by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 14, 2022 | Cellular / Tissue-Based Products, Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy
The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1770-P) went on display late afternoon July 7, 2023. The proposed rule involves sweeping changes to the way that cellular and/or tissue based products for skin wounds (CTPs) are paid for in the physician office setting....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 13, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
CMS will be convening its open door forum today at 2 pm and address the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. This is an opportunity to ask questions and hear also others who ask them. There is a lot in the PFS that could impact the delivery of wound care...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 24, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
“Thank you God for letting me be a doctor,” was the inscription that Dr. Floyd Carey picked for his tombstone. If you have been in wound care or hyperbaric medicine for a while, you might know his daughter, Darlene Carey. Darlene sent me a link to her father’s...
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...
