1.   Amgen, patients and the dialysis centers argued that the bar had been set too low, effectively denying the drug to individuals who needed it.

2.   And they must go the dialysis center anyway, so Aranesp would not mean fewer trips to the doctor.

3.   At another dialysis center, fruit flies were found in a solution used in filtering machines.

4.   At the same time, the government is exploring ways to strengthen enforcement of standards at dialysis centers through increased inspections, administration officials said.

5.   Baxter serves as a supplier and focuses on at-home blood cleansing drugs, not the dialysis machine centers for which National Medical is known, Schmidt said.

6.   Baxter serves as a supplier and focuses on at-home blood cleansing drugs, not the dialysis machine centers that National Medical is known for, Schmidt said.

7.   Doctors at dialysis centers order tests for patients receiving the treatment, which cleans the blood of patients with failing kidneys.

8.   Dialysis centers were shocked last month when they called AHCCCS for approval to get services for people and were denied.

9.   Fresenius Chief Executive Gerd Krick said he may seek small hospitals or dialysis centers in the U.S. Midwest and Pacific Northwest, where Fresenius has few offices.

10.   Friedman added that it would make no sense for dialysis centers to provide poor care, because if patients died they would be losing customers.