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. 2022 Oct;33(10):1814-1816.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022020224. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Ensuring Equitable Access to Dialysis: The Medicare Secondary Payer Act in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc

George Maliha  1   2 , Joel D Glickman  3 , Matthew S McCoy  2   4
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Ensuring Equitable Access to Dialysis: The Medicare Secondary Payer Act in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc

George Maliha et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: ESRD; chronic dialysis; chronic kidney disease; chronic kidney failure; chronic renal disease; chronic renal failure; end stage kidney disease; end-stage renal disease; health status; hemodialysis.

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