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Study Finds Overuse of Antipsychotics in Dementia Patients
Federal investigators say they have found evidence of widespread overuse of psychiatric drugs by older Americans with Alzheimer's disease, and are recommending that Medicare officials take immediate action to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.
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Federal investigators say they have found evidence of widespread overuse of psychiatric drugs by older Americans with , and are recommending that officials take immediate action to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.
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The findings will be released Monday by the , an arm of Congress, and come as the Obama administration has already been working with to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications like Abilify, Risperdal, Zyprexa, and clozapine. But in the study, investigators said officials also needed to focus on overuse of such drugs by people with who live at home or in assisted living facilities.
Read more at The New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1B55sDP
Unlocking Access: Exploring Mental Health Care Among Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees
January 23rd 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the January 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to examine the association between quantitative network adequacy standards and mental health care access among adult Medicaid enrollees.
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