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 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...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 26, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Quiz / Survey
Create your own user feedback survey Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care. Please visit my blog at CarolineFifeMD.com and my Youtube channel...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 23, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight
I read this fascinating and inspiring interview in JAMA written by a neurologist whose Alzheimer’s was diagnosed 8 years ago. Although he is now retired from practice, Dr. Daniel Gibbs continues to teach about Alzheimer disease through his writing and speaking...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 22, 2024 | Dr. Helen Gelly, Fight the Good Fight
Physicians have watched their inflation-adjusted Medicare payments decline 26% from 2001 to 2023, because practitioners are just about the only entity whose reimbursement is NOT tied to inflation. Physicians in all specialties agree that the current Medicare physician...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 18, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings, Nutrition & Wound Healing
A 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Meal Replacement Diet and Glycemic Control for Adults With Diabetes: The EARLY Randomized Clinical Trial | Diabetes and Endocrinology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network A study published open access in JAMA suggests that an intermittent...
