Antipsychotics

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.

A CMS leader steered clear of staffing mandate talk but highlighted a nursing home workforce campaign, renewed survey priorities, discharge processes and much more Tuesday.

People with type 2 diabetes have twice the risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) if they take some commonly prescribed antibiotic, antipsychotic or prokinetics drugs, or have low fasting blood sugar, according...

A neurology-focused effort to reduce antipsychotic drugs in skilled nursing facilities lowered usage by 68% in people with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, according to a new report published...

Use of antipsychotic and psychoactive drugs following surgery generally fell in various settings among those experiencing postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the Journal of the American...

People with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who receive home health are likely getting prescribed antipsychotics too often, according to a new study. The research was published Wednesday in...

An article in The BMJ is sounding the alarm that the US Food and Drug Administration fast-tracked approval for the dementia drug Rexulti (brexpiprazole) — even though trials show the drug is harmful.

Once facing imminent closure, massive CA provider earns recertification … State becomes first to strip Medicaid asset limit … Lab owner gets prison, $77.3 million restitution bill for Medicare genetic...

More hospitalized older adults experienced incidents of delirium during the pandemic than before it, a new study shows. The heightened prevalence was tied to more antipsychotic and benzodiazepine medication...

Some Care Compare information on nursing homes is too old and some is too hard to understand, reported a government watchdog.