The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should penalize physicians and nursing homes that continue to inappropriately prescribe and administer anti-psychotic medications to dementia residents, regulators have urged.In Nov. 30 testimony to the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson proposed penalties for nursing homes that inappropriately administer antipsychotics.
“Overprescribed: The Human and Taxpayers' Costs of Anti-psychotics in Nursing Homes,” also included testimony from advocates and physicians who discussed alternatives to medication for at-risk residents.
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HHS: Penalize Drug Overuse
I've seen my father on drugs and restrained. It's awful!
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly -- penalize them and they'll stop.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only way to stop them or at least slow them down.
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