NEWS & WEBINARS

As the song says, “I am no longer sure of what I absolutely know.” The post It’s a Puzzlement appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

I hung up thinking, “What just happened? When did pharmacists start practicing medicine?” It turns out my experience was not unique. The post The Pharmacist Refused to Dispense a Topical Drug for Pyoderma Because it Was Not “Proven to Work for That Condition”? appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

I attended the Noridian informational call on the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model. The post Noridian Webinar Materials on Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

Either new packaging will have to be developed, or manufacturers will have to “bake” wastage into the product price. The post The “No Waste” Scrapbooking Approach to Skin Substitute Use… and Why Manufacturers Had Better Make Them Affordable appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

Medicare fee for service (FFS) does not pay for discarded amounts of “incident to supplies” (which is how all non-BLA CTPs/skin subs are now classified) and will only pay for the amount of product furnished. The post Breaking News! Medicare Will Not Pay for CTP / Skin Substitute Wastage “Under Any Circumstances” appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

This New Year’s Eve, I am going to drink a toast to a new era in the use of CTPs, based on data around real-world clinical effectiveness. The post A New Era for Cellular Tissue Products / Skin Substitutes appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

The CMS newsroom just released this press release yesterday, announcing that Final Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for Certain Skin Substitutes Have Been Withdrawn. The post Breaking News! Skin Substitute LCDs Withdrawn appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..