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Your Partner in
Post-Acute Kidney Care
We optimize the delivery of kidney care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to improve quality of life for residents with kidney disease.
Why DaVita
As a dialysis industry leader with 20 years’ experience, DaVita continuously improves clinical outcomes for many of our dialysis patients—including those in post-acute sites of care. DaVita brings that expertise to deliver high-quality dialysis care in the SNF setting.
Quality and Safety
DaVita has 20+ years of experience providing the highest quality of dialysis care across the U.S. In 2020, 96.5% of our dialysis centers were rated three, four or five stars by CMS.1 We have existing, CMS-certified, home programs with local medical directors.
Care Continuity
DaVita collaborates with our network of 7,600+ affiliated nephrologists. We have demonstrated operational reliability with 60,000+ clinical teammates, servicing 2,900+ outpatient centers and 900 hospitals.
Proven Partner
As a national leader in dialysis care that is recognized by nephrologists, hospital and health systems and payors, DaVita has had success in achieving partners’ clinical and financial objectives. We care for 225,000+ total patients, including 25,000+ SNF patients treated in our centers.
New Care Model Opportunity
Potential
patient benefits
- Improved quality of life
- Better coordination of other care with dialysis
- Increased collaboration between SNF, nephrologist and DaVita
Potential
SNF benefits
- Enhanced resident quality of life
- Differentiated services and quality care
- Reduced care costs and readmissions
Potential health system benefits
- Reduced length of stay
- Easier patient placement for discharge planners
- Reduced total cost of care and readmissions
Our Approach
DaVita prioritizes quality care and patient safety in our post-acute services. We coordinate with local nephrologists and health systems and work across DaVita’s hospital services, SNF and dialysis clinic settings to streamline the delivery of care across the continuum. In order to deliver the best care possible and an economically viable treatment, we seek to partner with SNFs that have a history of delivering high-quality care. Our SNF partners and clinical teams are supported operationally and clinically on local and national levels.
Our Model
We typically use a den model—hemodialysis is delivered by our dedicated care team at approximately six stations in a common room of the SNF—that may offer significant benefits, as described below.
Experienced caregivers
All dialysis services are provided by highly trained DaVita nurses and technicians with local, experienced, medical director oversight.
Familiar therapy
Patients receive the same high-quality therapy as they received in outpatient centers—three treatments per week—at their place of residence.
Dedicated team
We have focused clinical staff and leadership with local discharge planning and admission resources and support by a national team.
High Quality On-Site Renal Care
Learn more about DaVita Post-Acute services, and how this service may benefit patients, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and nephrologists.
1 October 2019 CMS Five Star Quality Rating results.