by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 11, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Prolonged venous hypertension results in venous dilatation and passage of red blood cells through the endothelium into the interstitium with subsequent breakdown and conversion of hemoglobin to hemosiderin. Iron oxide remains as a brown pigment stain on the skin...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 10, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
The FDA’s device center unveiled its regulatory science priorities for 2016. They include leveraging clinical experience, a topic touched on in the House 21st Century Cures bill. The FDA is finally making it a priority to leverage “Big Data” for regulatory...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 9, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, Quality Payment Program, US Wound Registry
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opened the Physician Compare quality measure preview period on October 5th. The 30-day preview period closed on Friday, November 6th. It provided an opportunity for individuals and group practices to review their...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 6, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Hyperbaric physicians unite! Time to speak out and voice your concerns and educated opinions on the limitations imposed by the First Coast Draft LCD. GuideWell Source is the parent company of First Coast Service Options as well as Novitas Solutions. Between these two...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 5, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
Here’s a L’Nard splint to protect heels from pressure ulcers. They’ve been around for decades, but they are still the best way to protect the heel from pressure. Caroline Fife, MD I’ve got a NEW Facebook Page – be sure to follow me there too! Twitter/CarolineFifeMD ...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 4, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
TRADJENTA® (Linagliptin)-Induced Bullous Pemphigoid Bullous pemphigoid is an acute or chronic autoimmune skin disease involving the formation of bullae at the dermal-epidermal junction. It is classified as a type II hypersensitivity reaction, with the formation of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 3, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Please remember to check out my November/December 2015 editorial in Today’s Wound Clinic. I reviewed the sad history of the two years I spent as President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society from 1998 to 2000, during which CMS attempted to reduce facility...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 2, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
You may remember a previous blog post of mine explaining why even though at first blush, the ICD-10 code cross-walked for the 990 “late effects of radiation” code might not seem to make sense, it really did? I won’t go back through the logic here, but the point is...
