
About Dr. Fife
Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the CMO of Intellicure, Inc., Exec. Director of the US Wound Registry & Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic.

Report Honest Healing Rates
It’s time for Wound Care physicians and providers to stand up for truly honest outcomes and transparent quality reporting. If we don’t we may see our entire profession wiped out. Click here to read more.
Guide to the Lymphatic System
A series of articles to summarize more than two decades of work in lymphatic imaging. Click here to read more.
Latest Posts
Download the Physician Compliance Roadmap from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
The National Hearing Test – a Follow Up on the “Do it Yourself” Hearing Test
A Do-it-Yourself Hearing Test That Might Help Patients with ISSHL Get Help Earlier
The Devil is in the (Contractual) Details: Avoiding Potential Kickbacks in the World of Skin Substitutes (Guest Blog by David Traskey)
Wound Care Practitioners Should Screen Patients for Sleep Apnea- Here’s How!
Administration Seeks to Tear Down Digital Walls and Create a Digital Health Ecosystem: “This is a Movement – Not a Mandate”
Check Out Attorney Knicole Emanuel’s Post on Medicare Audits of “Skin Substitutes”!
New Study Suggests that Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) May be Helpful in Teenagers with Acute Concussion – Guest Blog by Dr. Daphne Denham
Fight Physician Burnout with Books
Whoopsie! Corrections From Donna Cartwright!
Cellular Tissue Product / Skin Substitute Payment Proposed Rule – the Illustrated Version
Arizona NP Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Over “Skin Substitutes”
Hyperbaric Physicians (and Hospital Program Managers): Check the 2023 Medicare Data! Protect Your NPI and Don’t Put Hospital Facility Fees at Risk
Just Released: Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule Would “Unbundle” Cellular Tissue Products (CTP) / Skin Substitutes in the HOPD
BREAKING NEWS! 2026 MPFS Proposed Rule Sets Single Payment Amount for all “Skin Substitutes” at $125.38/cm2
Pressure Injury: a Hospital Harm Measure in 2025 that Includes STAGE 2 Pressure Ulcers – This is Out of Control
BREAKING: Another Fatal Hyperbaric Chamber Fire
CMS Prepares to Launch a Prior Authorization Model for “Skin Substitutes” in Traditional Medicare as Part of the WISeR Initiative
2023 QPP Performance Data are Out: 14.56% of Practitioners Will See a Penalty in Their 2025 Medicare Payments
Scam Alert! CMS Issues Warning on Medicare Audit Phishing Scheme
Their Lives, Fortunes & Sacred Honor
More Info on the Individuals Indicted by the DOJ Around the Use of “Skin Substitutes”
BREAKING NEWS in the DOJ Press Conference! More Skin Substitute / Cellular Tissue Product (CTP) Fraud Indictments
Houston Podiatrist and Business Partner Charged with $45 Million in Healthcare Fraud Related to “Skin Substitutes”
Cellular Tissue Product (CTP) / Skin Substitute Market Update by SmartTRAK
A Ruptured Appendix and a Broken System
Must Wound Clinics & Mobile Practitioners Report Pressure Injuries / Ulcers Occurring in the Home as SREs?
The opinions, comments, and content expressed or implied in my statements are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the position or views of Intellicure or any of the boards on which I serve.