Tag: Home Infusion Therapy
Option Care prioritizes practitioner model
February 28, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. – Option Care Health in January closed on its acquisition of Intramed Plus, a South Carolina-based infusion provider, in a strategic move to broaden its advanced practitioner model, company execs say.
“We believe the advanced practitioner clinical model is highly complementary to our network of compounding pharmacies, and we intend to continue enhancing and expanding our infusion site network to incorporate broader clinical capabilities,” said CEO John...
Option Care keeps growing
February 26, 2025HME News Staff
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. – Option Care Health reported revenue of about $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter 2024, an increase of 19.7% compared to the same quarter in 2023.
Net revenue for the full year 2024 was $4.9 billion, up 16.2% compared to $4.3 billion for the full year 2023.
“The Option Care Health team’s execution produced solid financial results in the fourth quarter and full year 2024, demonstrating resilience in a dynamic and challenging period, while...
Stakeholders work on new home infusion bill
January 31, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Stakeholders, with feedback in hand from the Congressional Budget Office, are working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to modify previous bills to improve Medicare’s home infusion benefit.
Among the potential changes in play: Folding in payment for supplies with the services payment, says Connie Sullivan, president of the National Home Infusion Association.
“That eliminates an extra payment, but it also structures the benefit more comparably...
Soleo reaccredited by URAC
January 23, 2025HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has earned its Specialty Pharmacy Reaccreditation by URAC. By earning this reaccreditation, the company was acknowledged for its dedication to patient satisfaction and ability to ensure positive clinical outcomes, while demonstrating the highest value and quality in delivering enhanced clinical services to its many patients, providers, payers and pharma partners. “This URAC reaccreditation underscores Soleo Health’s dedication to delivering the highest...
RF invests in Valley Vital
January 20, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK – RF Investment Partners has announced its majority investment in Valley Infusion and Home Infusion Richmond, which do business together as Valley Vital, a part of the Vital Care Infusion Service franchise system. Valley Vital, which operates infusion therapy pharmacies across four territories of Virginia and West Virginia, plans to accelerate its growth organically and through acquisitions of new territories and potentially other franchisees. “With RF's industry experience...
AIC expands ability to serve patients
January 20, 2025HME News Staff
DALLAS – AIC, a division of AIS Healthcare, now offers ALYGLO, manufactured by GC Biopharma, for the treatment of adult patients with primary humoral immunodeficiency (PI). This new immunoglobulin (Ig) therapeutic option will expand the company’s ability to better serve PI patients in their home or an infusion suite setting. “We are excited to add ALGYLO to our expansive list of Ig infusion therapies,” said Jud Hall, president of AIC. “AIC is proud to partner with GC...
NHIA seeks board members
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association is accepting applications for members of its board of directors. Board members serve three-year terms as representatives for their NHIA member organization. Seats are open only to provider members and are assigned at the organization level. Seats are currently available for one national provider (multi-site organization with 20 or more locations), one hospital provider and two at-large providers (any type). Companies that are interested...
Dynamic Infusion solidifies presence in Atlantic
December 11, 2024HME News Staff
DALLAS – Dynamic Infusion has acquired CCE Partners, d/b/a Solution Nursing, with operations in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia, solidifying its presence in the Atlantic region. On a consolidated basis, Dynamic now visits patients in their homes more than 25,000 times a year across 14 states on behalf of more than 60 specialty pharmacies – with plans to expand further. "Solution brings more than 30 years of experience in the home infusion therapy...
Analysis: NHIA’s changes could save billion-plus
December 5, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – An independent analysis by Magnolia Market Access estimates that changes proposed by NHIA to the Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act to expand Medicare Part B home infusion therapy services coverage to anti-infectives and to bundle payments for disposable supplies with the services payment would generate significant savings for Medicare. On the IV anti-infective policy, Magnolia provides two savings estimates based on the magnitude of patients that would migrate from...
Specialty infusion meds require more care planning, research finds
December 2, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – More than 70% of the tasks of home infusion pharmacists for specialty infusion medications are dedicated to patient care, according to new research published in the NHIF Infusion Journal. Care planning and patient assessments accounted for 42.45% of pharmacist tasks related to specialty therapies. “This study is the first to systematically quantify and categorize the professional work of home infusion pharmacists caring for specialty infusion medication patients,”...