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Cam Ayala Teams Up with Kathy Bates to Raise Awareness for Lymphedema | PEOPLE.com

Cam Ayala Teams Up with Kathy Bates to Raise Awareness for Lymphedema | PEOPLE.com

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 22, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema

I have known Cam Ayala since he was about 10. He had primary lymphedema and was one of the many “old beyond their years” children I saw while running a large lymphedema clinic at the University of Texas, Houston in the Texas Medical Center. I’m not betraying a...
“Reimbursement From A to Z” Now Available!

“Reimbursement From A to Z” Now Available!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 20, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

I have been the clinical editor of Today’s Wound Clinic for more than a decade, and it continues to be the best resource for information about reimbursement, billing and coding relevant to wound management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In the past, the Business...
Lymphatic Function in the Early Stages of Lipedema – Article Just Out!

Lymphatic Function in the Early Stages of Lipedema – Article Just Out!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 17, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema

This just out in the journal Obesity — an article I co-authored on Lymphatic Function and Anatomy in Early Stages of Lipedema (John C. Rasmussen, Melissa B. Aldrich, Caroline E. Fife, Karen L. Herbst, Eva M. Sevick-Muraca; 15 June 2022). Lipedema is a...
“Reimbursement From A to Z” Now Available!

Portable (Inflatable) Hyperbaric Chambers – Where Unsafe Meets Unethical

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 26, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

My friend Tom Workman just published this article in Today’s Wound Clinic about the use of portable (inflatable) chambers – and it’s a must read. The bottom line is that these chambers are not FDA approved for use with oxygen, and don’t meet the required safety...
FDA Seeks Public Comments on the Wound Healing Workshop and Related Topics – and That Includes Comments from Patients: Here’s How

FDA Seeks Public Comments on the Wound Healing Workshop and Related Topics – and That Includes Comments from Patients: Here’s How

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 17, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

I previously posted links to the video of the FDA’s recent Wound Healing Workshop. It was a fantastic event. The Workshop is the result of a Science Strategies program launched by the Office of New Drugs (OND) in The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the...
FDA Seeks Public Comments on the Wound Healing Workshop and Related Topics – and That Includes Comments from Patients: Here’s How

Watch the Excellent FDA Wound Healing Workshop (for Free)!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 16, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

On April 28 and 29, the FDA held a public workshop on Wound Healing. It was organized by Dr. Dev Verma in the FDA’s Division of Dermatology and Dentistry at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Dr. Verma has actually practiced in a wound center and the...
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Check Out the Topic Centers in Today’s Wound Clinic

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 13, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

Today’s Wound Clinic and the HMP Global Network have created topic centers which are a goldmine of information on relevant topics through the lens of wound management. Here’s a list of topics: Business Briefs Consultation Corner Facility in Focus Legal Counsel From...
“We have met the enemy, and he is us…” Musing on Robert’s Pearl’s New Book, “Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients”

“We have met the enemy, and he is us…” Musing on Robert’s Pearl’s New Book, “Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients”

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 12, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

I’ve been venting about my experiences with a broken healthcare system – both as a doctor and a caregiver. My friend, colleague, plastic surgeon and Renaissance man, Dr. Aron D. Wahrman alerted me to Robert Pearl’s book, Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills...
New OIG Report Indicates That Some Medicare Advantage Organizations Delay Medically-Necessary Care that Medicare Should Provide (Duh)

New OIG Report Indicates That Some Medicare Advantage Organizations Delay Medically-Necessary Care that Medicare Should Provide (Duh)

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 11, 2022 | Healthcare Payment Policy

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a report concluding what we clinicians already knew – that the prior authorization (PA) process of some Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) delays medically-necessary care that is covered under Medicare rules....
Addressing Healthcare Inequity at the Wound Care Evidence Summit

Addressing Healthcare Inequity at the Wound Care Evidence Summit

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 10, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight

It’s nearly here. The 2022 Wound Care Evidence Summit will be held in Washington, D.C. (yes, in person) May 19-20. I have been waiting for more than two decades for an event like this. Ever since I put the first “skin substitute” on a patient in 1998 – after being one...
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