Justice Subpoenas 2 Dialysis Chains And Charity Over Premium Assistance To Patients
The charity, the American Kidney Fund, receives money from the dialysis chains and helps patients buy insurance to cover their kidney treatments.
The New York Times:
Dialysis Chains Receive Subpoenas Related To Premium Assistance
The nation’s two largest dialysis chains, Fresenius and DaVita, said on Friday that they had received subpoenas from the Justice Department for information about their relationship to a charity that provides assistance paying the insurance premiums of needy patients. A spokeswoman for the charity, the American Kidney Fund, also said it had been subpoenaed. (Abelson and Thomas, 1/6)
The Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Probing Premium Assistance For Dialysis Patients
Justice Department investigators are probing a controversial arrangement under which kidney-care companies support charitable efforts to help patients pay health-insurance premiums, according to disclosures from major dialysis providers. (Wilde Mathews, 1/6)
Earlier KHN story: Insurers, Hospitals Clash Over Help Paying Obamacare Premiums (Galewitz, 10/31/16)
