by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 21, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Join me TONIGHT (9pm Central Time) to talk about MIPS and the QCDR as they pertain to Podiatry and Wound Care, on ‘Meet the Masters’ with Bret Ribotsky, DPM of www.PodiatricSuccess.com Meet the Masters is the leading information forum for today’s dynamic...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 15, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
The New England Journal has this article out about “Online Patient Reviews” that is worth a read. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1610136 I have a negative review on Yelp from a patient who I never even saw, but who is upset with me because I...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 9, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
Many wound care practitioners may not realize it, but we are currently sitting in the “eye of a healthcare storm” due to the impact of quality payment programs, MACRA, and MIPS. Some of us residing on the Gulf Coast know what it’s like to look up into the quiet...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 7, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
In the most recent podcast from Today’s Wound Clinic, Stephen G. Bergquist, MD, CWSP, speaks with me about the impact of quality payment programs on outpatient wound clinics....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 27, 2017 | Dr. Marissa Carter, Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
I have long been fascinated by the prediction of wound healing. Well over 15 years ago Dr. David Margolis and his colleagues told us—and still tell us today—that simpler models are better, that starting with initial wound age and area and a grading of the severity of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 24, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Last week on Friday January 20th, Novitas posted a new draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for wound care. If you are involved in wound care, you need to read this in its entirety. However, here is one small excerpt of the many documentation requirements to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 24, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
I have provided a link to the AAWC newsletter and the excellent article by AAWC President Greg Bohn discussing the NPUAP’s change in terminology (pressure “injuries” rather than pressure ulcers). Within the article you will find the AAWC...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 24, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) is proud to announce the addition of seven new members to its editorial advisory board. The following appointments are effective as of Jan. 1. Frank Aviles, Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT Shaun Carpenter, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP Kara S. Couch, MS,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 23, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Like clockwork, the 2017 OIG Work Plan has been released. Once again, wound care in a variety of settings appears on the OIG Work Plan. Hospital outpatient wound care departments are included on this year’s OIG Work Plan and should pay serious attention to the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 13, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Great article by Helen Gelly, MD, FUHM, FACCWS, UHM/ABPM in the latest edition of Today’s Wound Clinic. Caroline Fife, MD Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician...
