Tag: National Home Infusion Association (NHIA)
Registration opens for NHIA 2024
November 8, 2023HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Registration is now open for the National Home Infusion Association’s 2024 annual Conference to be held March 23-27, 2024, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. NHIA 2024 will feature four days of educational content on topics selected for their relevance by industry-leading experts and draw from more than 120 industry submissions on the most current practices and challenges. “Each year, NHIA looks for ways to evolve the conference by bringing...
In brief: ‘Critical juncture,’ Medline partnership, digital health committee
October 13, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and VGM are partnering on a new virtual advocacy event to bolster awareness and support for Medicare legislation as Congress enters the final legislative weeks of the year.
The DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 5555 and S. 1294), would provide a 90/10 blended Medicare reimbursement rate for most home medical equipment products in competitive bidding areas for all of 2024 and extend the current 75/25 blended rate currently in effect in rural/non-CBA...
NHIA seeks comments on pumps
October 11, 2023HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association has released a draft practice standard that describes situations that may require the use of electronic mechanical pumps to minimize adverse reactions and promote adherence to infusion therapies administered in the home. NHIA practice standards represent a consensus of professional judgment, expert opinion and documented evidence, and are meant to provide guidance and direction to NHIA members and other audiences who affect the...
Home infusion highlighted during hearing
September 26, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Medicare needs to improve access to home infusion services, said lawmakers during a Sept. 19 House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing.
During the hearing, “Examining Policies to Improve Seniors’ Access to Innovative Drugs, Medical Devices, and Technology,” home infusion was discussed at least three distinct times, according to the National Home Infusion Association.
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., brought up two bills—the Expanding...
NHIA submits recommendations on improving access to in-home care
September 6, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The National Home Infusion Association has submitted comments in response to “Request for Comment: Increasing Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies” issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. “NHIA applauds the FDA for recognizing the importance of facilitating access to care in the home and for issuing this Request for Comment to promote expanded access to home use technologies,” said...
Home infusion stakeholders push new legislation to fix coverage gap
June 23, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Home infusion stakeholders believe they have a strong case for Congress passing legislation that would finally bring Medicare coverage in line with that of private insurers.
Introduced June 14 in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, “The Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act” would include pharmacy services as part of the home infusion therapy benefit under Medicare, covering everything from assessments to drug preparation and compounding...
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...
NHIA to hold second Payor Summit
May 24, 2023HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association will hold its second annual Payor Summit Aug. 23, 2023, in Dallas. The event is designed to bring together representatives from commercial health insurance plans with home and specialty infusion leaders to discuss opportunities and challenges facing the industry now and in the future. The 2023 summit will focus on helping payers leverage the home and alternate site of care to manage drug spend; improve patient access; improve health equity...
In brief: AdaptHealth settlement, Quipt raise, KabaFusion investment
April 28, 2023HME News Staff
PHILADELPHIA – AdaptHealth will pay $5.3 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for submitting allegedly false claims to federal health care programs for respiratory devices that patients did not need or use, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The settlement resolves allegations that between 2013 and 2017 AdaptHealth, known at the time as QMES and Tri-County Medical Equipment and Supply, knowingly and willfully billed...
NHIA supports bill, but says more needs to be done
April 26, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A bill to expand in-home care, including home infusion, for Medicare beneficiaries is a big step forward, but there’s more that can be done to improve access, says the National Home Infusion Association.
The Expanding Care in the Home Act, introduced April 25 by Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., would expand coverage for home-based services, such as home infusion, dialysis, diagnostic imaging, and personal care services.
“The...