by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 12, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
I am not a dermatologist and don’t pretend to be one. But, I have seen more pyoderma grangrenosum (PG) than most dermatologists – and so has every wound care practitioner who is paying attention. We all know that biopsies are practically useless, but it is astounding...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 2, 2022 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Check out this article by Marcia Nusgart in Today’s Wound Clinic: 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Wound Care Wins, Challenges, and Opportunities! Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 15, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
Check out this amazing new column in Today’s Wound Clinic called “How I Treat….”! The first article is about a unique approach to treating Hidradenitis Suppurativa by Dr. James Stillerman. Jim has an innovative approach to this horrible, refractory condition...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 9, 2022 | Guide to the Lymphatic System
Introduction In 1990, I started a Wound Center at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Houston Medical Center while working on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. Not long after the doors opened, I began receiving phone calls from...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 8, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
Is there a topic that you really want to write an article about for a non-peer reviewed journal? I have been the clinical editor for Today’s Wound Clinic for many years. Even though I have had a career in academics, I think the role of TWC is very important. Peer...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 4, 2022 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, Healthcare Payment Policy
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule for the 2023 Physician Fee schedule CMS IS NOT finalizing the payment approach outlined in the proposed rule in which they proposed to make Cellular and/or tissue-based products (CPTs) part...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 2, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
“There is no calculating the impact of a doctor who will do whatever needs to be done.” (my paraphrase of a quote by Amy Carmichael) For some reason, my nurses never want me “helping” with the Hoyer lift… but willingness to do whatever needs to be done can have...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 1, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
When a loved one has dementia, you assume the role of caregiver relatively gradually. In contrast, one generally stops being a caregiver suddenly. For more than a decade, my husband’s illness had been omnipresent – impacting every aspect of my life. When it was over,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 1, 2022 | Healthcare Payment Policy
I just finished a FREE 4 part series with Kathleen Schaum about keeping money after an audit. Here are the top 10 things that Kathleen Schaum listed as the reasons doctors and hospitals lose money when audited (my paraphrase of what she said): Lack of documentation to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 31, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
Check out this interview I did at the recent SAWC meeting in Las Vegas about the concept of “angiosomes” and how they can help us understand the “inside to outside” nature of severe pressure injuries. The implications are big, because it opens the door to new...
