What the 2026 CMS Changes Mean for Skin Substitute Reimbursement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized major updates to reimbursement for skin substitutes effective January 1, 2026—a move that consolidates fragmented payment approaches into a single, site-neutral policy. These changes will impact nearly every segment of advanced wound care, from outpatient hospital departments to home health and mobile wound care providers. The wound-care world is shifting beneath our feet.