PAGE 2 JUNE 2007. â¢ The mandated date for NPI per HIPAA. has NOT changed. What has changed is. that CMS as the enforcement agency, will. not apply penalties to parties that have. made good faith efforts towards being. compliant on May 23, 2007. No penalties. will be applied until May 23, 2008.
Diabetic nephropathy -- kidney disease that results from diabetes -- is the number one cause of kidney failure. Almost a third of people with diabetes develop diabetic nephropathy.People with diabetes and kidney disease do worse overall than people with kidney disease alone.This is because people with diabetes tend to have other long-standing medical conditions, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and blood vessel disease (atherosclerosis).idney disease in type 1 diabetes is slightly different than in type 2 diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, kidney disease rarely begins in the first 10 years after diagnosis of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, some patients already have kidney disease by the time they are diagnosed with diabetes.
Kidney disease or diabetes: Do not use creatine if you have kidney disease or a disease such as diabetes that increases your chance of developing kidney disease. There is some concern that creatine might make kidney disease worse.