Fiscal 2023 ICD-10 updates: Understanding new dementia coding
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 13, 2022
We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily with dementia and now we finally have the opportunity to code specifically tied to severity.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 25
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 25, 2023
No change in prescribing rates for dental-related antibiotics … Spotting adenine in urine could signal kidney failure in people with diabetes … Gene variant that boosts Parkinson’s risk found in...
NYU Langone Health institute receives $31M to study aging, vascular risks
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone Health $31 million for a 10-university cohort to study how vascular risk factors contribute to dementia and other age-related...
Embracing data and technology to help slow Alzheimer’s and dementia
By
John Q. Walker
Aug 02, 2023
Alzheimer’s is a disease of data. The disease doesn’t have what we typically react to quickly: There is no pain, no blood, no pus, no rash, no dry mouth, nothing is visibly out of kilter. Yet,...