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Thoughts from the Eye of the Healthcare Storm Part 1…

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...

TWC Podcast Episode 3: The Quality Payment Program Revolution

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....

Congratulations to New TWC Editorial Advisory Board Members!

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,...

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...

Today's Wound Clinic – latest Editorial

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 28, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

From The Editor Tue, 12/13/16 – 16:02 Login to Download PDF version Issue Number: Volume 10 Issue 12 – December 2016 Author(s): Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM My Dad’s definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff...

Today's Wound Clinic

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 30, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Here are my latest editorials from Today’s Wound Clinic (in case you missed them): October 2016 – http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/articles/editor-coming-december-santas-naughty-nice-list-eligible-providers November 2016 –...

Friday's Featured Friend: Helen B Gelly, MD, FACCWS, FACEP, ABPM/UHM

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 20, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

In the upcoming November edition of Today’s Wound Clinic, Helen Gelly, MD has written a very informative  “Educational Note  to Provider.” Helen, and Joe Darrah, the Managing Editor of TWC have graciously allowed  me to share this The prior authorization...

Straight Talk Tuesday

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 3, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Please remember to check out my November/December 2015 editorial in Today’s Wound Clinic. I reviewed the sad history of the two years I spent as President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society from 1998 to 2000, during which CMS attempted to reduce facility...

Monday Musings

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 21, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented a prior authorization model for non-emergent hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey. It is the position of CMS that it can reduce spending on HBOT services while...

Straight Talk Tuesday

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 20, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Every Tuesday this month we’ve been having some straight talk about a US Wound Registry Quality Measure. In the Jan/Feb 2-13 issue of Today’s Wound Clinic, Darlene Carey discussed the results of a pilot study of 3 quality measures: 1) vascular screening of leg ulcer...
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