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NHIA names groundbreaking products 

March 25, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association has announced the finalists for its 2024 Exhibitor Innovation Award: Avoset from Eitan Medical, Brightree Pharmacy Outcomes from Brightree, Eitan Insights from Eitan Medical and the Orchid Safety Release Valve from Linear Health Sciences. The award recognizes groundbreaking products or services that advance the home and alternate site infusion industry. “I would like to thank all of the companies who participated as well as all...

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 Part B infusion visits decrease

March 20, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – Home infusion service visits continued to decline in the first half of 2023, according to CMS’s annual monitoring report on the Medicare Part B home infusion therapy (HIT) benefit. The HIT market is concentrated, with seven of the 82 HIT suppliers providing about 56% of the HIT service visits in the past 12 months. The quarterly number of HIT supplier organizations increased from 42 in Q1 2021 to a quarterly high of 74 in Q3 2022 before dropping to 60 in Q2 2023, according...

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NHIA grows infusion council 

March 19, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association has added Managed Health Care Associates to its Future of Infusion Advisory Council (FIAC), a strategic group comprised of manufacturing and service companies that are invested in the home and alternate site infusion industry. The FIAC works with the NHIA’s board of directors to address critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing this growing segment of health care. “We are thrilled to be part of FIAC and work alongside...

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In brief: OCR investigation, NHIA recommendations, SuperCare pilot

March 15, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – The Office of Civil Rights, which administers and enforces HIPAA private, security and breach notification rules, has announced that it will investigate the cyberattack on Change Healthcare to determine whether patient health information was compromised.  The agency will also investigate whether Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group were compliant with HIPAA rules.  “We are committed to ensuring access to care, while enforcing laws that bolster patient...

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NHIA names Counce as award recipient

March 13, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) has named Jeannie Counce, NHIA’s long-time editor in chief of Infusion magazine, as the recipient of the 2024 Gene Graves Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was established in 2006 and is named after Gene Graves, a home infusion pioneer instrumental in the founding of NHIA, honors a member of the profession who has dedicated their careers to working and advocating on behalf of patients and has made a lasting impact...

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NHIA makes payer recommendations

March 13, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) has developed recommendations for commercial, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage payers to improve patient outcomes and experience, reduce administrative burden, and improve timely access to home infusion services.   The 2024 recommendations, designed to be incorporated into contracts between health plans and home and alternate site infusion providers, address value-based programs, secondary payers, prior authorization,...

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Kramer to receive 2024 Lynn Giglione Women in Leadership Award

February 21, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Foundation has named Nancy Kramer as the recipient of the 2024 Lynn Giglione Women in Leadership Award.  Kramer, vice president, clinical services at Optum Infusion Pharmacy, has more than 30 years’ experience in home infusion nursing, clinical leadership, staff education and development, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and patient-centered care.  “Nancy is a true servant leader with a deep sense of empathy and way of...

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In brief: Senators push oxygen template, DME MACs publish supplies guidance

February 9, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., urge CMS to adopt a standardized template instead of a medical record review to ensure access to supplemental oxygen for patients.   In a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the senators state:  “We ask that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) remove barriers for patient access to supplemental oxygen by establishing clear requirements for determining the medical necessity...

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NHIA releases standard for electronic mechanical pump 

February 5, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – The National Home Infusion Association has developed a consensus practice standard to help clinicians assess situations and determine when an electronic mechanical pump is recommended to administer an infusion medication in the home settings. The purpose of the standard, which was developed by the NHIA’s Quality and Standards and Clinical Practice committees, is to ensure patient safety and minimize adverse events, avoid unplanned hospitalization and emergency room visits,...

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NHIA ramps up networking, highlights women in leadership

January 19, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

AUSTIN, Texas – Networking will remain front and center at the National Home Infusion Association’s 2024 Annual Conference, says COO Jennifer Charron.  This year’s event will once again feature its popular roundtable sessions, but they have been moved to the beginning of the conference to allow attendees to meet each other early on, she says.  “(Attendees) felt the roundtables really helped develop long-term relationships outside of the conference,” she...

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