Supreme Court: Health Plan's Dialysis Coverage Did Not Violate Medicare Secondary Payer Rules | Practical Law
In litigation involving reimbursements to health providers for dialysis treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the Supreme Court held that a group health plan's reimbursement provisions did not violate the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) rules. The Court rejected a Sixth Circuit ruling that the MSP statute authorized liability under a disparate-impact theory.