tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 8

INFUSION: At Your Service, IV Providers Tell Medicare

Instead of paying per widget, the home-infusion industry wants Medicare to pay per diem for IV services. A per diem payment system, under which Medicare would pay for each infusion service based on the number of days provided, would improve access to infusion services and quality, according to a new white paper from the National Home Infusion Association. The NHIA paper, called "Home Infusion Services, Payment Models, and Operational Costs," stresses that private payers mostly use this method already to pay for infusion. A "narrow focus on drug prices alone" in fixing Medicare reimbursement will prevent patients from...

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