Report: 20 percent of nursing home residents receive antipsychotics
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 20, 2024
A new report highlights the high number of nursing home residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Authors of the report say that, in most cases, the drugs aren’t clinically justified.
Disadvantages, understaffing combine to ratchet up nursing homes’ antipsychotic reliance: study
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 25, 2024
Nursing homes in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to rely on antipsychotics, especially when understaffed, compared to those in more affluent areas, according to a new study in Jama Network...
Need a fresh survey strategy? CMS lays out 3
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2023
CMS officials have delivered an early gift to help providers like you map out where they should focus their compliance efforts — not just for 2024, but for 2025 as well.
CMS to begin audits for schizophrenia coding, says citations will affect quality ratings
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 19, 2023
The agency will start auditing nursing homes this month to determine whether residents’ schizophrenia diagnoses are accurate and appropriately coded. A pattern of inaccurate coding may result in a quality...