Tag: Home Infusion
NHIA develops drug list
August 13, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association has developed a list of medications to serve as a reference when making site of care decisions for patients requiring intravenous or subcutaneous infusions. The list reflects current U.S. prescribing practices and was compiled from medication dispensing reports from home infusion providers and reviewed by NHIA’s Quality and Standards Committee. “Home infusion providers have special expertise in the assessment, coordination...
AlayaCare tapped by BioMatrix
July 22, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – AlayaCare, a global tech platform for home infusion businesses, has been tapped by BioMatrix to bring nursing and agency documentation all in one place, eliminating time spent on administrative tasks, such as faxing and manual uploads. “AlayaCare has all of the necessary nursing operations built into the software that will allow BioMatrix to continue to provide top-notch infusion nursing services,” said David Kinard, vice president of nursing at BioMatrix. “Documenting...
Investor buys BioMatrix
June 25, 2024HME News Staff
SEATTLE – Frazier Healthcare Partners, a Seattle-based, health care-focused investment firm, has closed on its acquisition of BioMatrix Holdings, a Plantation, Fla.-based national provider of home infusion services.
Frazier is partnering with Ted and Kathee Kramm, two highly experienced industry executives in the home infusion market, to lead BioMatrix with Ted as CEO and Kathee as president. The Kramms began their careers as clinicians (pharmacist and nurse, respectively) and have...
PromptCare: ‘Stay away from the fads’
June 7, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. – PromptCare’s recent acquisition of New Orleans-based Coastal Infusion Services will give the provider a blueprint to add ambulatory infusion suites to its offerings, says CEO Paul Jardina.
While PromptCare, which offers home infusion, specialty pharmacy and complex respiratory services, has had a limited number of infusion suites for the past several years, it hasn’t been a focus, he said.
“We thought they had done a really good job...
PromptCare expands nat’l footprint
May 7, 2024HME News Staff
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. - PromptCare, a provider of at-home and alternate-site infusion therapy, has announced that Coastal Infusion Services, which has a presence throughout the southern U.S., is now part of its family of companies.
Coastal Infusion Services also cares for patients at six state-of-the-art ambulatory infusion suites (AISs) strategically located throughout southern Louisiana.
“This is a unique opportunity to combine two organizations with deeply experienced...
Soleo Health named partner for new drug
May 7, 2024HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has been named a limited distribution specialty pharmacy partner to dispense RYPLAZIM manufactured by Kedrion Biopharma. RYPLAZIM is the first and only U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved treatment for supporting the approximately 500 people in the U.S. affected by plasminogen deficiency type 1 (PLGD-1). "We take pride in being among the few selected specialty pharmacy providers administering RYPLAZIM to PLGD-1 patients,” said Drew Walk, CEO...
Soleo Health opens location in Mississippi
April 30, 2024HME News Staff
RIDGELAND, Miss. – Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, has opened its latest pharmacy and ambulatory infusion center (AIC) in Ridgeland, Miss. Soleo Health Jackson offers a broad range of specialty pharmacy services and infusion therapies to patients requiring complex specialty biologic and infusion therapies across Mississippi, including those in Jackson, Tupelo, Hattiesburg and throughout the Gulf Coast. “Soleo Health identified an opportunity to...
Option Care details impact of cyberattack
April 26, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. – Option Care Health’s cash flow during the first quarter was negatively impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack, but the company has not changed its outlook for the full year, executives said on a recent earnings call.
From the date of the cyberattack on February 21 through the rest of the quarter, Option Care was unable to submit more than half its claims, said John Rademacher, president and CEO.
“This has resulted in a detrimental...
AIC adds new drugs
March 25, 2024HME News Staff
DALLAS – AIC, a division of AIS Healthcare, now offers GLASSIA and ARALAST NP, manufactured by Takeda, for the treatment of adult patients with clinically evident emphysema due to severe hereditary deficiency of Alpha1-PI (alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency). The nationally accredited home infusion teams at AIC collaborate closely with physicians to provide specialized infusion services to patients in their home or at an infusion suite setting. “We’re excited and proud to be able to...
Soleo Health turns 10
March 7, 2024HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health marked its 10th anniversary on Feb. 24. Led by CEO Drew Walk and COO Craig Vollmer, Soleo Health was founded on the commitment to simplify complex care for patients, and over the past decade, it has become one of the fastest-growing independent specialty pharmacies. Notably, the company has collaborated with more than 22,000 prescribers and delivered care to more than 100,000 patients. “Looking ahead, we remain dedicated to defining the unique requirements...