Fresenius news and information

Dialysis and kidney-care providers are taking issue with a GAO report released this month that found the government may be over-paying for end-stage renal disease treatment.
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The failure of dialysis patients to undergo treatments as often and as long as doctors recommend causes them to end up sicker and back in the hospital sooner, decreasing their quality of life and increasing healthcare costs. But the very process of going through dialysis brings on stress, pain,...
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Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest dialysis services provider, plans to sell its biotech division to focus on its four more lucrative businesses.
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DaVita, a large Denver-based dialysis services provider, plans to sell its home infusion therapy business as it works to digest the $4.7 billion acquisition of medical group HealthCare Partners.
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Healthcare providers on the East Coast spent the weekend preparing for Hurricane Sandy, with hospitals canceling elective surgeries and discharging patients to free up beds.
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Fighting to crack the Chicago market, dialysis provider DaVita says the state facilities board is allowing it to open fewer new clinics than its much bigger rival, Fresenius Medical Care.
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DaVita has agreed to pay $6 million to buy a dialysis clinic at Resurrection Medical Center, as the Denver-based company continues to expand in the Chicago market by striking deals with hospitals.
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German healthcare conglomerate Fresenius has dropped its attempt to take over Rhoen-Klinikum after two other companies bought stakes to block the $3.9 billion merger of Germany's two biggest private hospital operators.
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Dr. Leslie Hall has been named interim dean of the medical school at the University of Missouri, Columbia, as Dr. Robert Churchill prepares to retire from the post Oct. 31. Hall, 56, has worked as chief medical officer of University of Missouri Health Care and as senior associate...
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