Infectious Disease Doctors Urge Congress To Cover Home Infusion Therapy For Medicare Beneficiaries
Jun-10-2007
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is urging Congress to support the Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 (H.R. 2567), bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Randy Kuhl (R-NY), and John Tierney (D-MA). [click link for full article]
NHIA Endorses Legislation to Give Medicare Beneficiaries Access to Home Infusion Therapy
Jun-09-2007
"Medicare is virtually the only payer in the country where home infusion therapy is not adequately covered"
A new bill would close a glaring and unintended gap in Medicare drug coverage that is affecting the sickest, most vulnerable patients.