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Article: CMS issues psychotropic drug memo. (Regulatory Update).
- Article from:
- McKnight's Long-Term Care News
- Article date:
- November 15, 2002
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a memo to skilled nursing providers on the use of psychotropic medications. The memo restates the definition of an unnecessary drug, discusses possible uses for these drugs outside the guidelines and lists the proper uses of psychotropic drugs. It repeats the requirements relating to CMS F-Tags #329 and #330. ...