Tag: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
NHIA pushes home infusion bills in DC
November 10, 2025HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Members of the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) on Nov. 6 participated in more than 130 meetings with members of Congress and their staff to advocate for a fix to the Medicare home infusion benefit.
NHIA members representing provider and supplier companies, along with patients who depend on home infusion services, participated in the event to share their experiences and discuss the critical need to modernize Medicare coverage...
Deeper dive: New infusion bill should be 'attractive’
June 2, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Home infusion stakeholders are back with a revamped bill that they say could be “a substantial saver” to Medicare and expand access for beneficiaries.
The “Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act,” introduced in March, contains many of the same provisions as previous versions of the bill, but it has three main changes, including bundling disposable supplies related to catheter administration into CMS's pharmacy per day payment, similar...
Re-introduced legislation seeks to modernize home infusion benefit
March 17, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have re-introduced legislation that would create a complete home infusion benefit for Medicare beneficiaries with conditions that require an infusion pump.
The “Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act” would:
Provide technical clarifications that would remove the physical presence requirement, ensuring payment regardless of whether a health care professional is present in the patient’s...
Analysis: NHIA’s changes could save billion-plus
December 5, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – An independent analysis by Magnolia Market Access estimates that changes proposed by NHIA to the Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act to expand Medicare Part B home infusion therapy services coverage to anti-infectives and to bundle payments for disposable supplies with the services payment would generate significant savings for Medicare. On the IV anti-infective policy, Magnolia provides two savings estimates based on the magnitude of patients that would migrate from...
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...