Patients squeezed into the fight over who gets to bill expensive infusion drugs

A photo of Paula Bruton Shepard receiving an infusion in a hospital.

Health insurers and medical providers are fighting over who should provide high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the fight over profits now spilling into state homes across the country. The problem is that some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and doctor’s offices and instead shipping more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies. Those pharmacies then ship … Read more