by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 29, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Obesity & Wound Care
I thought I would wind up 2017 with something that I hope will be a useful tool in 2018. Dr. Jane Armor at the Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri spearheaded the American Lymphedema Framework Project (ALFP). The goal was a systematic review of all the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 14, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Obesity & Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
With deadlines fast approaching for so many quality programs and so much at stake, I’m not doing a “What is it?” today. Today I am going to review some of the PQRS measures I selected and provide reasons why I think they are important and you might want to consider...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 30, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Obesity & Wound Care
Tuesdays in the month of June, I’m offering some straight talk about a few of the MANY ways in which payment for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is going to change and FAST. Another issue is that of decreased payment of Physician Supervision for HBOT. The American Medical...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 29, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Obesity & Wound Care, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
On Mondays in the month of June I am focusing on the way that quality measures will be used to evaluate practitioner performance inside and outside a healthcare organization, including compensation packages and contracted rates with payers. There are thousands of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 24, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Obesity & Wound Care
Welcome to “what is it Wednesdays” in June. What is wrong with the abdominal pannus of this morbidly obese patient? He’s actually got venous stasis of the pannus with secondary lymphedema. Note the fibromas. How are we going to handle the epidemic of morbid obesity in...
