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February 17, 2014

DaVita Honored to Treat Patients in Saudi Arabia

By Allen Nissenson, MD posted in International with No Comments

The recently announced partnership of DaVita and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a great opportunity to work together with an outstanding healthcare-delivery system to improve the health of its citizens. Kidney disease is an emerging public health concern in Saudi Arabia, as it is in the United States. DaVita is honored to be able to bring our knowledge and experience to enhance what is already excellent care, as well as to continue learning how best to improve care for kidney patients. This is truly a winning situation for DaVita, for Saudi Arabia and for kidney patients.

Read on below for more details on this partnership.

Left to right: Vice Minister of Health and Health Affairs, Dr. Mansour Naser Al-Howasi, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Tim Lenderking, Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Rabeeah, Chief Operating Officer of DaVita HealthCare Partners, Dennis Kogod.

Left to right: Vice Minister of Health and Health Affairs, Dr. Mansour Naser Al-Howasi, Charge d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Tim Lenderking, Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Rabeeah, Chief Operating Officer of DaVita HealthCare Partners, Dennis Kogod.

Tagged as: Allen R. Nissesnson MD, DaVita, DaVita Healthcare Partners, Dialysis, healthcare, kidney disease, saudi arabia

July 15, 2013

Stop Medicare Cuts Before They Happen

By Allen Nissenson, MD posted in Public Policy with 6 Comments

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently took another step in a series of funding cuts for some of the most vulnerable patients in the U.S. healthcare system. These cuts threaten a system of care that has provided significant, systematic improvements in clinical outcomes and survival rates for patients with kidney failure.

Tagged as: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, ESRD Prospective Payment System, healthcare, medicare

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