The Office of the Inspector General finds that 99.5% of nursing facilities in the United States are non-compliant regarding federal regulations concerning antipsychotic use. This report is a review of an earlier study by the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General; since the previous study the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has implemented an initiative amid at reducing antipsychotic use in nursing homes by 15% by the end of 2012.
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