Benefits of Home Infusion Therapy & How to Get Started
The infusion therapy market is rapidly expanding due to rising chronic diseases, the increasing costs and availability of specialty infusion drugs, and a growing focus on home-based care. These factors, along with the pressure to reduce healthcare costs, have led to a 300% rise in demand for home infusion therapy and ambulatory infusion centers.
By integrating these services, health systems can enhance patient care while significantly improving financial performance. Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of establishing your own home infusion therapy program and how to get started.
Why Home Infusion?
Originally, home infusion helped patients transition from the hospital to a more comfortable setting where they could receive treatments like antibiotics, hydration, and parenteral nutrition. Over time, home infusion has expanded to benefit health systems by reducing length of stay and overall costs, while effectively managing care transitions for complex patients. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, both patients and providers have become more comfortable with home-based care.
Key benefits of home infusion include:
- Access, convenience, and high-quality patient care
- Optimized financial resources
- Financial and operational feasibility for nearly all health systems
- Minimal barriers to entry
Alternatively, hospitals may be required to administer medications through a white-bag process, where drugs are supplied by an external specialty pharmacy. Many insurance companies prefer this method for cost control, and most recently, they are considering moving oncology therapies to alternate infusion sites to further reduce drug costs.
Home Infusion vs. Hospital-Based Infusion
Many health systems today have limited infusion options outside of hospital-based clinics. This often leads to a lack of flexibility in sending patients to appropriate sites, especially with evolving insurance company policies. As a result, patients are frequently referred to external pharmacies, or clinic staff spend significant time securing insurance overrides. Fragmented care not only weakens financial performance but also creates a poor patient experience and adds operational challenges for clinic staff and prior authorization teams.
Health systems and their patients benefit the most when infusion services are managed internally rather than outsourced to external organizations. Contrary to what many pharmacy leaders believe, establishing a well-designed home infusion therapy program is both realistic and achievable—Visante can help make it a success.
Building a Financially Sustainable & Patient-Centered Home Infusion Program
Visante offers integrated solutions that fully combine specialty pharmacy and infusion services, creating a holistic patient care experience. Our approach is supported by our medication access services and expertise in health system pharmacy revenue cycle management, including denials and write-offs.
We are here to help you build and manage a home infusion program tailored to the unique needs of your health system. Our team of consultants begins by conducting a thorough assessment, followed by the creation of a detailed business plan. We then help you develop an infusion site of care strategy that delivers positive ROI quickly and sets you up for long-term success.
With Visante’s approach, you can expect:
- A customized program designed to meet the specific needs of your health system
- Improved financial performance
- Enhanced patient care and improved patient outcomes
- Significant reductions in costs, including fewer denials and write-offs
- Ongoing management support to achieve long-term success
We partner with you to create a program that benefits your health system, providers, and patients, so you’re well-positioned for success today and in the future.
Get Started with Your Customized Home Infusion Therapy Program
Ready to enhance patient care and strengthen your health system’s financial resources? Contact Visante today to learn more about our infusion assessments, how we address site of care and white-bagging challenges, or how we can help you build and manage your own home infusion therapy program.
