Staff-assisted home hemodialysis
Home dialysis in Missouri City
A licensed and background-checked dialysis nurse comes to your home in Missouri City 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.
Dialysis that comes to your home in Missouri City
Missouri City sits southwest of Houston, spread across Fort Bend and Harris counties, right next to Sugar Land. For many residents, from long-settled neighborhoods to newer communities such as Sienna along the Fort Bend Parkway, treatment has meant driving to an in-town dialysis center several times a week. That usually means fighting traffic on the way there, and the same tiring drive home afterward.
Staff-assisted home hemodialysis takes that drive off your plate. The treatment happens in your own home, on the schedule your kidney doctor (nephrologist) sets. You rest in your own chair while the nurse does the work.
The nurse does the treatment, not you
This is not the kind of home dialysis where you or a family member train to run the machine. With staff-assisted home hemodialysis, a licensed dialysis nurse does every part of the treatment. The nurse sets up the equipment, places your needles (a step called cannulation), runs the machine, and watches over you and the treatment until it is complete.
There is no training program for you to finish, and no family member has to become your care partner. If you want the full picture, read what staff-assisted home hemodialysis is and see how it works, step by step.
Insurance coverage in Missouri City
Commercial insurance covers staff-assisted home hemodialysis. That includes a plan you hold through an employer or the marketplace, and a commercial plan you hold alongside Medicare 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. You can read the full coverage details on our insurance and coverage page.
Getting started in Missouri City
Getting started is one phone call, and you do not need a referral. Call 346-388-0656, and we check your coverage before anything begins. After you contact us, we coordinate with your kidney doctor for the orders your treatment needs.
You can also read answers to common questions or see the rest of the Houston communities we serve.