Judge Sides With Dialysis Stakeholders And Temporarily Blocks CMS Rule Limiting Premium Assistance

By Amy Lotven / January 13, 2017 at 5:07 PM
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday (Jan. 12) granted dialysis stakeholders a temporary restraining order blocking HHS from implementing an interim final rule that called for dialysis facilities to get issuer approval before helping patients with premiums. The judge scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing on the case for next Wednesday (Jan. 18). “This temporary ruling is good news for the thousands of patients who would be harmed by the implementation of the rule, but our work is not done,”...


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