Medicare Advantage Time, Distance Standards Protect Patients, Dialysis Group Says

Mealey's (July 30, 2020, 3:26 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A recently implemented rule dropping outpatient dialysis from time-and-distance network requirements in Medicare Advantage plans "severely and irreparably" threatens the health of those suffering end-stage renal disease despite congressional intent that those individuals receive the care they need, a group alleges in a June 22 complaint (Dialysis Patient Citizens v. Alex Azar, et al., No. 20-1664, D. D.C.)....

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