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On the recordJuly 13, 2015
I would like to know what steps CMS is taking to root out the providers who are prescribing children powerful psychotropic medications when it isn't medically necessary.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy questions CMS about monitoring inappropriate prescriptions for children.

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