by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 16, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Pyoderma Gangrenosum
I have a special interest in Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) because once I learned the clinical characteristics, I realized that PG is incredibly common in wound center patients –although sadly, it is uncommonly diagnosed. These patients suffer terribly because they get...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 15, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! The correct answer was also the least popular — C) $500,000 per month 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. | Aug 14, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitute Arrests, CTP / Skin Substitutes
Susan Paquette, the VP of the Wound division of SmartTRAK, recently posted an article on that company’s blog about the Cellular Tissue Product (CTP) / skin substitute industry. SmartTRAK provides market intelligence on industry trends and has been closely watching the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 12, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight
I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Robert Goldman at the Memorial Hermann Wound Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, so I know what a caring and careful practitioner he is. He has developed a pressure sensor that meets the huge...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 9, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
I get a lot of social media messages about the amniotic CTP/skin sub issue, including unsubstantiated comments by sales representatives discussing how much money they make each month from commissions on high priced amniotic products. Just for fun, I thought I’d let...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 8, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
Thanks to everyone who voted! As over 40% of you correctly guessed, the correct answer is D. An amniotic rep bragged that he had sold >$1.5 Million to a one practice in one week. Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 7, 2024 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Anecdotal reports have suggested that the use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) might be associated with a rare cause of sudden blindness called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). In JAMA Ophthalmology, authors...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 6, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight
A few weeks ago, I got a message from a Cellular Tissue Products / skin substitute sales rep telling me about the great results seen using his product in Wagner grade 3 DFUs, specifically over bone and tendon. I wondered how he could make those claims given that, as...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 2, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
I get lots of interesting emails about what’s going on in the world of high-priced amniotic sales. I can’t post a lot of it – sometimes because there’s an open investigation and sometimes because I have no way to validate what I’ve been told. For example,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 1, 2024 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, CTP / Skin Substitutes, Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
Thanks to everyone who voted! As almost 60% of you correctly guessed, the correct answer is C) Paying for a criminal defense attorney if the practitioner is prosecuted for Medicare fraud Stay tuned tomorrow for another “just for fun” poll related to...
