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Medicare Legislation for Home Infusion Therapy

S.254 and H.R. 574 Introduced! Contact Congress Now to Support these Bills

NHIA is pleased to announce that Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has introduced S.254, the "Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009," along with Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Johnny Isakson of Georgia. The companion bill in the House of Representatives is H.R. 574, the "Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009 " introduced by Representative Eliot Engel of New York along with Representatives Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Kay Granger of Texas, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

To pass the bills, we need all in the home infusion community to educate Congress on the need for meaningful Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and request that they co-sponsor these bills.

Introduction of these bills into the 111th Congress is part of NHIA's bipartisan campaign to obtain meaningful Medicare coverage for home infusion therapy.

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Background on S.254 and H.R. 574

NHIA is pleased to announce that Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has introduced S.254, the "Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009," along with Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Johnny Isakson of Georgia. The companion bill in the House of Representatives is H.R. 574, the "Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009" introduced by Representative Eliot Engel of New York along with Representative Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Kay Granger of Texas and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

To pass the bills, we need all in the home infusion community to educate Congress on the need for meaningful Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and request that they co-sponsor these bills.

Introduction of these bills into the 111th Congress is part of NHIA's bipartisan campaign to obtain meaningful Medicare coverage for home infusion therapy.

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