Treatment Planning & Medication Monitoring Were Lacking For Children In Foster Care Receiving Psychotropic Medication (OEI-07-15-00380)

The document was released in September 2018 by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The OIG analyzed foster care eligibility data and Medicaid claims data obtained from five states (Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Virginia) for October 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015. The goal was to determine the population of children in foster care treated with psychotropic medications, and the nature of state oversight . . .