Becker's Healthcare October 29, 2025
Medicare is expected to spend more than $15 billion by the end of 2025 on wound care products that have been linked to waste, fraud and abuse, according to a study published by the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations and the Institute for Accountable Care Oct. 23.
Here are five key takeaways from the report:
1. Spending on skin substitutes climbed to $7.7 billion through July, and is projected to reach as much as $15.4 billion by the end of 2025 — 55% more than was spent in 2024
2. “We’re in a current year that is on pace to outpace the prior year’s spending, and the prior year spending was double the year before that,” Emily Brower, president...
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