Dialysis Patient Citizens v. Azar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) DIALYSIS PATIENT CITIZENS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 20-cv-1664 (TSC) ) ALEX M. AZAR II, Secretary of Health ) and Human Services, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Dialysis Patient Citizens (“DPC”), DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”), Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care North America, and U.S. Renal Care, Inc. have sued Alex M. Azar II (Secretary of Health and Human Services), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…