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Report Details Fortune 500 Company's Innovative Vision for 'Community Care'

DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today launched its first Community Care Report to share the company's vision of corporate social responsibility and reflect the cumulative and current effect of DaVita's efforts since it began in 1999. DaVita(R) teammates (employees) will kick off the report's launch this Saturday with "DaVita National Community Care Day" - a campaign promoting social responsibility in 11 cities across the United States.

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DaVita's Community Care Report provides the first comprehensive review of the company's broad philanthropic, community and social efforts. The report draws on the programs developed by DaVita and its teammates to enrich the lives of the community's members. Each of the programs fall into one of three categories that comprise the company's "Trilogy of Care" - caring for DaVita's patients, caring for DaVita's teammates, and caring for the world.

"In a true and healthy community, people care about each other with distinctive consistency and intensity. In a true and healthy community, people also care about the community itself and its sustainability. In a true and healthy community, the community itself provides both opportunities for and safety nets to its citizens, which helps them to realize their full potential while protecting them from unforeseen difficulties. These are the things we strive to do at DaVita," said Kent Thiry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DaVita.

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