Tag: Infusion

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has opened its Boise, Idaho, pharmacy and infusion location. The location, which is close to the area’s largest hospital, features a custom-built ISO 5 clean room, which is an ultra-clean stringent classification required for compounded medication preparations. It also offers three private ambulatory infusion suites for patients receiving complex biologic and infusion therapies. “Soleo Health’s Boise market expansion allows the company to further...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – TwelveStone Health Partners has opened a new infusion center at Skyline Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn. It’s the company’s 8th location, joining existing centers in Mount Juliet, Knoxville and Chattanooga, as well as Canton, Ga., and Roanoke, Va. “This is our first Infusion Center built near a hospital system and we are grateful for the opportunity," says Shane Reeves, chief executive officer, TwelveStone Health Partners. “We look forward...

HOUSTON – Pediatric Home Service has expanded its infusion nursing and pharmacy service to include the Houston area. “At Pediatric Home Service, we believe that patients receive the best care when it is delivered in a coordinated and comprehensive manner,” said CEO Adam Nielsen. “By bringing infusion nursing & pharmacy to the Houston area, and eventually all of our Texas locations, we can help streamline care for patients and be a single-source provider for our healthcare...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – TwelveStone Health Partners recently opened a new infusion center to serve Spring Hill, Tenn., and the community south of Davidson County. “We are so pleased to offer patients in Spring Hill and surrounding communities the option to have an infusion done in a comfortable and convenient location for complex medication regimes that can’t be administered at home,” says Shane Reeves, CEO. “Nashville has grown significantly in the past few years and...

NEW YORK – Specialty Infusion Centers has opened a new office in Staten Island, N.Y. The state-of-the-art location upgrades the standards of infusion and injection therapies for patients who have complex health conditions, with flexible appointments that include evening and weekend availability. “It’s imperative to provide resources to patients who need it the most and may not have other options to help, especially during a time of uncertainty,” said Dr. Jake Deutsch, founder and...

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. - CMS has approved the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation. The approval means NABP is a national accrediting organization for home infusion therapy providers that want to participate in the Medicare billing program. The NABP's accreditation is designed to meet a new CMS requirement for providers billing home infusion therapy services: Starting in January, CMS will require they're accredited. During the approval process,...

WASHINGTON - The DME MACs on May 7 announced that they will not require CMNs for oxygen claims during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The update follows CMS's decision not to enforce clinical indications of coverage for the oxygen NCDs and LCDs, as outlined in an April 6 interim final rule. “After carefully reviewing the CMN and the related claims processing issues that would result from having missing information or having clinical information for which the form was intended,...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - InfuSystem Holdings reported net revenues of $17.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, a 7% decrease compared to the same quarter in 2017. It reported net revenues of $67.1 million for 2018, a 5.5% decrease compared to 2017. InfuSystem reported a net loss of $300,000 for the fourth quarter and $1.1 million for 2018. On the positive side: The company reported $11.4 million in operating cash flow in 2018, an increase of 48% compared to 2017, driven by an improvement in...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - InfuSystem Holdings has selected Scott Shuda as chairman of its board of directors. Shuda has been a member of the board since September 2015. He succeeds Gregg Lehman, PhD., who served as chairman since May 2015 and who will continue to serve on the board as vice chairman. Shuda, 53, is managing director of Meridian OHC Partners, a private equity firm that invests in small public companies, primarily in the healthcare and information technology sectors. In that capacity,...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - InfuSystem, a national provider of infusion pumps and related services, has been tapped by Smiths Medical, a manufacturer of specialized medical devices and equipment, as an official distributor of CADD products. Smiths Medical recently announced a strategic decision to serve its non-hospital-based infusion customers through a new distribution model that its says simplifies the way providers order, receive and deliver care with CADD products. As a result, CADD will now be...