Serving Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan, Snohomish, and North King County from two convenient locations:
Bellingham Office
477 W Horton Rd
Bellingham, WA 98226
Everett Office
5929 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA 98203
Infusion Solutions is proud to announce the hiring of another full time infusion nurse. Welcome Carrie! Carrie comes to us via a variety of stops. Her father’s job moved the family quite frequently, with stops in Cedar Rapids, Fargo, and St. Louis, where she ultimately graduated from high school. She remained in Missouri to pursue … Read more
Infusion Solutions was recently featured in Whatcom Talk, a local news organization and media outlet based in Bellingham, WA. They are part of a larger “talk” network that spans numerous counties in Western Washington and beyond. Given the polarizing and acerbic nature of most news feeds today, we really value Whatcom Talk’s focus on what … Read more
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an unfortunate condition that causes the death of neurons which control voluntary muscles. ALS patients decline over time and at varying rates, but all have similar constellation of symptoms, including stiff muscles, twitching, weakness, and a decrease in muscle mass. All of this contributes … Read more
The recent passage of the 21st Century Cures Act has placed some very real constraints on home infusion providers caring for Medicare patients. The Act severely slashed reimbursement rates for certain therapies, prompting some infusion providers to stop taking Medicare patients, or do so on a limited basis. It is a very real issue and … Read more
The mandate of medical reform is clear: providers are tasked with providing better outcomes for patients at lower costs, all while maintaining a high degree of patient satisfaction. Home infusion companies are ideally suited to meet all three of these medical reform measures. At Infusion Solutions, we proudly share our outcomes data and patient feedback … Read more
Today is Leap Day, which only comes upon us every 4 years. The odds of being born on Leap Day are 1 in 1,461, which is about 4 million people worldwide…a pretty small group, considering. But today is also Rare Disease Day, which is celebrated on the last day of February each year. By definition, … Read more
Becky Burns is an Island person. As a child she would spend the school year in Seattle, but the day it let out, she and her family would go to their summer place on Orcas Island. There they could run wild and enjoy the unique freedoms that only Orcas could provide. Orcas would be the … Read more
As of June 15th, 2015 Infusion Solutions is now contracted with United Healthcare and all its affiliates! This is outstanding news, as it opens up our home infusion services to a large bank of patients who were previously out-of-network. They were thus exposed to higher co-pays, or were denied coverage altogether. Having access to the … Read more
What is TPN? TPN stands for Total Parenteral Nutrition. What does that mean? Healthy individuals get their nutrition via the digestive tract, or the “enteral” route. Thus, “parenteral” means that a route other than the digestive tract is used to obtain nutrition. TPN is ordered for patients who, for whatever reason, cannot obtain adequate nutrition … Read more
The cost of healthcare continues to be a hotly debated topic. In this current climate of reform and cost-containment, it may come as a surprise to you that there’s an easy fix within Medicare that will help save precious healthcare dollars and improve care. It is called the Home Infusion Site of Care Act, and … Read more