by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 11, 2025 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy, Medicare Audits
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST. If you and your organization provide wound care to Medicare beneficiaries, are you prepared for the important policy updates for 2025 implemented by...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 10, 2025 | Fight the Good Fight
JAMA has just published the results of the WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial, Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma. You should...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 5, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
Skin substitutes and possible danger: Is patient harm happening in wound care? Jeanne Pinder from Clear Health Costs has posted a powerful follow up article on the use of Cellular Tissue Products (CTPs) / skin substitutes. Ms. Pinder interviewed Dr. Danielle...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 3, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitute Arrests, CTP / Skin Substitutes
Office of Public Affairs | Arizona Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.2B Health Care Fraud | United States Department of Justice The Department of Justice (DOJ) office of public affairs has announced that on October 24, 2024, Alexandra Gehrke pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 31, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitute Arrests
A lot is being said about the way that the new LCD(s) around Cellular Tissue Products (CTPs) / skin substitutes might impact access to care. A big issue is around product choice and ensuring that there is a large enough suite of covered products from which physicians...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 29, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
The delay of the LCD(s) is good news for many manufacturers since it will continue to enable unlimited use of amniotic products, some of which are priced around $5,000 per sq cm. (That’s more than a 3,000% increase in cost with no data to indicate any improvement in...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 27, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
Check out this article by investigative reporter Jeanne Pinder, CEO of Clear Health Costs, who set out to understand the cost of “skin substitutes.” Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 25, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
CMS has indeed delayed the implementation date for the Skin Substitute Grafts/ Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (CTP) for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers LCDs from 2/12/25 to 4/13/25. The policies on the CMS website are now...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 23, 2025 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Thank you to HMP for letting me create a video talk on “MIPS (Merit Based Incentive Payment System) Basics”! You can listen to or watch it here on the Today’s Wound Clinic site. An Introduction to MIPS Basics | Today’s Wound Clinic Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 22, 2025 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
There are rumors swirling that President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) which freezes pending federal regulations and guidance documents will stop the implementation of the LCD(s). I have no inside information about this, but the issue is far from certain. The EO...
