{"id":60122,"date":"2025-12-08T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lawmaker-asks-what-happened-to-federal-investigation-into-predatory-for-profit-dialysis-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:28:07","slug":"lawmaker-asks-what-happened-to-federal-investigation-into-predatory-for-profit-dialysis-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lawmaker-asks-what-happened-to-federal-investigation-into-predatory-for-profit-dialysis-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker asks what happened to federal investigation into &#8220;predatory&#8221; for-profit dialysis industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A leading U.S. senator is calling on federal regulators to share the results of an investigation into the dialysis industry, where critics say a &#8220;duopoly&#8221; has compromised the quality of critical, lifesaving kidney care.<\/p>\n<p>Two companies now own nearly 75% of all U.S. dialysis clinics \u2014 nearly 5,600 in total, a CBS News investigation reported earlier this year. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, said in an interview with CBS News he is troubled by the &#8220;hallmarks of unlawful abuse of market power.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government may feel it has no leverage against two companies that provide for almost all the dialysis treatment in the country,&#8221; Blumenthal said in an interview with CBS News. &#8220;But it has failed to use more leverage, including its antitrust powers against those companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FTC, which polices the business world for anti-competitive conduct, had been probing whether the two companies&#8217; lock on the market impacted patient care, Blumenthal said, but any findings have not been made public. Blumenthal said he has requested the agency &#8220;take appropriate robust enforcement action to remediate issues it has identified and protect patients, including veterans, from misconduct by these companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 500,000 Americans depend on dialysis to stay alive as they <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kidney-transplant-dialysis-perfect-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">wait and hope<\/a><\/span> for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyregistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kidney transplant<\/a>. The centers, where patients come to have their blood filtered offer\u00a0 the only available remedy for most suffering from end-stage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidney.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kidney disease<\/a>. Critics of the industry allege the leading companies that provide that care, Fresenius and DaVita, have become too focused on profits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is emergency room care done in the mall,&#8221; said Tom Mueller, the author of &#8220;How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine,&#8221; who spent more than five years studying the dialysis industry. &#8220;People are not given the tailored treatment that they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The companies have for three decades been creeping towards &#8220;a duopoly,&#8221; according to Ryan McDevitt, a Duke University economist who spoke to CBS News earlier this year about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the most concentrated health care sector across the entire U.S.,&#8221; McDevitt said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/dialysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News review of federal data<\/a> found one-third of dialysis clinics failed to meet federal standards this year \u2014 nearly 2,500 of the roughly 7,600 clinics nationwide. The average score was 60 out of 100 possible points.<\/p>\n<p>In separate statements to CBS News, both companies highlighted their performance, saying the data reflects a track record of &#8220;exemplary care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McDevitt argued that Medicare&#8217;s limits on how much it reimburses clinics per patient have incentivized DaVita and Fresenius to focus on filling chairs to increase their profit margins. Both companies reject that characterization.<\/p>\n<p>Last year alone, DaVita delivered more than <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.davita.com\/2025-02-13-DaVita-Inc-4th-Quarter-2024-Results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">29 million dialysis treatments<\/a>, earning $391 in revenue per session, and Davita and Fresenius reported a total of $33.7 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>McDevitt said his research found that over the last twenty years, when independent clinics are acquired by DaVita or Fresenius, their transplant referrals drop by about 10%, their patient survival rates fall by 2%, hospitalizations increase by 5%, and infection rates go up by about 12%.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of the industry has been disputed by the two for-profit companies. Fresenius told CBS News in a statement this summer that the company maintains an &#8220;unwavering focus on improving quality of life, strengthening clinical outcomes, and extending the lifespan of those we have the privilege to serve.&#8221; DaVita said in a statement that its &#8220;dedicated clinicians consistently deliver high-quality, individualized care in a complex clinical and regulatory environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For years, health surveyors from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have conducted routine monitoring of dialysis clinics to assess their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, those officials have cited U.S. dialysis centers for more than 115,000 deficiencies, including poor hand hygiene, unsanitary conditions while handling IV medications, and inadequate training.<\/p>\n<p>Fresenius noted that more than 65% of its dialysis centers received three stars or higher on Medicare&#8217;s five-star scale \u2014 a rate the company said is higher than the national average of all U.S. dialysis providers. The company also said its employees &#8220;take immense pride in providing best-in-class, high-quality care to our patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DaVita said in a statement to CBS News that problems in clinics were &#8220;rare and isolated&#8221; and represent &#8220;exceptions and do not reflect the exemplary care we consistently provide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take every concern seriously, and if we make an error, we work immediately to resolve it,&#8221; DaVita said in its statement. &#8220;To mischaracterize such anomalies as systemic care failures is reckless, fear-mongering, and puts patient well-being at risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal noted that one group that has seen greater reliance on the for-profit clinics are those who served in the American military. Some 40,000 veterans depend on dialysis to stay alive as they wait and hope for a kidney transplant, the only available remedy for those suffering from end-stage kidney disease.<\/p>\n<p>In his letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Blumenthal called on the agency to &#8220;take appropriate robust enforcement action to remediate issues it has identified and protect patients, including veterans, from misconduct by these companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This industry is ripe with predatory, monopolistic potential practices,&#8221; Blumenthal alleged in the letter, adding that the &#8220;anti-competitive anti consumer situation, and it cries out for the kind of investigation that the FTC would do.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to CBS News, Fresenius said, &#8220;We are aware of the inquiry and are fully cooperating with the FTC. 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