by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 24, 2020 | Miscellaneous Musings, Uncategorized
Did you see that 2011 movie, “Contagion”? Despite having an all-star cast, it was a disappointment since the writers put the interesting stuff at the front and then the rest of the movie went downhill. However, there’s a moment when Kate Winslet (as a CDC doctor) goes...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
A year ago in December 2018, Judge Reed O’Connor, District Court judge for the Northern District of Texas, ruled that no part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could stand after Congress passed new legislation that removed the tax penalty for NOT having insurance....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
An increasing percentage of my wound center patients have Medicare Advantage plans offered by private payers. As I’ve discussed on previous blogs, it’s getting very hard to use cellular and/or tissue-based products (CTPs) on chronic wound patients with Medicare...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) is one of the most painful wounds we see each year. It is called a “rare” disorder with an estimated incidence of 3 to 10 cases per million people per year.(1) That would mean there are about 20 new cases of PG in Houston, Texas each year....
