Ms Schaum is the president of Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm based in Lake Worth, FL that provides strategic reimbursement consultation and education for wound management manufacturers and providers. She has guided the reimbursement strategies for more than 100 manufacturers, received Medicare billing codes for over 700 wound care products, and has applied for and received new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes/coverage/payment for cellular and/or tissue-based products (CTPs) for skin wounds [old term, skin substitutes] and for all forms of collagen dressings. In addition, Ms Schaum has trained more than 7000 sales representatives about reimbursement for their products and procedures in various sites of care.
Ms Schaum consults with new and established hospital outpatient wound care departments, physicians, podiatrists, nurse practitioners, wound care nurses, and physical therapists about the "business side of wound management." She continually monitors reimbursement legislation and regulations and attends many reimbursement meetings and seminars. She then assimilates that knowledge for her various clients and audiences. Ms Schaum speaks on the topic of reimbursement at national, regional, and local symposiums and seminars.
In addition, Ms Schaum has contributed a regular Payment Strategies column in Advances in Skin & Wound Care for 22 years and a regular Business Briefs column in Today's Wound Clinic for 17 years. Based on these and other published articles, Ms Schaum was recently recognized as a world expert for reimbursement health insurance; of more than 30 000 worldwide authors, she ranks number 25 in the world.