A better option for safe, convenient infusion therapy
Lantern can connect your employees with the care they need at home or at a local infusion center.
Your Challenges
More than 3.2 million Americans receive infusion care. Additional infusion therapy treatments are approved every year, so that number will only continue to grow.
The U.S. spends more than $110 billion annually on infusion care. Infusions make up about 10% of employer healthcare spending.
When patients get infusion therapy in a hospital, costs are often marked up 300% above what the same treatment would cost in a different setting.
Employers pay $75,000 on average for each employee receiving infusion care for autoimmune conditions or cancer in a hospital setting
The Lantern Infusion Care Difference
Lantern negotiates lower rates for infusions either in the home or at ambulatory infusion centers and guides members to the most appropriate site of care for them while connecting them with personalized guidance and support for their treatment journey.
Through Lantern, employers can save upwards of 40% on infusion care for each member who can be treated outside of a hospital setting.
The Lantern Advantage
Hospital nurses often have six or more infusion patients at a time. Many patients can get safe, effective and appropriate treatment with 1:1 support at home or at an ambulatory infusion center in their community.
Lantern members have access to personalized support from a clinical care team that can educate and guide them during the infusion journey. Members can call and talk to their team about medications, side effects, help understanding how their benefits work and more.
Receiving infusions in the home or in a high-quality ambulatory infusion center leads to outcomes as good or better than the hospital for many patients. When determining site of care, we consider specific medications, comorbidities and social determinants of health.
Lantern guides members to the best site of care.
The member journey starts with a phone call. Lantern members who need infusion therapy can call and talk with a nurse or their Care Advocate. They Lantern team can also:
- Answer questions about their benefits
- Help them schedule appointments for infusions
"The way Lantern worked was how you would want insurance to work. For the first time since I’ve had insurance, something worked the way you would want it to. It was so easy and so turnkey."
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Frequently Asked Questions: Infusion Benefits
How do I manage my infusion therapy costs?
The most effective way to manage infusion therapy costs is to move eligible treatments from hospital outpatient departments to high-quality ambulatory infusion centers (AICs) or home infusion. Lantern helps employers reduce costs by negotiating drug-level pricing and steering members to lower-cost sites of care, delivering approximately 30-40% savings compared to commercial rates.
What is infusion benefits management?
Infusion benefits management helps employers reduce the cost of specialty infusion drugs while improving the member experience. Lantern manages high-cost medical benefit infusions by identifying eligible members, coordinating care and directing treatment to a national network of 500+ ambulatory infusion centers and home infusion providers.
How do benefits leaders evaluate infusion benefits?
Benefits leaders should evaluate infusion benefits based on savings, quality, access and member experience. Key metrics include drug pricing, site-of-care optimization, clinical outcomes, network size, care coordination and the ability to deliver hard-dollar savings without disrupting treatment.
How do I shift infusion care to better sites of care without disrupting access for my employees?
The safest way to shift infusion care is after members are stable on therapy and by preserving relationships with prescribing physicians. Lantern coordinates transitions to home infusion or ambulatory infusion centers, maintains continuity of care and uses existing prior authorizations to avoid delays.
What conditions are covered under COE infusion programs?
COE infusion programs support complex conditions treated with specialty infusion drugs covered under the medical benefit. Lantern’s infusion network covers approximately 500 high-cost therapies for cancer, autoimmune diseases, neurological disorders, metabolic conditions and rare diseases.
How should I evaluate the quality of a specialty care COE infusion program?
Evaluate a specialty care COE infusion program by reviewing provider credentials, clinical protocols, safety outcomes and network oversight. Lantern partners with accredited infusion providers and measures quality through adverse event rates, patient satisfaction, treatment adherence and quarterly clinical reviews.
What type of support and care coordination will members get when they need infusions?
Members receive personalized support from registered infusion nurses who guide every step of the treatment journey. Lantern’s biologics care coordination includes member outreach, provider collaboration, education, scheduling assistance, safety monitoring and ongoing coordination with the treating physician.
What should I ask when evaluating an infusion management program?
Employers should ask how savings are generated, which drugs and conditions are covered, how quality is measured and whether oncology patients are included. Employers should also ask about network size, member incentives, care coordination, site-of-care options and whether pricing is negotiated at the individual drug level.
Delivering the best-quality specialty care at scale
Infusion coverage is only one of the benefits Lantern offers, and partnering with Lantern for surgery, cancer and infusion care can help you deliver the best outcomes for your employees and maximize your savings. Learn more about our cancer and infusion programs below.