DENVER, May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc.
(NYSE: DVA), a leading independent medical group and a leading
provider of kidney care services in the United States, today announced the release of
its 2016 Community Care report, which highlights key clinical,
operational and corporate social responsibility (CSR) achievements
in the past year.
"The ways in which we care for our patients, each other and our
world define who we are as a community first, company second," said
Kent Thiry, chairman and CEO of
DaVita. "We will continue spreading ripples in our local and global
communities."
The report, available at DaVita.com/CommunityCare, outlines
the ways DaVita cares for its patients, each other and the world.
The company's approach to CSR is what drives industry-leading
clinical outcomes, award-winning leadership development programs,
multiple goodwill initiatives and a commitment to environmental
sustainability. Highlights from the 2016 report include the
following.
Caring for Our Patients
DaVita's kidney care services and medical group provide
compassionate care to more than 1.5 million primary and specialty
care patients around the world. DaVita's integrated approach offers
preventive care while addressing the health and lifestyle
complexities of chronic conditions. DaVita continues to invest in
creating online tools to help patients learn about their health
care options and take a more active role in managing their health
and diet.
Leading Industry Quality
DaVita continuously works to improve the quality of care and its
standards have been recognized publicly by the federal government.
For three years in a row, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) Five-Star Quality Rating System recognized
DaVita Kidney Care as a leader in
quality care, with the highest percentage of centers that met or
exceeded quality measures compared to the rest of the industry.
DaVita Medical Group in California
and The Everett Clinic in Washington were also recognized for
high-quality care through an elite status award from the CAPG 2016
Standards of Excellence survey.
International
DaVita Kidney Care is committed
to elevating the health and quality of life for patients around the
world. In 2016, the company achieved several milestones across the
globe.
- DaVita Kidney Care reached more
than 140 million Arabic speakers in Saudi
Arabia through its kidney disease awareness program.
- DaVita became the largest dialysis provider in Malaysia, providing care to more than 1,500
patients served in 38 centers.
- In Brazil, DaVita acquired and
began clinical operations in eight clinics across three regions,
providing care for more than 1,900 patients.
Complex Care Programs
The country's largest kidney care provider accredited by the
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), DaVita
VillageHealth has led the industry in providing renal population
health management for more than two decades, resulting in a 20
percent lower hospitalization rate than the industry average and up
to 18 percent addressable cost savings.
DaVita VillageHealth currently manages the total care for more
than 20,000 renal patients, of which nearly 7,000 are under at-risk
arrangements, through partnerships with more than 20 health plans
and health systems.
Caring for Each Other
DaVita provides unique opportunities for teammates to succeed at
work and at home through leadership courses, professional
development and education scholarships for children and
grandchildren and support in times of crisis.
DaVita's Village Vitality program offers teammates several tools
for making healthy choices including:
- Free biometric screenings at work sites
- Stress-management courses
- Tobacco-use cessation programs
- Challenges such as Match the Mayor, a six-week program in which
teammates try to match Chairman and CEO Kent Thiry in adding a variety of fruits and
vegetables to their daily meals.
DaVita Village Network
The DaVita Village Network offers teammates the opportunity to
help each other during times of crisis, such as a natural disaster,
an accident or an illness through optional payroll contributions
and DaVita provides funding to match up to $250,000 per year.
Commitment to Veterans
DaVita cares for active service men and women and strives to
provide assistance to veterans as they transition from life in the
military to life as teammates in the Village. DaVita offers
workshops and development courses designed to help foster a
stronger community for new veteran teammates.
The Veterans 2 Village program is a two-day class introduced in
2016 that focuses on self-development and introduces veterans to
DaVita's existing military programs and benefits, with the goal of
integrating an introductory veterans-specific course into the
DaVita professional development curriculum in 2017.
Open Communication
DaVita is deeply committed to engaging its more than 70,000
teammates in a dialogue about our company's objectives and their
role in shaping the future of health care. DaVita has several
channels for two-way communication with senior leadership. During
Voice of the Village Calls, senior leaders report on the state of
the company, and teammates are encouraged to ask questions about
any subject.
Caring for Our World
Each year, our teammates reaffirm their commitment to caring for
our world through service projects, outreach initiatives,
charitable contributions and a continued focus on sustainability.
DaVita is working to improve the lives of patients, of the people
in the regions in which it operates and those in need throughout
the world by examining and reducing the company's environmental
impact, performing international medical missions, offering health
screenings and pursuing philanthropic endeavors.
Bridge of Life
This nonprofit aims to improve access to primary care and
dialysis treatments in underserved communities around the world.
Since 2006, Bridge of Life has completed 398 domestic and
international medical missions and events in 25 countries, impacted
more than 96,000 lives and engaged more than 900 DaVita teammate
volunteers.
DaVita Way of Giving
DaVita continued its long tradition of supporting local
communities this year by making charitable contributions across the
nation through its DaVita Way of
Giving program. In 2016, teammates directed donations of more than
$2.2 million to local nonprofits. In
total, DaVita has donated nearly $9.1
million to thousands of nonprofits since 2011.
Home-State Engagement
In addition to teammates directing donations of more than
$2.2 million nationwide through
DaVita Way of Giving in 2016, DaVita
contributed nearly $1.4 million to
community and nonprofit organizations across Colorado.
Dynamic Volunteerism was created as a local initiative with the
purpose of utilizing the unique skillsets of DaVita teammates,
individually and collectively, to help nonprofits perform at a
higher level. Teams are mobilized to assist in areas as specific as
strategic planning, corporate development, board development, IT
consultancy, coaching, capacity building, staffing and more.
KT Community Foundation
The KT Community Foundation offers backing for teammate-led
projects that make a difference in teammates' local communities and
overseas. To date, it has funded more than $415,000 for such projects.
Village Service Days
DaVita teammates and their families and friends have volunteered
more than 140,000 hours through 3,600 community service projects –
known as Village Service Days – since 2006.
Sustainability
DaVita continues to help improve patients' and teammates' health
and quality of life while reducing its environmental footprint.
DaVita Kidney Care's 2020
environmental goals were formally announced in 2016. These
ambitious goals, organized around the categories of energy, water,
waste, green buildings and supply chain, will set the course for
the next four years.
- Reduce energy use and carbon emissions 10 percent per
treatment.
- Reduce water use by 30 percent per treatment.
- Add solid waste recycling to at least 45 percent of kidney care
locations.
- Conduct an annual sustainability review with all national
vendors.
- Increase availability of environmentally preferable products
& equipment and reduce packaging.
- Certify one new LEED clinic as prototype.
- Certify major business offices as LEED silver.
- Implement Village Green Certification, DaVita's internally
developed green building certification process.
To learn more about DaVita's approach to corporate social
responsibility, please visit DaVita.com/CommunityCare.
About DaVita Inc.
DaVita Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the parent company of
DaVita Kidney Care and DaVita
Medical Group. DaVita Kidney Care is
a leading provider of kidney care in the
United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with
chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of
March 31, 2017, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided
administrative services at 2,382 outpatient dialysis centers
located in the United States
serving approximately 189,400 patients. The company also operated
162 outpatient dialysis centers located in 11 countries outside
the United States. DaVita Medical
Group manages and operates medical groups and affiliated physician
networks in California,
Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New
Mexico, Pennsylvania and
Washington in its pursuit to
deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and
compassionate manner. As of December 31,
2016, DaVita Medical Group's teammates, employed clinicians
and affiliated clinicians provided care for approximately 1.7
million patients. For more information, please visit
DaVita.com/about.
Contact Information
Media:
Caitlyn Shuket
(303) 876-7547
Caitlyn.Shuket@davita.com
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