It has been a long process. My great toe is finally healing. Pain is very minimal. I remember I used to dread the day that my wound provider would be coming because of the excruciating pain that I used to have. Now I look forward to seeing my provider once a week.

The wounds on both of my legs have been there for a very long time. My provider was able to heal the right leg with the skin grafts and her dedication to treating the wounds. I was unable to lift my legs without feeling great pain. Now my pain is manageable. Her enthusiasm and teaching go a long way. I recommend skin grafts.

I was very skeptical regarding the skin grafts. I’ve been dealing with my wounds for a long time, and I am finally seeing progress in the right direction. The skin grafts have helped me with pain and the healing process. I do recommend the grafts and I will continue with the treatment. It’s nice that the provider can come to my house because it is challenging for me to leave my home. She has experience and is very knowledgeable.

Skin substitutes represent an opportunity to curb that alarming rate of mortality among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries, improve health-related quality of life, and reduce Medicare expenditures… this LCD would ignore the robust clinical evidence-base that we and other researchers have spent years building to promote advanced therapies for patients with chronic wounds to live longer, healthier lives.

While, well meaning, the LCD as written forces providers to commit medical
malpractice as the LCD does not conform to current standards of care.