ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 13, 2020)—A bipartisan coalition in Congress has introduced the Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, legislation designed to ensure Medicare patients have access to Part B home infusion medications.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (February 17, 2020)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) and more than 250 leading patient advocacy organizations, pharmacy groups, physician specialty societies, home infusion providers, and other stakeholders are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to revisit their flawed interpretation of Medicare’s home infusion therapy services benefit.
MCKINNEY, Texas (November 22, 2019)—Soleo Health, a provider of specialty infusion services, announced its acquisition of Paragon Infusion Therapy's pharmacy business, located in Dayton, Ohio.
Paragon, through its Dayton pharmacy location, provides specialty pharmacy services to patients throughout Southeast Ohio and statewide in both Indiana and Kentucky.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (November 15, 2019)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) will be hosting their 2020 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 5-9, 2020.
During the conference, held at the Gaylord Rockies, more than 1,300 home and specialty infusion industry professionals will come together for the leading education and networking event for the industry.
Updated November 1 with statement from NAHC
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 31, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid on Thursday, Oct. 31, issued its final rule governing the transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) for home health care—cutting its assumptions for behavioral changes almost in half.
DAVISON, Mich. (October 25, 2019)—In service to users of HDMS and StowPoint across the country, Universal Software Solutions, Inc. (Universal) held the 2019 Users Conference from Sept. 9–11 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the JW Marriott.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 17, 2019)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) submitted comments on the 2020 home health prospective payment system rate update proposed rule.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (September 12, 2019)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) and International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) have announced the co-location of their 2020 annual conferences in Denver, Colorado.
NHIA, the voice of the home and specialty infusion industry, will be holding its 2020 Annual Conference April 5-9, 2020, bringing together more than 1,200 industry professionals together for the industry’s leading education and networking event.
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. and DENVER (August 7, 2019)—Option Care Enterprises, Inc. (Option Care) and BioScrip, Inc. (BioScrip) announced the successful completion of a merger, which follows the satisfaction of the transaction’s closing conditions, including approval by BioScrip shareholders and the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 11, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Thursday, July 11 that it had proposed a new rule to update the rates and wages for home health care for 2020, and implementing the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), as well as other items.
NETANYA, Israel (June 12, 2019)—Eitan Group, a provider of advanced infusion therapy solutions across the care continuum, announced the appointment of Chris Lowery to its board of directors.
NETANYA, Israel (March 25, 2019)—Eitan Group, a global provider of advanced infusion therapy solutions across the care continuum, announced that Roger Massengale has been appointed CEO of Eitan Group North America.
Massengale’s appointment signals Eitan Group’s move into directly marketing its infusion product suite in North America.
DENVER, Colo. and BANNOCKBURN, Ill. (March 20, 2019)—BioScrip, Inc. (BioScrip) and Option Care Enterprises, Inc. (Option Care), independent providers of home and alternate treatment site infusion therapy services, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement.
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 12, 2019)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) is proud to announce that Wanda K. Rogers, MS, RPh, is the recipient of its 2019 Gene Graves Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented at NHIA’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, March 12.
ATLANTA (March 7, 2019)—Brightree announced a new pharmacy suite for home infusion therapy providers and home medical equipment (HME) pharmacies to help them optimize business processes, more easily meet compliance requirements and provide the highest quality patient care.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 7, 2019)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute growth platform, together with Team@Work founder and corporate business coach Ty Bello, announced a partnership to offer the technology and consulting services that home medical equipment (HME) and infusion companies need to drive and maintain sustained growth in the post-acute market.
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NETANYA, Israel (February 27, 2019)—Q Core Medical, a developer of smart infusion systems for hospital and ambulatory care settings, announced the opening of a new European office in Marseille, France. The new European regional headquarters will be led by Q Core Medical Country Manager, Laurent Schektman, who will lead direct sales efforts of Q Core’s hospital and homecare infusion systems in France and other European markets.
McKINNEY, Texas (February 26, 2019)—Soleo Health, a provider of complex specialty pharmacy and infusion services administered in the home and alternate sites of care, announced today the company recently earned two accreditations: Home Care Accreditation from The Joint Commission and Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from URAC.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (February 15, 2019)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) over a misguided policy determination that could significantly reduce patients’ access to home infusion therapy services.
The Intersection of Homecare and Infusion is Growing
It’s no secret that our health care system is increasingly shifting the site of care to the patient’s home. Infusion therapy is the among the specialized services that can be delivered in the home, safely and effectively—but it requires a nurse’s care. For decades, home infusion pharmacy and home care nursing have been interconnected. Today, that intersection is growing and the need for highly skilled home infusion nurses has never been stronger.