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Uncharted Territory: Site Neutrality & Hyperbaric Therapy

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...

The Physician Compare Website and what it means to Wound Care Practitioners

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 18, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

This December, two months from now, all the 2015 quality data reported by any eligible provider (collected by any mechanism) will be made public by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  (CMS). If you are a hyperbaric medicine or wound care practitioner who...

Predicting Ideal Wounds for HBOT

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 30, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

The Hyperbaric oxygen therapy prior authorization project has been in effect a little more than a year and CMS is in the process of reviewing its impact to prepare an interim report. As the Medicare coffers dwindle, we have to ask ourselves how we can best utilize...

UHMS Pressure Newsletter

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 3, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Your Complimentary Copy of the UHMS Pressure Newsletter – Summer Issue...

Using Quality and Cost to Determine Value

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 13, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

I am explaining MIPS, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. Although MIPS does not begin until 2017, 85% of the MIPS score is derived from performance in the 2 quality programs that clinicians should already be engaged in: Meaningful Use of an EHR (MU) and the...

New Post: UHMSblog

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 9, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

As shared by Renee Duncan of UHMS,  “Pressure” the official newsletter of UHMS Membership is now open access (now listed under ‘Publications’ on the home page). This means you can invite your colleagues who may be considering membership in the...

The Quality Game Right Now: MU and PQRS

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 5, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

I’m picking up where I’d left off before SAWC Spring – explaining MIPS, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. Although MIPS does not begin until 2017, 85% of the MIPS score is derived from performance in the 2 quality programs that clinicians...

Fun Blog – Stan Waterman!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 20, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Like many hyperbaric medicine doctors, I got into the field through my love of diving. Many years ago I was lecturing at one of the beautiful diving medicine courses offered by Paul Sheffield (ATMO) and the late Helen Davis. The main attraction at the meeting was the...

How to Pass PQRS

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 17, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

We have less than two weeks in the deadline for Registry Reporting deadlines for 2016 Meaningful Use Stage 2 Objective 10 (February 29, 2016).  But let’s not forget the preparation required in order to successfully pass Quality Reporting for PQRS. Below is a...

Reasons to Pick Specific PQRS Measures

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 14, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and 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...
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