NEWSFLASH: Major CMS Changes for CTPs in 2026!

01/11/2025 4 min

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Reimbursement expert Kathleen D. Schaum, M.S. and Jeremy Bowden, President of WCT USA, break down the CY 2026 Medicare PFS Final Rule's bombshell changes to skin substitutes and CTPs!The Big Change: CMS is completely overhauling how skin substitutes are paid—moving from ASP-based methodology to incident-to supplies with product-category payment grouping.The Numbers That Matter: Part B spending exploded from $252M (2019) → $10B+ (2024) New payment rate: ~$127.28 (single rate for CY 2026)Effective: January 1, 2026Kathleen and Jeremy provide the reimbursement roadmap and what this means for your Q1 2026 planning.Read the CMS PFS Final Rule: https://lnkd.in/e6aHqJ73