Judge Temporarily Blocks HHS Rule On Charity Payments For Insurance To Cover Dialysis

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, is holding the rule up while he considers a case brought by dialysis providers and patients. In his order, he says the groups are likely to win the case because the rule, issued by the Obama administration last month, was “arbitrary and capricious.”

Reuters: U.S. Court Issues Injunction On Assistance For Dialysis Patients

A U.S. court has issued a preliminary injunction on a new federal rule that dialysis providers have said would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance, Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) said on Thursday. (Sheahan, 1/26)

The Wall Street Journal: Judge Blocks Rule That Would Limit Premium Assistance For Dialysis Patients

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant, in Sherman, Texas, issued an order delaying the rule indefinitely while he hears a suit opposing it filed by major dialysis providers and a patient group. The plaintiffs, which included DaVita Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care North America, a subsidiary of a German company, argued that the Department of Health and Human Services had improperly rushed out the rule and that it could hurt patients. (Wilde Mathews, 1/25)

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