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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
