Appropriate reimbursement for detection, evaluation, and diagnosis of dementia as well as for care planning and ongoing care of individuals with cognitive impairment and dementia is possible. In fact, pathways to appropriate reimbursement well align with evidence-based guidelines for care and expectations around quality. To ensure well-coordinated quality dementia care, the primary provider and other members of the interdisciplinary care team spend a great deal of time outside the standard primary care visit, and reimbursement for this time is available. In this podcast, our guests share their insights into the documentation, infrastructure, and processes necessary to capture appropriate reimbursement for quality dementia care. They also discuss how using reimbursement as a pathway for quality dementia care supports high-functioning teams, incentivizes care teams to provide care that aligns with guidelines, and prevents the vital work of the entire interdisciplinary team from being invisible.

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Guests: Carolyn K. Clevenger, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAANProfessor, The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory UniversityClinical Director/Practicing Nurse Practitioner, The Emory Integrated Memory Care ClinicLaura Medders, LCSW Administrative Director, The Emory Integrated Memory Care Clinic

Host:Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNEDirector of Strategic Alliances, The Gerontological Society of America

This podcast episode is supported by Novo Nordisk. Content was developed by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).