Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is accusing a medical company of Medicaid fraud for allegedly promoting a kidney dialysis product it knew was harmful to patients.
Beshear says (said Thursday) his lawsuit seeks damages and civil penalties from Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. His suit, filed in Franklin County Circuit Court, says Fresenius is the nation's largest provider of kidney dialysis and renal care products, treatment and services.
Beshear says the company put patients at risk with use of its GranuFlo product, used in screening blood to remove impurities during dialysis. He says the company concealed the product's risks of causing heart attacks, strokes or arrhythmia.
Beshear says the federal government issued a recall of the product in 2012.
The company did not immediately offer comment.
