Year: 2012
Resolution Number: 31
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Jayne Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
The Committee amended the resolved portions to read:RESOLVED: That MSMS ask the AMA to meet with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a determination that acknowledges that antipsychotics are an appropriate treatment for dementia-related psychosis if non pharmacologic approaches have failed; and be it further RESOLVED: That the AMA ask the CMS to cease and desist in issuing citations or financial penalties for appropriate use of antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis.The Committee included the phrase “appropriate use of” for clarification in the second resolved.
The Committee amended the resolved portions to read:RESOLVED: That MSMS ask the AMA to meet with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a determination that acknowledges that antipsychotics are an appropriate treatment for dementia-related psychosis if non pharmacologic approaches have failed; and be it further RESOLVED: That the AMA ask the CMS to cease and desist in issuing citations or financial penalties for appropriate use of antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis.The Committee included the phrase “appropriate use of” for clarification in the second resolved.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Appropriate use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Patients Without Penalty