by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 18, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
Create your own user feedback survey Caroline Fife, M.D.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...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 17, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight
I admit to feeling especially awkward when I blog about areas outside of my expertise. Not only is iron deficiency outside of my expertise, but iron metabolism has got to the one of the most ridiculously complicated systems in the human body. I am just a Family...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 15, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
It has taken months for me to understand that the immediate threat from CTP/skin sub over/improper use is to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). I’ve blogged previously about why. An ACO that asked not to be named gave me the following figures around CTP billing in...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 14, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers
I had a fantastic time in San Diego at the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, speaking with my friend Monica Chadwick. Our presentation was called, “The X Factor: A Paradigm Shift in Mitigating Severe Pressure Ulcer/Deep Tissue Malpractice Claims.” We...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 11, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight
A brief report was recently published in JAMA Cardiology about the estimated benefits of a drug called Finerenone (nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist) in heart failure (HF). I read the cardiology literature because as a field, they understand a lot...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 10, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes
Cellular Tissue Products (CTPs) / skin substitutes are being pitched as part of a “research project” with payments made as a “reward for contributions to the field.” (The reward payments are related to volume and based on the price of the product.) Note that on the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 8, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy
Medicare’s Quality Payment Program vs. Wound Care Practitioners | Today’s Wound Clinic Today’s Wound Clinic just posted an article I wrote about everyone’s favorite topic, MIPS! Here’s a table with the MIPS quality measures that might be reportable by most wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 4, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitute Arrests, CTP / Skin Substitutes
On September 18th, 2024, Erica Everhart and Zach Bredl posted an article on the Care Journey website about the impact of fraud and abuse in value-based care. Spending on CTPs/skin subs is not the only fraud problem faced by Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs),...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 3, 2024 | Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers
Don’t watch this video unless you want to have a different conversation about the origin of severe pressure ulcers… Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 2, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitute Arrests, CTP / Skin Substitutes
I’ve discussed the fact that nearly everyone is being audited by Medicare on their charges for Cellular Tissue Products (CTP’s) / Skin Substitutes. Depending on the type of audit, a practitioner can have to pay back not only the money they received for the...
