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Here’s the checklist First Coast used for a Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audit. Checklist looks the same for the Part B. The post Useful Information on Medicare Audits: First Coast Wound Care Checklist for TPE appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

This morning, three MACs published updates to their LCDs on "Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products." The post Medicare Contractors Withdraw Their LCDs on “Skin Substitute Grafts/Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products”! appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

For this first post, I will provide links to the basics. Next I will start posting information from specific MACs. The post Useful Materials for Responding to a Medicare Audit: Part 1 appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

Until we define the hemodynamic thresholds involved in the development of medically unpreventable pressure injuries/ulcers, nursing homes, hospitals and doctors will be liable for all of them. The post The 20th Anniversary of Malpractice Reform in Texas – and the Perverse Impact on Pressure Ulcer Litigation appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

“Kafkaesque” has become the norm for most clinicians when dealing with Medicare Advantage prior authorization (PA). The post The Kafkaesque Challenge of Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

The 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline allows people to get help via phone, text, or online chat for any mental health-related distress. The post Did You Know That There is a National 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline? appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..

There is a huge disconnect between “real world” wounds (and the patients who have them) and those studied in clinical trials. The post The Realities of Chronic Wound Research – Check Out the Podcast & News Article appeared first on Caroline Fife M.D..