High Court Hears Arguments In Dialysis Compensation Case

Mealey's (March 1, 2022, 2:17 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A health care provider told the U.S. Supreme Court March 1 during oral argument that a plan’s handling of dialysis compensation constitutes an improper effort at shifting the cost of treatments to Medicare that threatens the entire industry, while the United States and an insurer argued that the plan language applies equally among all insureds and is therefore not discriminatory under the Medicare Secondary Payor Act (MSPA)....