What home wound care includes.
- Assessment and measurement at every visit — documented, so healing (or trouble) is visible early.
- Dressing changes with the right products, on the right schedule.
- Infection monitoring and immediate escalation to your physician when something changes.
- Teaching — so you and your family know what to watch between visits.
Under the White Card, a wound connected to an accepted condition — or caused by one, as a consequential condition — is treated at no cost to you, with supplies covered.
Why documentation is part of the treatment.
Wound measurements are evidence twice over: they guide the clinical plan, and they are exactly the recorded data that supports your authorization and hours when the DOL reviews your care. Visit-by-visit records mean your Letter of Medical Necessity shows the wound’s reality, not a recollection of it.
Common questions.
My wound is from surgery for my accepted cancer. Covered?
A wound that follows from an accepted condition or its treatment can be covered — raised as consequential if it is not already on your card.
How often will a nurse come?
As often as your physician orders and the authorization supports — the plan of care sets the schedule, and it can change as the wound does.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, DEEOIC.