Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes is committed to improving the quality of care for individuals with dementia living in nursing homes. The National Partnership has a mission to deliver health care that is person-centered, comprehensive and interdisciplinary with a specific focus on protecting residents from being prescribed antipsychotic medications unless there is a valid, clinical indication and a systematic process to evaluate each individual’s need. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promotes a multidimensional approach that includes research, partnerships and state-based coalitions, revised surveyor guidance, training for providers and surveyors and public reporting.
CMS is tracking the progress of the National Partnership by reviewing publicly reported measures. The official measure of the Partnership is the percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who are receiving an antipsychotic medication, excluding those residents diagnosed with schizophrenia, Huntington’s Disease or Tourette’s Syndrome. In 2011Q4, 23.9% of long-stay nursing home residents were receiving an antipsychotic medication. Since then, there has been a decrease of 39.6% to a national prevalence of 14.4% in 2021Q2. Success has varied by state and CMS region, with some states and regions having seen a reduction of greater than 45%. CMS acknowledges that circumstances exist where clinical indications for the use of antipsychotic medications are present and does not expect that the national prevalence of antipsychotic medication use will decrease to zero.
For more information on the National Partnership, please send correspondence to dnh_behavioralhealth@cms.hhs.gov.
The following charts are excerpted from Antipsychotic Medication Use Data Report 2021Q2 – Updated 01.14.2022.
Additional reports include:
- Antipsychotic Use by State 2020Q3-2021Q2 – Updated 01.14.2022
- Late Adopter Data Report 2021Q2 – Updated 01.14.2022
- Late Adopter Antipsychotic Use by State 2021Q2 – Updated 01.14.2022
The landing page for the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes is found here and includes a lot of useful information:
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