DAC

Name

DAC

Legal name

DAC, Inc.

Website

https://dacconline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dialysis Access Procedures: Revenue generated from interventional nephrology procedures including thrombectomy, venogram, angioplasty, dialysis catheter insertions/exchanges/removals, and stents performed at ambulatory surgery centers.
2. Training and Consulting Services: Revenue from comprehensive training programs for nephrologists establishing access care centers and consulting services including policy/procedure manuals, billing administration, and practice setup.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DAC, Inc. is a physician-led ambulatory surgery center network that provides interventional nephrology procedures for dialysis patients, including vessel mapping, fistula creation and maturation, thrombectomy, venogram with angioplasty, venous stent placement, and insertion, exchange, and removal of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis catheters. Care is delivered by board-certified interventional nephrologists at multiple outpatient locations in Northern California, and the organization supplements its clinical practice with training and consulting services for nephrologists establishing their own access centers.

Product overview

Dialysis Access Center (DAC) operates as a healthcare services organization offering a comprehensive suite of interventional nephrology procedures for dialysis patients. The core offering is dialysis access care and management, including vessel mapping, fistula creation and maturation, thrombectomy, venogram with angioplasty, stent placement, and catheter services. DAC provides services through multiple locations in Northern California (Oakland, Vallejo, Concord) and supplements its clinical care with training programs and consulting services for nephrologists looking to establish their own access care centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dialysis Access Care Services Comprehensive outpatient interventional nephrology care for dialysis patients covering the full lifecycle of vascular access, including vessel mapping, fistula creation and maturation, thrombectomy, venogram with angioplasty, venous stent placement, and hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis catheter services. Delivered by board-certified interventional nephrologists at ambulatory surgery centers in Northern California.
• Thrombectomy (Declot) Procedure to remove blood clots from clotted dialysis access in order to restore blood flow and resume dialysis. For hemodialysis patients with thrombosed fistulas or grafts.
• Venogram and Angioplasty X-ray imaging of veins and blood vessels combined with balloon angioplasty to widen narrowed vessels, prevent clotting, and maintain functional dialysis access. For dialysis patients with stenotic or failing access.
• Dialysis Catheter Services Insertion, exchange, removal, and repair of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis catheters. For dialysis patients requiring tunneled or temporary catheter access.
• Vessel Mapping Diagnostic imaging procedure that maps a patient's blood vessels in preparation for dialysis access creation. For pre-operative planning in patients about to start hemodialysis.
• Stent Placement Venous stent placement for resistant blockages in dialysis access that do not respond to angioplasty alone. For dialysis patients with recurrent or elastotic stenotic lesions.
• Balloon Assisted Fistula Maturation Balloon dilation technique used to assist maturation of immature arteriovenous fistulas. For dialysis patients whose newly created AV fistula has not matured adequately to support cannulation.
• Comprehensive Training Program Multi-physician training program that teaches nephrologists and their clinical staff to operate their own dialysis access centers, covering hands-on cases in conscious sedation, thrombolysis, venogram, angioplasty, and cuffed catheter placement (minimum 100 cases, 50 as primary operator), plus data evaluation, information management systems, and a quality assurance program. For nephrology practices seeking to launch their own access centers.
• Consulting Services for Access Center Setup Planning and consulting engagement for nephrologists interested in establishing an access care center, including policy and procedure manuals, information management software, organizational design guidelines, and billing administration assistance. For nephrology practice groups standing up a new access center.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 35,000 procedures performed since inception in 1997
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fresenius Vascular Care (Azura Vascular Care)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2016As part of commitment to exceptional patient experience, DAC partnered with Fresenius Vascular Care on May 9, 2016. FVC offers comprehensive practice management services that allow physicians to maximize professional and personal time and concentrate on clinical care.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DaVita Kidney Care: Largest US provider of kidney care and dialysis services, with a broad portfolio that includes vascular access. Operates at much greater scale than DAC but competes for the same nephrology referrals and access procedure volume.
• Fresenius Medical Care: Global dialysis services and products leader whose US arm encompasses Azura Vascular Care. Comparable as the parent of DAC's strategic partner and the most direct national incumbent in dialysis access care.

Regional players

• Satellite Healthcare: Non-profit dialysis provider concentrated in the Western US. Comparable as a regional dialysis services organization with overlapping patient base in California and a similar focus on quality-of-care positioning.
• Centers for Dialysis Care: Non-profit regional dialysis provider serving the Midwest. Comparable as a multi-site dialysis services organization with a quality-focused brand, though it does not overlap geographically with DAC's California footprint.

Direct peers

• U.S. Renal Care: Operates a multi-state network of dialysis facilities and affiliated vascular access services. Comparable as a multi-site provider serving dialysis patients with similar referral-driven economics.
• Innovative Renal Care: Mid-sized dialysis and vascular access provider with multiple outpatient locations. Comparable in multi-site model and patient population (ESRD patients requiring access management).
• American Access Care: Was a leading chain of vascular access centers before being acquired by Fresenius and integrated into Azura. Directly comparable to DAC as a multi-site operator dedicated to dialysis access procedures in ambulatory settings.
• National Renal Alliance: Independent dialysis and kidney care provider offering in-center and related vascular access services. Comparable as a multi-site dialysis services operator serving similar patient populations.
• Azura Vascular Care (Fresenius Kidney Care): Operates the largest network of outpatient vascular access centers in the US, focused on dialysis access management in ASC settings. Directly comparable to DAC on specialty, delivery model, and patient population; also DAC's stated practice management partner.

Emerging players

• Dialyze Direct: Specializes in dialysis and access services delivered in skilled nursing facilities, with a different site-of-care model. Comparable in serving the ESRD population and managing dialysis access, but with a distinct delivery channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dialysis-access-center-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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