DaVita's Award-Winning Training Program for New Teammates Reaches Milestone With...

DaVita's Award-Winning Training Program for New Teammates Reaches Milestone
With 100th DaVita Academy in Baltimore, Maryland
Former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and Congressman Elijah Cummings Join the
Program for DaVita's Leadership Development and Cultural Orientation Program

BALTIMORE, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading
provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney
disease (CKD), today opened its 100th DaVita Academy - the company's
award-winning, leadership development and cultural orientation program for new
teammates (employees). On hand to participate and honor DaVita's commitment
to teammate empowerment and engagement are former United States Senator Paul
Sarbanes and Congressman Elijah Cummings.

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DaVita Academy is a two-day experience for new and recently hired DaVita(R)
teammates and involves skill building, team building, and having lots of fun.
An important part of the company's extensive training and education programs,
the first 100 sessions of Academy have given nearly 30,000 teammates an
opportunity to meet and learn from other DaVita teammates and have a greater
understanding of DaVita as a company - and most importantly - as a village.
Teammates take personality tests to gain an understanding of the key dynamics
of successful teams and how they can play an integral role. They leave DaVita
Academy with new ideas to improve their interpersonal skills and their
facility and/or department.

"The DaVita Academy is an integral part of the development of each and every
one of DaVita's 32,000 teammates, and part of the reason our teammates deliver
some of the best clinical outcomes in the industry," said Kent Thiry, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of DaVita. "Before DaVita's story and culture
were taught by the top business schools - like Harvard and Stanford - they
were taught at the DaVita Academy. Today's 100th Academy is a celebration of
the first DaVita Decade and a reminder that our future holds unprecedented
possibilities."

DaVita recently was named as the first and only FORTUNE 500(R) company and
only healthcare company to make the 2009 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic
Workplaces(TM) since its inception in 1999.

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About DaVita Inc.
DaVita Inc., a FORTUNE 500(R) company, is a leading provider of kidney care in
the United States, providing dialysis services and education for patients with
chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. Recognized as the only
FORTUNE 500(R) company on WorldBlu's annual List of Most Democratic
Workplaces(TM), DaVita manages more than 1,475 outpatient facilities and acute
units in more than 700 hospitals located in 43 states and the District of
Columbia, serving approximately 114,000 patients - nearly one-in-three of all
dialysis patients in the United States. As part of DaVita's commitment to
building a healthy, caring community, DaVita develops, participates in and
donates to numerous programs dedicated to transforming communities and
creating positive, sustainable change for children, families and our
environment. For more information about DaVita, its kidney education
materials and its community programs, please visit www.davita.com.

SOURCE DaVita Inc.

Brad Chase of DaVita Inc., +1-310-536-2406, brad.chase@davita.com