NATIONAL PLAN TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
•Ensure timely and accurate diagnosis
•Identify high-quality dementia care guidelines and measures across care settings
•Explore the effectiveness of new models of care for people with dementia
•Advance coordinated and integrated health and long term services and support for individuals living with dementia
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Medicare Annual
Wellness Visit benefit
•Includes detection of cognitive impairment
•Cognitive screens:
•Billing codes and payment
•First AWV: G0438, estimated Medicare payment $172
•Subsequent AWV: G0439, estimated Medicare payment $111
•Medicare will pay full amount with no co-payment for the beneficiary
BILLING
Billing Codes 2019. CPT® Code 99483 Explanatory Guide for Clinicians
https://alzimpact.org/media/serve/id/5ab10bc1a3f3c
BILLING CODES 2017
CPT Billing Code Change 2013
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Billing Dementia Clinical Care
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Billing Dementia Clinical Care
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DIGNOSING
Alzheimer's Diagnostic Guidelines 2012
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Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnostic Guidelines 2011
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Alzheimer's Diagnostic Guidelines 2012
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Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnostic Guidelines 2011
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Provider Training Videos http://www.dfamerica.org/training-videos/
- screening
- assessment
- diagnosis
- care coordination
Comprehensive Dementia Care
Guide for Clinicians
Brief guide for Primary Care Clinicians
Guide for Clinicians
Brief guide for Primary Care Clinicians
Behavioral Issues in Dementia Patients Clinician Resources
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Driving with Dementia. Assessment Tool Kit for Clinicians.
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Portal of Geriatric Online Education
Create a free account: http://www.pogoe.org
Although many geriatric prognostic indices have been published, they may be difficult for busy clinicians to remember and use. The goal of ePrognosis (www.eprognosis.org) is to be a repository of validated geriatric prognostic indices for application in clinical and educational settings. The prognostic indices used in ePrognosis are derived from a systematic review of the literature, published by our group in JAMA January 11, 2011. ePrognosis offers a tutorial on how to use prognositic indicators in older adults. It also helps clinicians sort through quality issues of each index through it's use of a novel sorting algorithm. This algorithm uses set criteria to sort the indices by accuracy, generalizability, bias, usability, and clinical efficacy.
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WA Alzheimer's Plan
https://www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/stakeholders/developing-state-plan-address-alzheimers-disease
IOM Study of Family Caregivers
http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Aging/FamilyCaregivingforOlderAdults.aspx
Gerospych pearls: http://www.geroconsult.org/home-1.html
These tidbits are offered for clinicians that find themselves struggling to care for geriatric patients. They are offered with the assumption that you already know how to treat psychiatric disorders, but desire tips to adjust your current prescribing practices for an older frail population.
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