National Renal Care

What National Renal Care does

National Renal Care, LLC (NRC) is a privately held dialysis management company headquartered in Long Beach, California, founded in 2015 and operating 11 dialysis facilities across Southern California and Louisiana. The company provides a full suite of renal replacement therapy services for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, including in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, nocturnal dialysis, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD), vascular access management, and kidney transplant support. NRC does not own proprietary clinical technology; its treatment portfolio comprises standard, well-established dialysis modalities administered at the bedside or in the home under nephrologist supervision.

The company's go-to-market is built around two partnership channels. First, NRC runs a nephrologist joint venture program that lets practicing kidney physicians take majority or minority ownership stakes in individual dialysis centers while NRC provides operational, administrative, billing, finance, contracting, and compliance support — a structure designed to retain physician referral influence and local governance. Second, NRC co-operates dialysis facilities with Ochsner Health System in Louisiana under the Ochsner Kidney Care brand, embedding the company inside a major regional health system. NRC's revenue mechanics are fee-for-service dialysis reimbursement billed through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance; specific rates are not publicly disclosed. Patient acquisition relies on physician referrals, healthcare provider networks, direct patient contact at facility locations, and the company's informational website (nationalrenalcare.com). The company holds HIPAA compliance verification and is actively recruiting, but has no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, or AI/ML capabilities.

Name

National Renal Care

Legal name

National Renal Care, LLC

Website

https://nationalrenalcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

National Renal Care is a privately held dialysis management company operating 11 facilities across Southern California and Louisiana, delivering in-center and home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplant support to end stage renal disease patients via joint venture partnerships with nephrologists and Ochsner Health System.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dialysis Services

NAICS

Kidney Dialysis Centers (621492), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Dialysis & Kidney Care Centers (HLAFABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dialysis Services (Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis) (HLAKAHAC), Home Dialysis Equipment & Remote Monitoring (HLAHAKAG), Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Systems & Supplies (HLAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Dialysis services
• Kidney care
• Hemodialysis treatment
• Renal therapy
• Home dialysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Dialysis Treatment Services: Fee-for-service dialysis treatment reimbursement through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance. Services include in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis treatments for end stage renal disease patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

National Renal Care is a dialysis management company that operates and manages outpatient dialysis facilities in Southern California and Louisiana. It provides in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, nocturnal dialysis, peritoneal dialysis (CAPD and CCPD), vascular access management, and kidney transplant support services for end stage renal disease patients. The company supports its facilities through joint venture partnerships with nephrologists and provides operational, administrative, and financial management.

Product overview

National Renal Care (NRC) is a dialysis management company offering a unified suite of dialysis treatment services for end stage renal disease patients. The portfolio comprises in-center hemodialysis and home therapy services (including home hemodialysis and nocturnal dialysis), peritoneal dialysis options (both CCPD and CAPD modalities), and kidney transplant support. NRC manages and operates multiple dialysis facilities across Southern California (including Canyon Country, Northridge, Santa Clarita, Sylmar, and Woodland Hills) and Louisiana (including Jefferson Highway, Marrero, Metairie, and Algiers locations). The company operates through joint venture partnerships with nephrologists and provides operational, administrative, and financial management support to its facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Center Hemodialysis Hemodialysis treatment performed at outpatient dialysis centers, typically three times per week for 3-5 hours per session, where blood is filtered through a special machine to remove wastes and excess fluids from the body.
• Home Hemodialysis Hemodialysis treatment performed at home, offering greater flexibility and convenience for eligible patients with appropriate training and support.
• Nocturnal Dialysis Longer hemodialysis sessions performed overnight while the patient sleeps, available both in-center and at home, providing more effective waste removal.
• Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD) Automated peritoneal dialysis method that runs while the patient sleeps, exchanging 8-12 liters of fluid during an 8-10 hour period with nursing and clinic monitoring.
• Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) Manual peritoneal dialysis performed during the day where patients exchange fluids every few hours, with each session taking approximately 40 minutes, typically done four times daily.
• Kidney Transplant Support Support services for kidney transplant as a treatment option for kidney failure; patients receive kidneys from deceased donors or living donors and require lifelong medication and self-care.
• Dialysis Access Management Management of vascular and peritoneal access options including fistula creation, graft placement, hemodialysis catheter insertion, and peritoneal catheter placement.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ochsner Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOchsner Kidney Care facilities in Louisiana (Jefferson Highway, Marrero, Metairie, and Algiers locations) are operated in partnership with National Renal Care. These joint venture dialysis centers provide dialysis services under the Ochsner Kidney Care brand while NRC provides operational management.
• Nephrologist PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Renal Care offers joint venture partnerships with nephrologists for ownership and operation of state-of-the-art dialysis centers. Physicians play a critical role in patient care and business model. NRC provides experience in joint ventures, contracting, billing, finance, operations, and compliance while nephrologists maintain local governance of dialysis centers. NRC is willing to partner as majority or minority owner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• U.S. Renal Care: U.S. Renal Care is a mid-sized, PE-backed dialysis provider operating several hundred outpatient centers across multiple states with both in-center and home dialysis services. It is one of the closest scale and business-model peers to NRC, also emphasizing physician partnership structures.
• Fresenius Medical Care: Fresenius Medical Care operates the second-largest US dialysis network through Fresenius Kidney Care, providing in-center and home dialysis services. NRC competes directly with Fresenius for nephrologist partnerships and patient referrals across California and Louisiana.
• Satellite Healthcare: Satellite Healthcare is a non-profit dialysis provider with a strong footprint in California offering in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis, and peritoneal dialysis. Geographic overlap in California makes it a direct regional competitor to NRC's Southern California facilities.
• Innovative Renal Care: Innovative Renal Care (formerly American Renal Associates) operates a network of outpatient dialysis centers across multiple US states, offering in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis, and nephrology practice partnerships. It is a directly comparable mid-market dialysis operator to NRC.
• DaVita: DaVita is the largest dialysis provider in the United States, operating thousands of outpatient dialysis centers offering in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis, and integrated kidney care. It is the dominant direct competitor to National Renal Care, serving the same ESRD patient population with the same core modalities.
• Renal Treatment Centers (American Renal Associates legacy): American Renal Associates (now part of Innovative Renal Care) historically operated a mid-sized network of outpatient dialysis centers with strong nephrologist JV partnerships — a comparable business model to NRC's structure, though now consolidated under larger ownership.

Emerging players

• Dialyze Direct: Dialyze Direct specializes in providing on-site dialysis to patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), a niche adjacent to NRC's kidney-care services. While not a direct in-center competitor, it competes for dialysis patients and partnership opportunities with healthcare providers in overlapping geographies.
• Cricket Health (Evergreen Nephrology): Evergreen Nephrology (formerly Cricket Health) partners with nephrologists to provide value-based kidney care and integrated dialysis services. It represents an emerging model that competes with NRC's JV-nephrologist partnership approach for physician relationships.
• Strive Health: Strive Health is a value-based kidney care company managing CKD and ESRD patients through integrated nephrology partnerships, often overlapping with dialysis providers. It represents an emerging competitor for nephrologist partnerships and ESRD total-cost-of-care contracts that NRC may also pursue.

Others

• Outset Medical: Outset Medical manufactures the Tablo hemodialysis system designed for home and clinic use, enabling in-home and acute dialysis. While not a direct service competitor, its technology could shift the dialysis delivery model and affect NRC's modality mix and capital expenditure decisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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