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The company is one of the leading providers of dialysis services in the United States. It operates more than 1,500 outpatient dialysis facilities and acute units in over 700 hospitals. DaVita is a publicly traded company that offers in-center nocturnal dialysis solutions. It serves nearly 117,500 patients in approximately 40 U.S. states. The company also provides a range of patient education services. DaVita develops, participates and donates in several community programs.
In 1999 DaVita was known as Total Renal Care (TRC), a dialysis company on the brink of bankruptcy. That year, Kent Thiry joined TRC as CEO and the company was restructured and renamed DaVita. DaVita was featured as a Harvard Business School case.