Infusion Therapy


Pharmacy Resident Receives Home Infusion Award

NHIA recognizes Option Care Health’s Cheyenne Johnson, PharmD, with 2022 Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award.

Brightree Enhances Home Infusion Solution

Software company has added more than a dozen workflow enhancements to its Business Management Solution for Pharmacy designed for home infusion pharmacy organizations.

NHIF Recognizes Leone with Women in Leadership Award

Home infusion organization honors Melissa Leone, RN, BSN, with the 2022 Lynn Giglione Women in Leadership Award.

Associations Call for Expanded Infusion Regulation

The NHIA and several other organizations urged the FDA and state regulatory agencies to investigate and regulate direct access infusion businesses to protect supplies and patients.

WellSky and Option Care Health Launching CommonWell Services

The interoperability initiative will help the national infusion provider and its referral partners coordinate care for more than 250,000 patients.

Approaching Medicare's New Infusion Benefit

CMS has deemed a new infusion benefit that can be an opportunity for DME pharmacies. But it's important to understand how the benefit works and how accreditation plays a role.

Video Interview

A New Infusion Benefit and New Opportunities

Sandy Canally of The Compliance Team tells us about how CMS has deemed a new infusion benefit and explains how this can be an opportunity for HME providers and DME pharmacies.

Virtis Health's Infusion Footprint Grows Several Sizes

The company says its infusions centers now cover multiple metro areas in Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin. Expansion is part of an effort to take its services nationwide.



Operations: Where's My Stuff?

Managing HME inventory in the field is hard enough, and the COVID-19 pandemic made it even trickier. How should providers tackle this?

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InfuSystem To Offer Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Through New Partnership

The infusion service provider will begin introducing NPWT, an increasingly in-demand service for wound care, later this year.

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Products & Technology

Sharing Best Resupply Practices

Sleep therapy was the proving ground for how technology and smart resupply practices can benefit care and expand revenues. Now, other corners of HME are starting to apply those lessons.

Mediware Acquires Rock-Pond Solutions

Rock-Pond has provided business intelligence, analytics and services Mediware home infusion, HME, and specialty pharmacy customers.

TwelveStone Health Partners, VirtueRN Partner to Develop Post-Acute System

Solution would aim to increase communication and cohesion for referrals, providers and patients in HME, infusion and medication services.

Home Infusion Stakeholders Push S. 1738

Already receiving House approval, legislation would create a transitional pay structure to ensure Medicare continues adequate funding for home infusion services.

Wis. Provider, Health Network Enter Contract

Home Care Medical will be an in-network provider for Sheboygan Employer’s Health Network.

Ambulatory Infusion Market Poised to Skyrocket

Study: market for disposable ambulatory pumps to grow by $100M by 2017.

CarePoint Acquires Pinnacle Infusion

Buy expands infusion provider’s coverage in Southeast.

CarePoint Acquires Premier Infusion 

Company says buy supports its existing Texas operations, expansion into Southeast.

Gentiva Sells Respiratory, Infusion Businesses to Lincare

Gentiva says divesting businesses that generated at least $55 million in 2009 part of move to targe senior services.

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