ERISA Plan Says Medicare-Based Dialysis Rates Don’t Violate MSPA

Mealey's (December 22, 2021, 1:32 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Linking dialysis reimbursement rates to Medicare rates does not violate the Medicare Secondary Payor Act’s prohibition on taking into account program eligibility, and a ruling to the contrary would be an “affront” to Employee Retirement Income Security Act regulations, health plan defendants tell the U.S. Supreme Court in a Dec. 20 brief....