Tag: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
Re-introduced legislation seeks to modernize home infusion benefit
March 17, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have re-introduced legislation that would create a complete home infusion benefit for Medicare beneficiaries with conditions that require an infusion pump.
The “Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act” would:
Provide technical clarifications that would remove the physical presence requirement, ensuring payment regardless of whether a health care professional is present in the patient’s...
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...
Senate, House reintroduce infusion access bill
June 14, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., have reintroduced legislation that will ensure patients maintain access to home infusion therapy.
The Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, is also sponsored by Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Chairman of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala.
The legislation protects access to Medicare’s home infusion benefit by...