by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 22, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
A new advanced wound care treatment? This patient’s neighbor had a salve made from her placenta for him to use on his non healing wounds. His wounds are pretty bad and he is nearly out now. It will take her awhile to make another placenta. I am not sure what...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 21, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Join me TONIGHT (9pm Central Time) to talk about MIPS and the QCDR as they pertain to Podiatry and Wound Care, on ‘Meet the Masters’ with Bret Ribotsky, DPM of www.PodiatricSuccess.com Meet the Masters is the leading information forum for today’s dynamic...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 15, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
The New England Journal has this article out about “Online Patient Reviews” that is worth a read. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1610136 I have a negative review on Yelp from a patient who I never even saw, but who is upset with me because I...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 9, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Many wound care practitioners may not realize it, but we are currently sitting in the “eye of a healthcare storm” due to the impact of quality payment programs, MACRA, and MIPS. Some of us residing on the Gulf Coast know what it’s like to look up into the quiet...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 7, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
In the most recent podcast from Today’s Wound Clinic, Stephen G. Bergquist, MD, CWSP, speaks with me about the impact of quality payment programs on outpatient wound clinics....