Infusion Nursing Service in New York

Does anyone know of a nursing infusion service in the New York metro area (Queens)?  Infuserve America sells Rocephin for much less than most but now I need to find a nursing service to come in once a week to flush the line, change the bandage and draw blood.  Many of the infusion companies I contacted do not provide this service unless the meds are purchased from them. 

My insurance will only cover one month of meds and nursing and I'm not well enough to get out to a doctor's office each week but am hoping this will change at some point.

Thanks.

Hi Dowa, Thanks for the suggestion. I already contacted them and they will not provide infusion services unless it's covered by insurance. The other companies I contacted will not send a nurse unless I purchase the meds through them. I find it strange that there are all these catch 22's. I have a month to figure something out. Thanks.

I just got approved for IV and it is through
http://www.onesourcehomecare.com/

I am trying to find out if they come to my home to do the dressing changes. Last year Gary (DH) was on IV and he had to go into the office every week for dressing changes.
Being that the dr is almost an hour from me, I don't know how I am going to make that kind of trip. Exhausting just thinking about it, YKWIM???

However, we have NJ Family care, Health Net HMO and this was covered through our RX plan.

HTH


Chris

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Hi Chris, Empire BC/BS approved me for one month of IV meds and a visit from the infusion nurse once a week. Maybe your doctor needs to submit a request for the weekly visit from the nurse. I made it clear to my doctor that I'm unable to get out of bed most days, no less get to an appointment once a week. Anyway, good luck and let us know what happens. Valerie

Minerals, Thanks for the response. I hope I get lucky enough to get three months out of them. Did you have to stop treatment while you were waiting for the insurance company to approve the next month? I was warned already by my doctor and the infusion company that my insurance will not pay for more than one month but I can still hope. lol If they won't maybe I can talk the rep from the infusion company into having mercy on me and continuing with the weekly visits. It's not like I'm not willing to pay for it.

Scorpio, Thank you for your good wishes. No I had no lapse in treatment. When it got close to the end of the month, I called the insurance company and spoke to the person that sent the letter saying they would deny future treatment and told her that it was helping so much and begged her to please allow me to continue. I had to get a letter from my doctor saying that it was helping and I would benefit from more treatment. Thats how it went for 3 months. They absolutely denied the fourth and I paid myself. I could have put myself in more debt and continued but felt it was time to go off because I wasn't sure it was working and because it was so expensive.

It wasn't until a few weeks after stopping the IV that I realized it really made me feel better and many symptoms were leaving, but I felt pretty bad while on it---not everyone does it is an individual thing. If I had the right doctor at the time who knew enough to give me meds after I stopped I would probably be even better than I am now. Many of my babesia symptoms began to return and I ended up going to another LLMD paying another 750.00 consultation fee and that is who I am with now. I am OK with him, and I think after 2 years of treatment the babesia is under control. He is in the movie Under Our Skin, Dr. H in Hyde Park, N.Y. Have you seen the movie? If not I have an extra copy I could send to you. My email is on my profile. Hope this answers your questions. Blessings

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I am also having a hard time finding someone to change my dressing.  I have already purchased my meds and now the home care/VNA place doesn't want to come and do anything.   Please post if you find out any other info. 

Thanks, Tina.

I don't know about Valerie, but I got a script from Dr. F to put the line in at Yale.  It seems that Connecticut has some type of weird law that requires an in-state doctor to write the script for home care.  This is why I have been unsuccessful.  I am going to my regular MD on Monday to have his wife change the bandage.