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Professional dialysis recruitment| Dialysis Firm Bets on Branching Out - Wall Street Journal |
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BY ANNA WILDE MATHEWS AND ANJALI ATHAVALEYKidney-care company DaVita Inc.'s $4.42 billion deal for doctor group HealthCare Partners LLC represents one of the biggest bets so far that the health-care system is moving toward large, integrated medical providers that can manage patients under a budget. The proposed purchase, which would form a unified company called DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., would marry firms that currently operate very differently. DaVita, which had about $6.98 billion in revenue last year, provides dialysis services, primarily to Medicare patients, through a national network of around 1,500 outpatient facilities and 700 hospital units. Closely held HealthCare Partners, the largest U.S. operator of ... |
