
About Dr. Fife
Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the CMO of Intellicure, Inc., Exec. Director of the US Wound Registry & Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic.

Report Honest Healing Rates
It’s time for Wound Care physicians and providers to stand up for truly honest outcomes and transparent quality reporting. If we don’t we may see our entire profession wiped out. Click here to read more.
Guide to the Lymphatic System
A series of articles to summarize more than two decades of work in lymphatic imaging. Click here to read more.
Latest Posts
Medicare Audit Info: Palmetto TPE on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Check Out This Podcast of “Living with Hidradenitis Supprativa”
Selling the Spread on Cellular Tissue Products (CTP’s) / Skin Substitutes – is That Even Legal?
Taking a Closer Look at the OIG Report on “Skin substitute” (CTP) ASP Transparency
A Different Level of Thinking on Cellular Tissue Product Skin Substitute Policy
A Problem Well-Stated is a Problem Half Solved… (Hopefully)
(Not) Choosing Wisely for Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products (CTPs)
Be a Wound Care Millionaire with 25 Patients or Less – and Maybe Lose it All in a RAC Audit?
How to Submit a Medicare Claim for a CTP When the Dollar Amount Exceeds $99,999.99
$180,000 for In-Home Application of Cellular / Tissue-Based Products (CTPs)… I Have Run Out of Words for This
Disparities in Access to Care for CTPs / Skin Subs (and How Package Pricing in the Doctor’s Office Might Actually Improve Access to Them)
Wound Care, the “Rodney Dangerfield” of Specialties – At Least Partly Due to the CTP Payment Methodology
More of Your Letters: Skin Substitutes, CMS, Failed Proposals and the Broken System
I’m Doing “Swell”: Lymphatic Disorders & Associated Mental Health Challenges
“Research Not Rebates”… and “Our IRB Status with the Department of Health and Human Services…” Hmmmmmm……..
Can Someone Explain the Math on the Patient Copay for CTPs (Skin Substitutes)?
How We Got Here – Answers to the Questions I Have Been Asking
The Other Side of the CTP/Skin Substitute Story – How Poorly-Crafted CMS Policies for Package Pricing in HOPDs Created This Mess
“We Will All Lose in the End.” Let’s Discuss the Moral Hazard of the CTP (Skin Substitute) Industry
If You Wonder Why CMS is Looking at Skin Subs, Check Out These Claims…
CTP/Skin Sub Ads to Doctors – Am I the ONLY Person Who Thinks There’s Something Wrong?
Useful Information on Medicare Audits: First Coast Wound Care Checklist for TPE
Medicare Contractors Withdraw Their LCDs on “Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products”!
Useful Materials for Responding to a Medicare Audit: Part 1
The 20th Anniversary of Malpractice Reform in Texas – and the Perverse Impact on Pressure Ulcer Litigation
The Kafkaesque Challenge of Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization
Did You Know That There is a National 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline?
The opinions, comments, and content expressed or implied in my statements are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the position or views of Intellicure or any of the boards on which I serve.