Sen. Prentiss Challenges Medicare Policy Restricting Care For Dialysis Patients From: U.S. Newswire | Date: February 1, 2002 | Copyright 2002 U.S. Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. C.J. Prentiss has strongly criticized a proposed Medicare policy that would deny reimbursement for a medication currently being used by more than three-quarters of the dialysis patients who require vitamin D therapy.

"Dialysis patients are among the sickest of Medicare patients," said Sen. Prentiss. "It is outrageous to target them for cost savings in a way that could deny them the best available treatment."

The draft policy was issued by AdminaStar, the insurance company that administers the Medicare program in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, ...

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