Third-Party Payer Battle Heats Up With Dueling Letters To Azar

The ongoing battle between the insurance industry and a charity that supports end-stage renal disease patients by covering their commercial insurance payments heated up Tuesday (April 17) with both parties seeking immediate action by HHS Secretary Alex Azar. First, a coalition of issuers, advocates and employers urged Azar to scrutinize reports showing that dialysis firms contributing to charities are seeing a large return on their investment and ultimately to re-propose a regulation in order to limit charity pay, after which...