The University of Pennsylvania Health System has formed a joint venture with Nashville-based Evergreen Nephrology to improve care for patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease while containing costs through innovative approaches to provide more care, including dialysis, at home, reduce the need for emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and get kidney transplants sooner. Penn Medicine is the first academic medical center to partner with Evergreen.
The joint venture – a 50/50 partnership between UPHS and Evergreen – contracts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide care for Medicare patients with kidney disease, including those receiving dialysis. Read more.
