Tag: Drew Walk

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has opened a Thyroid Eye Disease Therapeutic Care Management Center. Soleo Health’s TCMCs are designed to support patients nationally with specific complex conditions, including rare and ultra-rare diseases and the respective therapies used to treat them. “We created our TED TCMC to provide clinical expertise and a support system for patients, caregivers and physicians nationwide,” said Drew Walk, CEO. “Our TCMCs provide a consistent patient...

WASHINGTON – Stakeholders are taking another swing at fixing the home infusion benefit, with new legislation introduced and, overall, increased awareness among lawmakers of the value of providing care in the home.  The Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, introduced Aug. 5 by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., provides technical clarifications to remove the requirement that a nurse or other health care professional be present in the patient’s home...

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has announced its “strong” support of S.2652, The Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act. Introduced by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Scott, R-SC, the legislation seeks to ensure patients’ access to life-saving home infusion therapy by providing appropriate reimbursement for such professional services. “Enactment of S.2652 would allow us to continue to deliver the high levels of quality care and deep clinical expertise to which...

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health’s Phoenix location has earned Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from URAC, the leading independent accrediting organization focused on supporting the quality of health care through leadership, accreditation, measurement and innovation standards and programs. With this URAC Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation, Soleo Health Phoenix demonstrates the highest value and quality in delivering enhanced clinical services to patients, payers, manufacturers and providers....

FRISCO, Texas - A new program that seeks to get patients started on infusion therapy without a hospital visit is coinciding with an inflection point in health care created by the ongoing pandemic, says Soleo Health CEO Drew Walk.As COVID cases spike in certain markets across the country, hospitals are looking for alternatives to bringing patients in for treatment, he says.“The value of home infusion has been accelerated,” he said. “They now feel more comfortable keeping the patients...

MCKINNEY, Texas - Soleo Health has been focused on growing organically, but it's now at a size where it makes sense to pursue tuck-in acquisitions, says CEO Drew Walk.Soleo made its first such buy in November when it acquired Dayton, Ohio-based Paragon Infusion Therapy, which has a presence in southeast Ohio and throughout Indiana and Kentucky.“We took a step back last summer to do a five-year strategic plan and feel the next level includes layering in some acquisitions, along with continued...

MCKINNEY, Texas - Soleo Health has been on an aggressive growth path since its launch in 2014, adding locations and therapies, says CEO Drew Walk.“We've gone from being a startup to having a really nice platform that allows us to service patients all over the country for complex infusion therapy,” he said. “We think we have a lot more opportunity over the next three to five years to continue that growth and it puts us in a good competitive place in terms of the market that we've...

MCKINNEY, Texas - Soleo Health has carved a niche for itself as a provider of both specialty pharmacy and home infusion services to fill a void in the market created by consolidation, says CEO Drew Walk.The home infusion space, in particular, has seen several large deals, including the sale of Coram to CVS in 2013.“We felt some things were missing from a service component that are extremely important for these complex therapies,” he said. “Home infusion is a very local market—you...

WASHINGTON - It's not a perfect fix, but a new bill that would create a “temporary transitional payment” for home infusion drugs is a step in the right direction, say industry leaders. Per the bill, introduced by Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, and Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., the payment would kick in Jan. 1, 2019, helping to provide some relief from a payment gap created by the 21st Century Cures Act. “It's in line with what we were looking for,” said Ken van Pool, vice...

MCKINNEY, Texas - Home infusion provider Soleo Health says it remains committed to taking care of patients while it waits for Congress to fix a “payment gap,” but it can't wait four years.“There's no question there's been a big financial impact,” said Drew Walk, CEO of Soleo Health, which recently released a white paper detailing the impact on patients of changes to the benefit in the 21st Century Cures Act. “We've had to make changes to our cost structure.”Per...