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On November 17, 2022, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) released a report documenting the failure of an over ten-year effort by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce the inappropriate use of psychotropic medications in nursing homes. CMS defines a psychotropic drug as any drug that affects brain activities associated with mental processes and behavior. The OIG report found that despite reducing the use of some inappropriate medications, nursing homes began to use other drugs to improperly sedate and restrain residents.
