Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

Letter from the Editor

The Brave New World of Medicare Physician Payment: The Quality & Resource Use Report and What You Must do before March

01/13/2016

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the country. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that...

In 2015, the Centers for...

01/13/2016

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

12/15/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...

“What experience and history...

12/15/2015

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Audits

Why Audits are Happening in Wound Care & How to (Maybe) Avoid Them

10/19/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Particular modalities have come under the microscope in this industry. Is your clinic performing them appropriately as per medical necessity?

Particular modalities have come...

10/19/2015

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Practice Management

A Health & Wellness Plan for Managing YOUR Wound Clinic

09/11/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

It is possible for hospitals and wound care providers to manage their own clinics without external oversight. Here’s how to do so appropriately, safely, and successfully.

It is possible for hospitals and...

09/11/2015

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Addressing the Need for Noninvasive Vascular Testing in the Outpatient Clinic: A Case Study

06/16/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Vascular screening is advisable for every patient living with a chronic, nonhealing, lower extremity ulcer. This article will discuss methods for establishing vascular screening protocol in the wound clinic.

Vascular screening is advisable...

06/16/2015

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Letter from the Editor

Limb Preservation

06/15/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

This issue of Today’s Wound Clinic focuses on one of the most important and rewarding aspects of wound care — limb preservation. Our patients develop limb-threatening wounds for many reasons, and preventing limb loss requires addressing all...

This issue of Today’s Wound...

06/15/2015

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Letter from the Editor

The Truth About 'Wound Healing Rates'

05/19/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

It’s time to stop fudging the data on “wound healing rates.” Continuing this practice is going to hurt us all.

It’s time to stop fudging the...

05/19/2015

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Letter from the Editor

Taking A Peek Into Your Wound Care Future Through Quality Measures

04/16/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

The nails are already in the coffin of the fee-for-service reimbursement model we used to know as healthcare providers. It’s not quite buried, but we are presiding over the funeral.

The nails are already in the...

04/16/2015

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Interview

Tomorrow’s Wound Care: Q&A With Industry KOL

04/16/2015

D. Scott Covington , MD, FACS, CHWS;

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Today’s Wound Clinic clinical editor Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM, speaks with author D. Scott Covington, MD, FACS, CHWS, about the future of wound clinics and the industry.

Today’s Wound Clinic clinical...

04/16/2015

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Letter from the Editor

Facing Fraud in the US

03/18/2015

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Inappropriate use of HBOT has brought the forces of the federal government down upon the entire industry. Now all of us have to deal with the reality that HBOT is under a more watchful eye and that reimbursement and patient care may be...

Inappropriate use of HBOT has...

03/18/2015

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