Southwestern Health Resources and Dialyze Direct are working together to provide post-acute dialysis to patients referred to skilled nursing facilities

Affiliation creates a beneficial approach to continuity of care for geriatric patients with end-stage renal disease, ssimplify patient placement in single locations for rehabilitation, dialysis and recovery while reducing pressure on SWHR resources.

BROOKLYN, NY, November 04, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dialyze Direct, the nation’s leading provider of home hemodialysis services in Skilled Nursing (SNF) facilities, today announced that effective January 1, 2023, it will be a preferred supplier for Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR), a clinically integrated network created by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources.

Membership ensures that patients requiring managed dialysis and rehabilitative care can transfer care from the hospital to a facility where they can maintain and even improve their recovery progress by having access to the gentler and more frequent dialysis regimen. (MFD) assisted by Dialyze Direct staff. MFD has been proven to offer results such as decreased mortality, fewer re-hospitalizations, faster dialysis recovery time (DRT), reduced infections, greater availability for rehabilitation therapies and increased comfort and well-being.

“Our unique model involves a three-pronged effort to bridge the gap between hospital systems and SNFs to create continuity of care for patients well enough to thrive outside of the institutional setting in the home environment that SNFs provide” , said Robert Aberman, SVP, Population Health at Dialyse Direct. “We are excited to begin our association with SWHR to help them provide patients with a gentler form of dialysis care through our network of SNF partners in North Texas, as part of this care coordination agreement. with preferred suppliers. »

Dialyze Direct’s approach is to establish dialysis treatment “dens” within SNF that typically serve 10-18 patients per day, five days per week. The American Heart Association recently endorsed home dialysis therapies, including the MFD modality, in a published report that summarizes many of Dialyze Direct’s key findings on its MFD.

Traditionally, dialysis patients residing in NFCs represent one of the costliest patient populations for insurance plans and hospital systems. With Dialyze Direct, SNF’s partnership model is designed to include the dialysis care team, SNF staff and the patient’s physician in care management. As a result, patients are readmitted to hospital less, discharged from hospital sooner, recover faster after treatment, and achieve a better quality of life. Dialyze Direct continues to form new SNF partnerships and dialysis dens in Texas and other parts of the country, reaching more patients with its life-improving dialysis treatment.

About Southwest Health Resources

Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR) is a clinically integrated, patient-centered network of 31 hospitals and more than 5,500 physicians and clinicians serving more than 730,000 people in 16 North Texas counties. Combining the strengths of Texas Health Resources and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, SWHR offers an unparalleled ability to connect individuals with a full spectrum of nationally preeminent clinical care. Over the past four years, SWHR has been recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as a Next Generation Accountable Care Organization for Shared Economies, generating more than $38 million in 2020 and nearly $158 million in Medicare savings since 2017.

About Dialysis Direct

Founded in 2015, Dialyze Direct is a leading kidney care innovation company that seeks innovative solutions for patients with kidney disease. With a mission to build the next generation of kidney care, Dialyze Direct relies on its leading nephrology specialists to develop new methods and technologies to advance the treatment options available to nephrologists. Dialyze Direct was the first to make significant changes to the existing treatment model for dialysis patients in Skilled Nursing (SNF) facilities, where many of the most medically challenging subsets of dialysis patients reside. , and has become the largest national provider of home dialysis in the SNF. setting. Dialyze Direct’s innovative staff-assisted home hemodialysis treatment model involves a gentler personalized treatment plan comprised of meticulously crafted protocols designed to address the unique fluid management challenges of geriatric dialysis patients, resulting in improved overall patient health and reduced hospitalizations while significantly reducing costs to payers. Dialyze Direct currently operates in 14 states and new operations will soon be launched in other states. www.DialyseDirect.com.

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