by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 23, 2021 | Healthcare Payment Policy
You will want to read this – Dick Clark’s presentation to an Administrative Law judge about a Medicare denial for late effects of radiation to the bladder. Teaching an Administrative Law Judge a thing or two about hyperbaric medicine. For more information about...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 22, 2021 | Miscellaneous Musings
It was warm yesterday, and the sun is already out this morning. Most Houston homes have wet carpet on the driveway and the mold is already growing on wet sheetrock, as frozen pipes burst and filled homes with cold water. Saturday the plumber who finally arrived to fix...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 12, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, COVID-19 Diaries, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Here’s another installment from the intrepid critical care/hyperbaric physician who started “COVID Diaries” nearly a year ago. I am not identifying her so that she can speak more openly about her experiences. Now she is telling the evolving story of treating COVID...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 11, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, COVID-19 Diaries, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Here’s another installment from the intrepid critical care/hyperbaric physician who started “COVID Diaries” nearly a year ago. I am not identifying her so that she can speak more openly about her experiences. Now she is telling the evolving story of treating COVID...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 10, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, COVID-19 Diaries, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Here’s another installment from the intrepid critical care/hyperbaric physician who started “COVID Diaries” nearly a year ago. I am not identifying her so that she can speak more openly about her experiences. Now she is telling the evolving story of treating COVID...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 9, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, COVID-19 Diaries, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Here’s another installment from the intrepid critical care/hyperbaric physician who started “COVID Diaries” nearly a year ago. I am not identifying her so that she can speak more openly about her experiences. One day, I hope I can tell you who she is so she can get...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 4, 2021 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
The Aftermath of Wave One For months I have been meaning to post more COVID diaries, but in some ways, the aftermath of the battle was harder than the battle. When we finally got past the first COVID wave, everyone focused on getting business back to normal. There was...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Dr. Marissa Carter has posted a new blog on the SARS-COVID-2 outbreak in Brazil and its implications for the rest of us. While it’s possible that “Phase 1” of COVID will end in a couple of months, it’s possible that, thanks to these new variants, Phase 2 of the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 2, 2021 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Even if your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) is NOT Noridian or WPS, believe me you want to pay attention to their wound care or dressing policies because the MACs tend to collaborate (even unofficially) on these policies. When there’s a mistake in the wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
I am tired of COVID. I want to talk about something else, but every time I try, there’s some new bad news to discuss. Dr. Carter’s blogs on this site were so popular with all of you (even award-winning reporters called me about them), she started her own blog (and...
