DENVER, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Kidney Care, a
division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a
leading provider of kidney care services, today announced the next
step in an agreement in principle for a settlement in an
Atlanta-based case, which
previously was announced on April 15.
The lawsuit was brought by private attorneys regarding allegations
of medication wastage from 2003 to 2010.
"We should be held to high standards of accountability," said
Javier Rodriguez, CEO of
DaVita Kidney Care. "Our 67,000
teammates across 11 countries look forward to putting this behind
us. We can now renew our focus on collaborating with regulators to
avoid situations like this going forward."
"Although we believe strongly in the merits of our case, we
decided it was in our stakeholders' best interests to resolve it,"
said Chief Legal Officer for DaVita HealthCare Partners Kim Rivera.
"The potential mandatory penalties for being found in the wrong in
even a small percentage of instances were simply too large."
"Our current compliance program is already much more
comprehensive than what we had five to 10 years ago," said Chief
Compliance Officer for DaVita HealthCare Partners Jeanine Jiganti.
"We will use this experience to take our effectiveness to a whole
new level going forward."
DaVita Kidney Care thanks its
teammates and physicians for their dedication to providing the
highest quality kidney care to the more than 170,000 patients they
serve. This commitment to their patients is reflected in the
government's two key scoring reports: The Quality Incentive Plan
and the Five-Star Rating System. DaVita
Kidney Care is the clear national leader in kidney care
clinical outcomes, outperforming the industry in both.
About DaVita Kidney
Care
DaVita Kidney Care is a division
of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company that,
through its operating divisions, provides a variety of health care
services to patient populations throughout the United States and abroad. A leading
provider of dialysis services in the
United States, DaVita Kidney
Care treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end
stage renal disease. DaVita Kidney
Care strives to improve patients' quality of life by
innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment
plans, personalized care teams and convenient health-management
services. As of March 31, 2015,
DaVita Kidney Care operated or
provided administrative services at 2,197 outpatient dialysis
centers located in the United
States serving approximately 174,000 patients. The company
also operated 93 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10
countries outside the United
States. DaVita Kidney Care
supports numerous programs dedicated to creating positive,
sustainable change in communities around the world. The company's
leadership development initiatives and social responsibility
efforts have been recognized by Fortune, Modern Healthcare,
Newsweek and WorldBlu. For more information, please
visit DaVita.com.
Contact Information
Media:
Skip Thurman
303-876-6610
James.Thurman@DaVita.com
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