The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will conduct 'targeted, off-site audits' to check whether nursing home patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs have a schizophrenia diagnosis.
A USA TODAY investigation has traced a string of casualties back to one nursing home chain, Trilogy Health Services.this month will begin spot audits of nursing home use of antipsychotic drugs in an effort to cut down on inappropriate prescriptions.
Homes that use such medications inappropriately won't be immediately fined. However, Medicare will share the information with state inspectors who conduct routine checks on safety and quality of homes, a senior CMS official said. Mollot said analyzing data patterns is the right way to tackle the problem rather than relying on individual inspectors to uncover such patterns during surveys.
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