Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
During this session at the 2025 RNDS, a panel of medical professionals offered practical advice on obtaining access to care, including dealing with prior authorizations, appeals, and infusions, as well as the transition from pediatric to adult care. Lauren Perrino, an at-home infusion nurse shared that there are more options than the traditional in-hospital or in outpatient infusion center IV infusions—there are also companies that have nurses drive to the home to conduct at-home infusions. Drs. Madeleine Hebert McLaughlin and Diana Vargas discussed the transfer between pediatric and adult care, suggesting that pediatric patients are informed before they reach adulthood about their condition and taught how to manage their care. Ensuring that there are no gaps in treatment as the baton is passed between pediatric and adult doctors is a critical task.
Lastly, they summarized navigating medical insurance in the U.S., prior-authorizations, and appeals. They described how often, patients are informed before their clinicians that something has been denied, and they asked that patients inform them right away when a denial comes through. Taking a very involved role in getting care is just as necessary as your clinician’s involved role. They also discussed the difficulties of getting insurance companies to listen on their end, and how patient involvement is the best way to get things with insurance to move quickly.
During this session at the 2025 RNDS, a panel of medical professionals offered practical advice on obtaining access to care, including dealing with prior authorizations, appeals, and infusions, as well as the transition from pediatric to adult care. Lauren Perrino, an at-home infusion nurse shared that there are more options than the traditional in-hospital or in outpatient infusion center IV infusions—there are also companies that have nurses drive to the home to conduct at-home infusions. Drs. Madeleine Hebert McLaughlin and Diana Vargas discussed the transfer between pediatric and adult care, suggesting that pediatric patients are informed before they reach adulthood about their condition and taught how to manage their care. Ensuring that there are no gaps in treatment as the baton is passed between pediatric and adult doctors is a critical task.
Lastly, they summarized navigating medical insurance in the U.S., prior-authorizations, and appeals. They described how often, patients are informed before their clinicians that something has been denied, and they asked that patients inform them right away when a denial comes through. Taking a very involved role in getting care is just as necessary as your clinician’s involved role. They also discussed the difficulties of getting insurance companies to listen on their end, and how patient involvement is the best way to get things with insurance to move quickly.
