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A Ruptured Appendix and a Broken System

We have created a system in which the shifting of costs continues until someone gets paid enough to do it. That’s how we got here. I have no idea how we get out.

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Must Wound Clinics & Mobile Practitioners Report Pressure Injuries / Ulcers Occurring in the Home as SREs?

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a request for public comment about their update on Serious Reportable Events (SREs).

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Myth of the Day: “I am Exempt from MIPS Because I am a ‘Mobile’ Practitioner”

Practitioners who see patients exclusively at home are still subject to MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) if they meet the eligibility criteria.

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Insights Involving Real-World Evidence and Wound Care

I had a great time talking to Elizabeth Anderson of SmartTRAK about what the real world analysis of diabetic foot ulcer and venous leg ulcer patients revealed.

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The Age of Wisdom and the Age of Foolishness: A Tale of Two Wounds

“I am deeply troubled by what is happening in the field of wound care.”

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$1.3 Billion in Potential Savings if Medicare Paid HOPDs at the “Non-Facility” Rate

HHS-OIG identified $1.3 billion in potential savings if #Medicare reimbursed provider-based facilities at the non-facility rate.

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What I’d Fix About MIPS if I Were Queen

I would like to see some “big picture” improvements rather than focusing on incremental improvements in an overly complicated system.

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Site Neutrality – a Looming Disaster or an Opportunity?

Maybe there’s an opportunity for programs offering emergency hyperbaric services to differentiate themselves in the eyes of Congress.

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Well-Known Wound Care Practitioner Jay Shah, President of the Texas Medical Association “Let Doctors be Doctors” Podcast

I am grateful and excited that a wound care practitioner holds a position of such influence! Thank you, Jay!

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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.

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