Ganciclovir therapy in two immunocompetent infants with severe acquired CMV pneumonitis

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natarajan Suresh ◽  
Vasanthi Thiruvengadam
Keyword(s):  
Ganciclovir Therapy

Home care reimbursement for intravenous ganciclovir therapy

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essy Mozaffari ◽  
Sean D. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Fee For Service ◽  
Geographic Variations ◽  
Intravenous Ganciclovir ◽  
Ganciclovir Therapy ◽  
Nursing Services

Variability in reimbursement for home i.v. ganciclovir therapy among three types of payers was investigated. A survey was developed to estimate reimbursement for drug and medical supplies and nursing services associated with preparing i.v. ganciclovir and administering it to persons with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated retinitis in the home care setting. The questionnaire was mailed to 45 home health care agencies and 11 nursing agencies. Of the 56 surveys mailed, 26 (46%) were returned and considered usable. Of the 26 respondents, 22 were home health care companies, 4 were nursing ageiicies, 22 served patients covered by managed care or state assistance that reimbursed on a per diem trasis, and 9 did not provide care to fee-for-service patients. The mean total daily-reimbursement rate (for ganciclovir, supplies, and nursing services) from managed care per diem plans was $137.69 per patient, compared with $I29.18 from fee-for-service plans and $72.68 from state assistance per diem plans. The dissimilarity may have been due to geographic variations in reimbursement and different mechanisms of reimbursement. Providers of home i.v. ganciclovir therapy for persons with CMV retinitis received the highest tnean total daily reimbursement from managed care per diem plans, followed by fee-for-service plans and state assistance per diem plans.

scholarly journals Ganciclovir therapy in cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in immunocompetent pediatric patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
María L. Avila-Agüero ◽  
Marfa M. Paris ◽  
Wilberth Alfaro ◽  
Claudio R. Avila-Agüero ◽  
Idis Faingezicht
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Cmv Infection ◽  
Ganciclovir Therapy
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