On June 26, 2025, the U.S. announced a sweeping takedown of 324 individuals including 96 clinical providers, involved in $14.6 billion in alleged healthcare fraud, with $2.9 billion in confirmed losses. This was the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history.
And wound care was specifically cited.
In several cases, providers were charged for medically unnecessary skin substitute procedures, including allografts used on hospice patients.
“Today’s unprecedented enforcement action demonstrates that CMS and our federal partners are united in our mission to protect the integrity of Medicare and Medicaid by crushing waste, fraud, and abuse.”
– Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS Administrator
This isn’t a hypothetical risk anymore. It’s real. And if your documentation can’t withstand payer scrutiny, the financial and legal consequences are severe.
The Risk Isn’t Just Bad Actors – It’s Bad Documentation
You don’t have to commit fraud to get audited. You just have to submit claims that don’t tell the whole story.
In today’s climate, payers use analytics and AI to flag providers with:
- Incomplete or templated notes
- Missing measurements
- No visual evidence of progression or need
- Advanced treatments without clear justification
If your documentation isn’t objective, visual, and comprehensive, your claims are vulnerable, even when care was clinically appropriate.
The Swift Solution: Defensible Care, Delivered Better
Swift Medical gives providers the technology, structure, and support to practice confidently. We support three key pillars:
1. Provide Objective Documentation
Swift Skin & Wound captures key details – immediately, automatically, and at any point of care:
- AI-powered wound measurements
- Timestamped, high-resolution images
- Objective healing data from visit to visit
- Evaluations from day 1 to healing
2. Support Clinicians with Evidence-Based Workflows
Let clinicians focus on care, not just paperwork.
Swift Skin & Wound provides real-time support:
- Remote review available from Swift Portal
- Seamless documentation that reflects your clinical decision-making
- Integration with major EHR systems
The result? Less burnout and less time on documentation. Your team treats with clarity and confidence.
3. Prevent Patient Harm Through Clinically Appropriate Care
Poor documentation doesn’t just hurt your compliance, it can lead to over- or under-treatment.
When clinicians are flying blind, they’re more likely to over-treat a wound that hasn’t been cleared of infection or under-treat a wound that needs escalation.
With Swift Ray™ 1, you elevate care quality by seeing what others can’t:
- Fluorescence & thermal imaging to detect elevated bacterial burden and temperature changes.
- Real-time, bedside imaging that directly informs safer, more appropriate decisions.
- Imaging support to apply advanced therapies when they’re truly needed, and avoid them when they’re not.
Swift Ray™ 1 combined with Swift Skin & Wound gives you a clinical edge.
This Isn’t Over. The Scrutiny Is Just Getting Started.
Whether you’re in a mobile wound care practice, outpatient clinic, or post-acute setting, you have increased compliance demands as new advanced wound treatments and therapies come to market.
Swift Medical provides:
✅ Objective data
✅ Visual evidence
✅ Documented clinical reasoning
With Swift, you can practice smarter, with a compliance first approach focused on the right wound care at the right time to protect and better serve your patients.
