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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 50 Item 7A.
We care for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey from slowing the progression of kidney disease to helping support transplantation.
In addition, as of December 31, 2025 , our international operations provided dialysis and administrative services to a total of 585 outpatient dialysis centers located in 14 countries outside of the U.S., serving approximately 94,500 patients.
integrated kidney care (IKC) business provided integrated care and disease management services to 66,000 patients in risk-based integrated care arrangements and to an additional 9,400 patients in other integrated care arrangements across the United States as of December 31, 2025 .
In addition to our teammates at our dialysis facilities, both our domestic and our international Chief Medical Officers lead comprehensive teams of nephrologists in our physician leadership teams as part of our domestic and international Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO), respectively.
We also have a Physician Council that serves as an advisory body to senior management, which is composed of numerous physicians with extensive experience in clinical practice and several Group Medical Directors.
On June 19, 2019, we completed the sale of our prior DaVita Medical Group (DMG) business, a patient and physician-focused integrated healthcare delivery and management company, to a subsidiary of Optum, Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
As a result, the DMG business has been classified as discontinued operations and its results of operations are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the consolidated financial statements included in this report.
For financial information related to DMG, see Note 21 to the consolidated financial statements included in this report.
As of December 31, 2025, we provided dialysis, administrative and related laboratory services to a total of approximately 200,500 patients.
REMOVED
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 57 Item 7A.
We care for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey from earlier diagnosis and prevention through supporting the transplant process.
In addition, as of December 31, 2024, our international operations provided dialysis and administrative services to a total of 509 outpatient dialysis centers located in 13 countries outside of the U.S., serving approximately 80,300 patients.
integrated kidney care (IKC) business provided integrated care and disease management services to 70,400 patients in risk-based integrated care arrangements and to an additional 11,600 patients in other integrated care arrangements across the United States as of December 31, 2024.
Following a pause in refreshed Star Ratings in October 2020 and October 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS reset the baseline with the October 2023 Star Rating release to reflect current performance and provide clinical differentiation through newly defined cutoff values.
Under the new baseline, the lowest scoring 10% of facilities receive one star, the next 20% receive two stars, the next 40% receive three stars, the next 20% receive four stars and the highest 10% of facilities receive five stars in the baseline period for each subsequent evaluation period.
In addition to our teammates at our dialysis facilities, as of December 31, 2024, our domestic Chief Medical Officer leads a team of 23 nephrologists in our physician leadership team as part of our domestic Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO).
Our international Chief Medical Officer leads a team of 11 nephrologists in our physician leadership team as part of our international OCMO as of December 31, 2024.
We also have a Physician Council that serves as an advisory body to senior management, which was composed of 10 physicians with extensive experience in clinical practice and five Group Medical Directors as of December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, we provided dialysis, administrative and related laboratory services in the U.S.