RedDress Chronic Wound Treatment Wins Medicare Coverage

The ActiGraft PRO treatment for diabetic ulcers recently procured Medicare coverage nationwide, despite anti-abuse policies that have made reimbursement for new wound care products rare. Company general manager Robert Mueller talked about the process.

ActiGraft pro packaging, as well as demonstrations of the product in use. — • Source: RedDress Ltd.

Reimbursement for wound care products has been in flux in recent years, with Medicare and its contractors restricting the range of products covered for beneficiaries as the agency grappled with ongoing problems caused by fraud and ineffective treatments.

But recent CMS decisions will allow greater access to novel whole-blood treatments, Robert Mueller, general manager of Israeli wound care...