pressure-reducing support documents and immediately refine their support surface ordering and documentation...
  24. ncbi The ABCs of ABNs
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 23:110-4. 2010
    ..Do not issue CMS-R-131 ABNs to every Medicare beneficiary for every item or service provided. Remember, every Medicare beneficiary visit and every service does not warrant an ABN...
  25. ncbi New acute care inpatient hospital payment system affects wound care
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:458-60. 2008
  26. ncbi New/revised wound care ICD-9-CM codes will be implemented
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:413-5. 2008
  27. ncbi Are you ready for a Medicare audit?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:358-62. 2008
  28. ncbi Should it be coded as a dressing or as a dermal/epidermal (substitute) tissue?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:317-21. 2008
  29. ncbi Physicians must use correct place-of-service codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:260-3. 2008
  30. ncbi 2008 coding and payment changes for physicians
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:159-62. 2008
  31. ncbi 2008 significant changes for hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:70-1. 2008
  32. ncbi Copayment collection is not an option!
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 21:23-8. 2008
  33. ncbi Update on skin replacement and skin substitute application codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:86-90. 2006
  34. ncbi Medicare payment system for surgical dressings containing silver
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 52:30-3. 2006
  35. ncbi Payers regulate code selection for wound care procedures
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:458-60. 2004
  36. ncbi Copayments impact hospital-owned outpatient wound departments
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:444-7. 2004
  37. ncbi Surgical dressings: base purchases on outcomes, not on payment
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:166, 168. 2004
  38. ncbi Decision on national coverage of electromagnetic therapy for wounds
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:316-7. 2004
  39. ncbi 2004 Medicare legislation and regulations impact wound management
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:113-4. 2004
  40. ncbi The never-ending saga: Changes to wound care payment systems
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:256-8. 2004
  41. ncbi Will Medicare pay for concurrent hospital-owned outpatient wound department visits and procedures?
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:91-2. 2004
  42. ncbi 2004 Medicare changes impact hospital-owned outpatient wound departments
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:40-1. 2004
  43. ncbi Diagnosis=medical necessity=payment
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 16:295-8. 2003
  44. ncbi Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 2003 Medicare coverage decision
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 16:244. 2003
  45. ncbi Facts you should know about ordering/referring providers for Medicare Part B items and services
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 23:348-51. 2010
    ..cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1011.pdf...
  46. ncbi Pressure-reducing support surfaces
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:36, 96. 2005
  47. ncbi New year payment system changes for hospital-owned outpatient wound departments
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:24-7. 2005
  48. ncbi 2006 Medicare funding assigned for wound care services
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 19:26-7. 2006
  49. ncbi Medicare payment system for wound care dressings
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:18. 2005
  50. ncbi CERT program reviews Medicare contractors and providers
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:304-6. 2005
  51. ncbi Medicare payment system for wound care drugs
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Fla, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:20. 2005
  52. ncbi Unna boots versus multilayered, sustained, graduated high compression bandage systems
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Fla, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:28, 30. 2005
  53. ncbi Negative pressure wound therapy pumps and ostomy supplies
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:20, 22. 2005
  54. ncbi ICD-9-CM coding changes impact wound care practices
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 17:333-4. 2004
  55. ncbi 2005 HCPCS changes impact wound care
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:76-8. 2005
  56. ncbi Helpful hints for hyperbaric oxygen and drugs/biologicals reimbursement
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:134-5. 2005
  57. ncbi Answering NPs' questions about billing "incident-to" services
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:190-1. 2005
  58. ncbi Medicare payment issues for physicians specializing in skin and wound management
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Strategic Business Development, Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 16:40-4. 2003
  59. ncbi Ostomy Medicare policy 2003
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Payment Strategies and Business Design for Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 16:153-6. 2003
  60. ncbi Documentation of wound exudate amount leads to dressing reimbursement after discharge
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Strategic Business Development for Wound Care Strategies, Inc, 6491 Rock Creek Drive, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Home Healthc Nurse 20:399. 2002
  61. ncbi Ostomy Medicare policy update
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Strategic Business Development for Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 15:230-2. 2002
  62. ncbi 2011 Medicare payment changes part 1: physicians who perform wound care services and procedures
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 24:157-9. 2011
    ..Physicians should ensure that they have updated their charge sheets, charges, coding, and billing systems to align with all the 2011 coding and Medicare payment system changes...
  63. ncbi Medicare part B changes affect wound care planning for 2002
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Strategic Business Development, Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Lake Worth, FL 33467, USA
    Home Healthc Nurse 20:270-2. 2002
  64. ncbi Consider the OIG Work Plan in your 2012 internal audit schedules
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 24:546-9. 2011
    ..Therefore, the OIG Hotline accepts tips from all sources. To provide a tip to the OIG Hotline, see Table 1 for contact information...
  65. ncbi 2003 Surgical Dressing Medicare Policy update
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Payment Strategies and Business Design for Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 16:203-6. 2003
  66. ncbi The Office of Inspector General cites wound care industry
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 20:479-84. 2007
  67. ncbi Purchasing responsibilities for surgical dressings
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Kathleen D. Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 18:410, 412. 2005
  68. ncbi Hospital-owned Outpatient Department Prospective Payment System Final Rule
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA
    Adv Skin Wound Care 15:183. 2002
  69. ncbi New and revised overweight and obesity ICD-9 codes
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Schaum and Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 52:63-4. 2006
  70. ncbi Medicare documentation guidelines for wound care nurses
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Strategic Business Development, Wound Care Strategies, Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA. kdschaum@ woundcarestrategies.com
    Adv Skin Wound Care 15:142-3. 2002
  71. ncbi Medicare Part B negative pressure wound therapy pump policy. A partner for Medicare Part A PPS
    Kathleen D Schaum
    Home Healthc Nurse 20:57-8. 2002