by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 16, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Tuesdays in the month of June, I’m offering some straight talk about a few of the MANY ways in which payment for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is going to change and FAST. A huge change are new limits on Coverage for HBOT by Private Payers. Capital Blue Cross, Milliman...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 15, 2015 | Miscellaneous Musings, Quality Payment Program
On Mondays in the month of June I am focusing on the way that quality measures will be used to evaluate practitioner performance inside and outside a healthcare organization, including compensation packages and contracted rates with payers. Last month, CMS released...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 12, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Good morning and Happy Friday! Friday’s on the blog are reserved for “Ask the Physician Friday.” If you have any questions for me please feel free to leave them in the comments below, ask on Twitter (@carolinefifemd), or on Facebook (Woodlands Wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 11, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
Welcome to “Throwback Thursdays” in June. I’ve noticed that patients are having increasing problems affording wound care supplies as a result of the high deductibles under the Affordable Care Act. I’m having to provide patients with the “recipes” for making acetic...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 10, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Miscellaneous Musings
Welcome to “what is it Wednesdays” in June. What is this growth on the anterior thigh of a morbidly obese patient? It’s a form of “massive localized lymphedema” (MLL). They have been called “pseudosarcomas” because they are sometimes mistaken for malignant tumors....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 9, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Tuesdays in the month of June, I’m offering some straight talk about a few of the MANY ways in which payment for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is going to change and FAST. One of those is Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation. Utah has required UHMS accreditation for...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 8, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, Quality Payment Program, US Wound Registry
Last week I talked about the way that quality measures are now being used as part of physician compensation packages. Reimbursement based, in part, on patient satisfaction is around the corner. How are wound care clinicians going to handle that? We had better start...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 5, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Good morning and Happy Friday! Friday’s on the blog are reserved for “Ask the Physician Friday.” If you have any questions for me please feel free to leave them in the comments below, ask on Twitter (@carolinefifemd), or on Facebook (Woodlands Wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 4, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
Welcome to “Throwback Thursdays” in June. How many different products do you use in your wound center? How many do you really need? Do you think you could care for patients with, say, only 5 categories of dressings? We used to do that in the 1990’s. Which products...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 3, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Miscellaneous Musings
Welcome to “what is it Wednesdays” in June. What is this growth on the arm of a morbidly obese patient? It’s a form of “massive localized lymphedema” (MLL). They used to be considered rare but I am seeing it more and more often. Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world...
