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“We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”
— Albert Einstein
I previously posted the list of issues as I see them in this industry. Now I’d like to create a list of the attributes of a good solution. In other words, I’d like to have a different level of thinking.
“What are the attributes of a good solution?” Here are some thoughts:
- Treatment of a variety of wound types and wound sizes (the clinical need is not limited to DFUs and VLUs).
- Flexibility in the number of applications, while discouraging more applications than clinically necessary.
- Minimize financial risk of using skin subs to providers who do not participate in high-profit schemes.
- Enable large wounds to be treated in the HOPD.
- Do not allow outsized profits on the product in the private office, which increases the cost to both the patients and the system and may encourage overuse.
- Stop draconian audits for physicians who demonstrate adherence to best practices.
- Flexibility in product choice allowing the free market to work – so that less expensive but equally effective products can be used on patients with Medicare Advantage and private insurance.
- Transparency in per cm2 pricing.
- Consistency in per cm2 pricing regardless of site of care.
Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care. Please visit my blog at CarolineFifeMD.com and my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/carolinefifemd/videos
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.
