The Cost of Patient Noncompliance
For the practice-based infusion suites and stand-alone Infusion Centers, keeping patients compliant with their treatment schedules results in better clinical outcomes and improves the financial health of their business models. While treatment compliance is important with traditional oral medications or therapeutic injectables, it is paramount with specialty injectables and IVIG therapies.
Specialty medications, including biologics and IVIG, carry a substantially higher cost than traditional therapeutic injectables. These medications mostly treat patients with Chronic Autoimmune Diseases who require frequent, interval-based treatments. The combination of high cost and chronic repeated interval scheduling raises the stakes for practices who manage these medications in the […] Read more