About Dr. Fife
Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the Director of the Wound Care Center at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital, 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.
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Latest Posts
CMS Approves 9 Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Quality Measures for 2022
IF CMS continues down the path of the Quality Payment Program, in the near future, I won’t be able to practice without participation in MIPS and I won’t be able to participate in MIPS without wound care relevant quality measures.
Get Your Free COVID Tests While They Last
I just ordered my 4 “free” COVID tests. It was easy. https://www.covidtests.gov/ --Caroline
Are We Having Fun?
We might be better off NOT focusing on negative feelings, and focusing instead on doing the best job we can right now, and being kind and helpful to each other.
Could Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) Help Us Fix Some of the Problems with Hospital Care?
Check out this article by Vicki Stearn in Today’s Wound Clinic about Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs).
Watch: How TWC and Wound Clinics Will Evolve in 2022
Brian McCurdy, the Managing Editor for Today’s Wound Clinic and I as Clinical Editor, did a video interview about the trends we see in the wound care industry and how we develop relevant content.
Remembering the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The war in the South Pacific would last (officially) until September 2nd, 1945 and take the lives of over 400,000 American soldiers.
What Happened to Us?
If it doesn’t take a genius to see some of these things, why are they getting missed?
WATCH THIS: Trends in Wound Care Audits & Denials, with Dr. Caroline Fife and Dr. Helen Gelly
Last week I enjoyed a relaxed, unscripted conversation with Dr. Helen Gelly about trends in wound care audits and charge denials, with a live audience Q&A.
The Unlikely Hero of Thanksgiving, and True Stories You Can’t Make Up
If this is a difficult Thanksgiving for you, hang in there. You are here for a purpose.
Late Night Musings on the Term “Skin Failure” and Other Euphemisms
I am strongly opposed to the term “skin failure” for pressure injuries/ulcers that form in hemodynamically unstable patients.
Another New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”
If you have a case like this, feel free to send it to me and I will post it (no patient identifying information please).
A New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”
If you have a case like this, feel free to send it to me and I will post it (no patient identifying information please).
Join Dr. Helen Gelly & Me on Friday, November 19th for an Interactive Webinar: Trends in Wound Care Audits & Denials
We’ll discuss charge denial and audit trends affecting wound practices across the nation and how to combat those trends.
Angiosome Concept in “Inside-Out” Pressure Injury Development
It is possible that not all pressure injuries are caused by unrelieved pressure. The angiosome concept provides an additional explanation of “inside-out” pressure injury development.
Join Me November 4, 2021 for a Webinar on Immunonutrition & Wounds
Please join me on November 4, 2021 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET for a webinar entitled “Immunonutrition and Wounds.”
Check out Knicole Manuel’s Article on TPE and Prepay Audits
While the purpose of TPE is supposed to be for the MAC to “educate” us on things we need to do better to bill properly, all of the audits I know of in wound care or HBOT required the physicians to educate the auditor.
Joy from Within
It’s not our circumstances that determine whether we are happy or sad – it’s our attitude.
The Beauty That Still Remains
When we can’t change our circumstances – we can change how we THINK about them.
The “Thankful” Bulletin Board
I am thankful to be in the field of wound care, which is endlessly interesting and full of opportunities to ease suffering.
Everything You Wanted to Know About COVID Testing
I had to get a COVID test to go to an in-person meeting and it’s obvious that the testing requirements for travel, meetings, etc. are a confused quagmire.
A Patient’s Perspective on Choosing a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Here’s a new post from our Patient Correspondent, Patricia Han, RN, about Medicare Drug Plans. She’s a retired nurse with many chronic health problems who used to be employed by a payer. I always learn something that a doctor ought to know from her real world examples...
When is a Pressure Injury of the Foot NOT a Pressure Injury? When It’s an Infarction of an Angiosome.
This is the left foot of a 34-year-old African American woman who spent 21 days in the intensive care unit, hypotensive from sepsis and on vasopressors with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC).
Help Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation
If you have shin radiation wound cases you have treated (successfully or not), tell me your story and I will post them.
The Many Faces of Pyoderma Gangrenosum – This is Not a Pressure Injury
An adult patient with severe cerebral palsy developed several pressure ulcers after hospital admission for pneumonia.
The Many Faces of Pyoderma Grangrenosum – a Leg Ulcer Present for a Year
My purpose is not to discuss the challenges of treating Pyoderma Grangrenosum, but to show some of its many faces.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Pyoderma Gangrenosum
I am going to post a series of patients with confirmed or presumed pyoderma gangrenosum, most of who’s biopsy findings did not confirm the diagnosis. However, their response to a trial of prednisone was dramatic and the wounds closed with prednisone (or in some cases,...
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) Hiding in Plain Sight
The most important thing I can say is do not trust a negative biopsy.
