Specialty infusion therapy is one of the most complex — and costly — areas of healthcare. For patients managing autoimmune conditions, neurological disorders, hematologic diseases, and more, infusion treatments are often lifelong necessities. For employers and health plans, they represent some of the highest per-member costs in the benefits portfolio.
That’s why we are excited to announce that InfuCare Rx® has joined the Tendo Marketplace as a national infusion care provider.
Why Infusion Therapy Demands a Better Solution
Infusion therapy accounts for a disproportionate share of specialty drug spending — and not just because of drug costs. Site-of-care decisions, lack of pricing transparency, and fragmented patient experiences contribute to billions of dollars in avoidable healthcare spend every year.
Too often, patients default to hospital outpatient settings for infusions — the most expensive option — simply because they don’t know alternatives exist. Employers and plan sponsors bear the cost of that information gap.
Tendo Marketplace was built to close it.
Introducing InfuCare Rx on the Tendo Marketplace
InfuCare Rx is an innovative, accredited specialty infusion provider serving patients across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam. With a wide range of therapies offered and a flexible delivery model, including private infusion suites and home-based services, InfuCare Rx brings high quality, evidence-based clinical care wherever patients are.
By joining the Tendo Marketplace, InfuCare Rx expands the options available to employers, health plans, and care navigators when guiding members toward high-quality, cost-effective infusion care.
What InfuCare Rx brings to the Marketplace:
- 20+ infusion nursing offices and infusion suites nationwide
- Home and ambulatory infusion services across all 50 states
- 300+ conditions treated, spanning autoimmune, neurological, hematologic, and immuno-oncology indications
- Standardized protocols and ongoing patient monitoring to ensure quality and safety at every site of care
Real Impact: What This Looks Like for Patients
Consider a patient managing a chronic autoimmune condition who lives hours from the nearest infusion center. Under a traditional hospital outpatient model, each treatment requires a full day away from work and significant travel.
For a self-funded employer in this scenario, InfuCare Rx can deliver site-of-care optimization through both significant cost savings and a dramatically improved patient experience.
Working closely with an employer’s broker and third-party administrator (TPA), InfuCare Rx can evaluate alternative sites of care and coordinate a more convenient infusion option closer to the patient’s preferred location. Nursing support may also be arranged for treatment administration outside the traditional outpatient setting, creating a more flexible and patient-centered experience.
Financial impacts in these types of cases can be substantial. In a real example similar to the general scenario described above, a patient’s previous infusion setting cost approximately $24,405 per treatment, compared to $8,334 through InfuCare Rx — a savings of more than $16,000 per infusion and an estimated annual savings exceeding $200,000 for the employer-sponsored health plan. *
Beyond the cost reduction, transition can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life. By avoiding long-distance travel and extended clinic visits, a patient can experience less disruption to work and daily routines while continuing to receive high-quality clinical oversight and individualized nursing support.
The Tendo Marketplace Difference: Quality + Cost, Together
The Tendo Marketplace isn’t just a directory of providers. It’s a shoppable network with built-in quality information. This way, employers, plan sponsors, and care navigators can guide members to care with confidence.
For infusion specifically, that means:
- Transparent pricing so plan sponsors know what they’re paying before a claim is filed
- Provider-level quality information powered by Tendo Insights, our clinical analytics platform
- Site-of-care optionality — giving members and navigators the ability to choose ambulatory or home-based infusion instead of defaulting to costly hospital settings
What This Means for Employers and Health Plans
If your organization is managing members with chronic or complex conditions that require ongoing infusion therapy, this engagement opens new options:
- Access to an accredited infusion provider through a single Marketplace integration
- Reduced site-of-care costs without compromising clinical quality
- A better member experience — fewer long drives to hospital infusion centers, more flexibility, and dedicated clinical support
Ready to Explore Infusion Care Through Tendo Marketplace?
The addition of InfuCare Rx is part of Tendo’s ongoing commitment to bringing the highest-quality, most cost-effective specialty care options to their Marketplace — so that every care decision is grounded in both clinical evidence and real-world value.
*Disclaimer: The case study presented is illustrative in nature and reflects the experience of a single patient scenario. Outcomes and cost savings are not guaranteed. They may vary based on clinical needs, therapy type, geographic region, site of care, and benefit plan structure.
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