I Wonder How This Works?

I wonder how the compensation package works so that one might double one’s salary working part time in a mobile healthcare setting “grafting” chronic wounds?

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Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes, Medicare Coverage & Sales Reps

I wonder what their marketing will look like 12 weeks from now?

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You Are Here for a Purpose: The Real Story of Thanksgiving

If ever there was a man with the right to ask “Why me?”, it was a native Patuxet man in the 17th century. His life story might provide some needed perspective.

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Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes: The Naughty and Nice List for DFUs and VLUs

I will tackle various topics over the next several weeks, but here’s the list of covered and not-covered CTPs/skin subs for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and Venous Leg Ulcers (VLUs).

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CGS Announces a Multi-Jurisdictional Town Hall Meeting on the “Skin Substitute” LCD(s) 12/10/2024

The policies will become effective for services on or after 02/12/2025.

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Some Hospitals are Not Complying with the “Price Transparency” Rule

In the meantime, wound care practitioners working in HOPDs would do their hospital a favor by making sure that the prices listed for wound care services on the website are in fact, correct.

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.

The High Cost of Playing Documentation Defense Against Medicare Audits

The audit situation is not going to get better any time soon, so clinicians will just have to spend more time ensuring that their documentation is as close to perfect as possible.

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.

Vitamin D Deficiency and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity

In case anyone out there is still not on the Vitamin D bandwagon, there’s now an association between low Vitamin D and the severity of pediatric sleep apnea.

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.

Breaking News! LCDs for Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes Released!

LCD – Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and Tissue-Based Products for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers (L39756)

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.

GLP-1 RAs and Their Possible Use for Addiction and Inflammatory Conditions?

I do not have a financial interest in the use of these drugs. But I do care about finding help for patients.

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.

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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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