NHIA welcomes Kennedy’s support for home infusion access
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:19 AM CDT, Thu June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON – The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) applauds Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s recent statement in support of improving access to home infusion services for Medicare beneficiaries. “We agree with his sentiment that commonsense reforms to Medicare – like home infusion – will save taxpayer dollars while improving access to care, especially for rural and elderly patients,” stated the NHIA. “We stand ready to work with the Secretary and HHS to remedy the current lack of coverage for home infusion therapies.” Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., raised the subject during a June 24 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. Harshbarger is a co-sponsor of the Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (H.R. 2172 & S. 1058), which would improve access to home infusion therapy. In response, Kennedy stated: “It makes no sense, it’s much more expensive for our system. It’s literally billions of dollars a year that are unnecessarily spent by forcing these patients—particularly in rural areas, elderly patients—that could easily use infusions at home and are forced to come into a hospital to use them. And it doesn’t make any sense and it’s part of the commonsense reforms we’re doing here at HHS.”
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