by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 5, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Check out this Associated Press article by Robin McDowell and Margie Mason on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for COVID-19. It is available on multiple news outlets. Pass this on. –Caroline Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 23, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
In February of 2019, CMS approved hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as a topic for audit by the RACs (Recovery Audit Contractors) (see links below). I have not heard of any hospital getting a RAC audit, perhaps because of the COVID crisis, but it doesn’t appear that...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 22, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Yesterday there was a news report on one of the clinical trials using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to reduce the need for intubation in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. There is nothing magic about a hyperbaric chamber for COVID-19 related hypoxia. It is simply a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 17, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
If you are interested in understanding more about helmet oxygenation systems, here is a fantastic app that will walk you through it. Here is additional information about the helmet system vendors and pricing (with thanks to Julio Garcia who provided the information...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 16, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
This article was provided by my friend and colleague, Julio R. Garcia RN, WCC, ACHRN, Program Director for the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Springhill Medical Center. “Helmet-based ventilation” may become even more vital as battles continue with...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 9, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Healthcare Payment Policy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been used for many decades to treat a variety of maladies which have as their common denominator low tissue oxygen levels (hypoxia). Thanks to the pioneering work of Steve Thom and others, HBOT has also been proven to mitigate the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Healthcare Payment Policy
I am a huge fan of attorney Knicole Emanuel’s legal blog. Here’s a link to her most recent post about the current expiration date of the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency (PHE). Unless it is renewed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Racing to Find Better Treatments for COVID-19 Pneumonia The COVID-19 pandemic, and the severity with which COVID-19 pneumonia has affected some patients, is spurring many clinical trials. Many (if not most) of these trials are evaluating the effectiveness of drugs...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
What is “Off-label” Use of HBOT? Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are medical devices that are cleared for marketing and use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 13 indications, based on a list originally compiled by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society...
