
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
Poll: At Least 12% of US Adults Have Taken a GLP-1 Drug
OIG Calls for Urgent “Skin Substitute” Payment Reform Based on Analysis of Medicare Data
A Follow Up on the “Tale of Two Wounds” and the Madness of Skin Sub Pricing
The Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea & Wound Healing: A Systematic Review – PMC
The Article by Attorney David Traskey May Have Saved My Nurse Practitioner Friend – Thank You!
FDA Issues a Letter to Health Care Providers to Follow Instructions for Safe Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Devices
New Evidence Suggests that Lymphatic Dysfunction May be Linked to Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – Guest Blog by Davis Melin and Mark Melin
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”!
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
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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.