Staff-assisted home hemodialysis
Home dialysis in Katy
A licensed and background-checked dialysis nurse comes to your home in Katy and performs your hemodialysis for you. You do not place your own needles. You do not run the machine. No family member has to be trained to help.
In network with Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare.
The drive out of Katy is the hard part
Katy sits on the far west edge of the Houston area, out along the I-10 Energy Corridor, with growing communities like Cinco Ranch spread across Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller counties. For many west-side families, the nearest place to get treatment is a long way off.
Hemodialysis is not a once-in-a-while trip. It is a standing appointment several times a week, in Energy Corridor traffic, in summer heat and winter rain. The miles add up, and so does the tiredness that follows each treatment. A lot of that day is spent getting there and getting home.
Staff-assisted home hemodialysis takes the drive off your calendar. Instead of you traveling across Katy for care, the care comes to your living room. The treatment happens where you already are.
The nurse does the whole treatment
This is not the kind of home dialysis where you or a family member train to run the machine. There are no classes to attend and no care partner to line up.
At every visit, a licensed dialysis nurse places the needles, which is called cannulation, sets up and runs the machine, monitors the entire treatment, and cleans up when it is done. You rest in your own chair while it happens. There is nothing for you to learn and nothing for your family to manage.
You can read more about what staff-assisted home hemodialysis is and how it works, from your first call to your first treatment.
Insurance for Katy patients
Commercial insurance does cover staff-assisted home hemodialysis. That includes commercial insurance you hold on your own, such as a plan through an employer or the marketplace. It also includes commercial insurance you hold alongside Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan as a secondary policy. We are in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare.
By law, Original Medicare does not cover staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Medicare Advantage plans do not cover it either, because they follow Medicare's payment rules. However, if you have Medicare plus a commercial secondary policy (BCBS or UnitedHealthcare), you may qualify for our service.
If your commercial plan is not one of the two named plans, call us and we check your benefits. Read the full coverage details.
Serving Katy and the west side
Katy is one of the west-side communities we come to, and you do not need a referral to reach us. You contact us directly, and after that we coordinate with your kidney doctor for the orders your treatment needs.
See the communities we serve across the Houston area, or read plain answers to common questions on our frequently asked questions page.