Hospital Partners
Partner with DaVita to deliver high-quality, efficient, and comprehensive kidney and apheresis care.
Work with a trusted partner
DaVita Hospital Services has an ongoing commitment to deliver inpatient dialysis and apheresis services to patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and acute kidney injury (AKI). DaVita can help identify measures to evaluate and improve patient safety, quality care, transition of care and patient experience.
An analysis of over 349,000+ patient encounters from Sg2 (a Vizient company) found that outsourcing dialysis services can generate better hospital outcomes.

Hemodialysis (single bedside treatment or multi-patient treatment rooms)

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)

Peritoneal dialysis (continuous ambulatory and continuous circulatory)

Apheresis (7 therapies)

Slow low efficiency daily dialysis (SLEDD)

Patient Pathways (discharge planning)
Expert Care Focused on Safety, Support and Efficiency

Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence
- First and longest national Joint Commission-accredited provider
- Comprehensive training and expertise to support every patient and modality
- 25+ clinical metrics collected per treatment to ensure quality & support survey readiness
- Provider-neutral renal discharge planning, placement and education services

Dedicated Full Spectrum of Support
- 4,800+ teammates dedicated to serving hospitalized dialysis patients
- Hiring, training and retaining clinical staff to deliver safe and efficient care
- 1,400+ biomed specialists trained to ensure water quality & respond to emergencies

Partnering to Address Avoidable Costs
- Reduce length of stay to free up capacity and reduce costs
- Flexible staffing to provide continuous, end-to-end support
- Expertise in complex operations to drive efficiency and cost reduction
Leveraging a Record of Excellence
For over 20 years, DaVita Hospital Services has been dedicated to delivering quality clinical, financial and operational outcomes to our hospital partners.
750+
hospital partners
1.3M+
annual procedures
20+
years of expertise and infrastructure

Apheresis Offerings
DaVita has been providing apheresis for 18+ years, performs seven different types of apheresis, and is an expert in developing policies and procedures for extracorporeal procedures.
As you build out apheresis programs to support growing demand, DaVita is uniquely positioned to solve staffing and operational needs of programs.
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)
- Red blood cell exchange and depletion
- White blood cell depletion / Leukocytapheresis
- Thrombocytapheresis (platelet)
- Cellular collection
- LDL apheresis
- Photopheresis
Approaching Health Care Holistically
With DaVita Hospital Services, your hospital can improve clinical quality safety, operational efficiency and survey readiness.

Simplify Discharge Planning
Patient Pathways, DaVita’s provider-neutral discharge planning, placement and education service, focuses exclusively on end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) patients. Our services can help save your team the time and stress of coordinating dialysis placements and enhance patient care and satisfaction.
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Dialysis at Skilled Nursing Facilities
DaVita Post-Acute Services offers on-site dialysis in skilled nursing facilities. This removes the challenges of transportation for dialysis patients as well as potentially reducing lengths of stay and readmissions.

Integrated Kidney Care
DaVita Integrated Kidney Care provides holistic, patient-centered kidney care to help patients avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and stay as healthy as possible. We partner with national and regional health plans and with accountable providers to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.

Care Coordination
We partner with hospitals, ACOs and other accountable providers on care coordination to reduce hospitalizations and enable a smoother transition to dialysis. If a provider has financial accountability for kidney disease patients, DaVita has various options to help deliver effective care outcomes.