This podcast discusses the two models of infusion services to facilitate outpatient and home health care, and the care benefits and challenges associated with therapy. A patient care goal is to enhance the care experience and best streamline infusion therapy through a modality that is most efficient, while equally safe, and less disruptive to day-to-day activities. Health-systems have developed strategies for optimizing a balance between the use of home infusion and hospital outpatient infusion services to ensure optimal patient care and financial performance. Payers implement a variety of tools that enhance care affordability based on formulary status, site of care restrictions, and medication dispensing model (i.e. brown bagging, white bagging, etc.). Proposed legislative policies and regulatory reforms that impact Medicare payments may have a key role towards infusion services through changes in the payment structure.

The information presented during the podcast reflects solely the opinions of the presenter. The information and materials are not, and are not intended as, a comprehensive source of drug information on this topic. The contents of the podcast have not been reviewed by ASHP, and should neither be interpreted as the official policies of ASHP, nor an endorsement of any product(s), nor should they be considered as a substitute for the professional judgment of the pharmacist or physician.