New System to Evaluate Drug Usage in Nursing Homes Proposed by HHS

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new system to evaluate drug usage in nursing homes, as required by the Privacy Act of 1974. The system, titled 'Evaluation of Drug Usage Under the Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification Study (STRIVE)', will collect and maintain data on medication utilization of selected beneficiaries while in nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, or swing bed hospitals.