Tag: Parenteral nutrition
In brief: Philips vent update, NHIA parenteral report, oxygen e-prescribing
August 8, 2025HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM – Philips has updated the use instructions for BiPAP V30, A30 and A40 ventilators due to the risk of a failure in the Ventilator Inoperative alarm, which may cause therapy interruption or loss.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the device may:
Reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stopping therapy, blank screen, single audible alert), then restart with the same patient settings.
Reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds...
NHIA report: Costs up, reimbursement down for parenteral nutrition
August 6, 2025HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) has published a white paper examining the economic challenges facing home parenteral nutrition (HPN) services. The report, “Ensuring Sustainable Access to Home Parenteral Nutrition (PN): The Cost Crisis and Path Forward,” documents cost trends and reimbursement patterns affecting this therapy.
HPN serves approximately 32,000 Americans annually who cannot absorb nutrients through their gastrointestinal tract...
NHIA: Pandemic shortages sent drug prices soaring
February 8, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Prices for parenteral nutrition (PN) components and disposable supplies rose dramatically during the pandemic due to supply chain challenges and shortages, according to a new white paper from the National Home Infusion Association. “It’s important that payers have a full understanding of the context in which home infusion providers are delivering high-quality, cost-effective care and work to reflect those factors in their reimbursement models,” said Connie Sullivan,...
Soleo Health launches NutriSole
September 14, 2017HME News Staff
MCKINNEY, Texas - Soleo Health has launched a new specialty parenteral nutrition therapy program. NutriSole offers solutions to patients, providers, health systems and payers that show positive patient outcomes and quantifiable clinical and economic value, the provider says. The program captures pertinent outcome data, including catheter infection rate, hospitalization, trended weight and laboratory results and patient experience, to reduce or prevent therapy-related complications. “NutriSole...
Diplomat Specialty Infusion expands into parenteral nutrition
June 7, 2017HME News Staff
URBANDALE, Iowa - Diplomat Specialty Infusion Group, a home infusion pharmacy, has added a sterile compounding environment to its Iowa location, paving the way for it to provide parenteral nutrition therapies. Diplomat's location in Urbandale now features an ISO 7 cleanroom, the standard needed to compound IV nutrition formulations. A cleanroom is a controlled environment with a low level of pollutants. ThriveRx, the nutrition division, focuses on home parenteral and enteral nutrition. Diplomat...