Covid-19 Reignites Push to Make IV Drugs Easier to Get at Home

Home health agencies and lawmakers are calling for a policy change to certain Medicare benefits to let more patients who need lifesaving IV drugs get those medications at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Enabling more at-home drug infusions would protect people at high risk for severe complications, such as the elderly or immuno-compromised, and help hospitals around the country clear space for Covid-19 patients.

But while the federal Medicare agency has relaxed a host of other regulations to make it easier for doctors and nurses to combat the pandemic, it hasn’t taken action to make it easy enough for patients ...