Last week the most current antipsychotic use data from CMS (1st quarter, 2018) was released. Kansas has improved to the ranking of 38th, and we have achieved the national goal of a 30% reduction by reaching an overall reduction of 33.5% reduction in our State. We are ranked 25th in the nation in regards to the number of “late adopters” in our state. Late adopters are defined as nursing homes who continued to have a high rate of antipsychotic medication use, their percentage of change from 2011Q4 to 2017Q1 increased or decreased very little, and they remained above the national average in 2017Q1. CMS will continue to target Late Adopter homes with dementia-focused surveys.
