Fresenius Medical Care Offers Dialysis Treatments in Warm Destinations for Patients Traveling in 2014
January 28 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Extensive Dialysis Network Gives Patients
Numerous Travel Choices – Including Hawaii Vacation Spots
Dialysis patients looking to escape the cold or take advantage
of snow-related recreation can choose from destinations that
include a variety of popular U.S. vacation spots, where they can
take in the sights while still receiving regular dialysis
treatments.
Over the past several years, Fresenius Medical Care North
America (FMCNA), the nation’s leading network of dialysis
facilities, has added more than 200 dialysis clinics to its
nationwide network, largely through its 2012 purchase of Liberty
Dialysis Holdings Inc. which included more than 70 dialysis
facilities in Hawaii, California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, and
Utah.
Patients who receive blood-filtering dialysis treatments in a
clinical setting need to visit a dialysis facility three times per
week to remove waste products and excess fluids from their bodies
after their kidneys have failed. Patients can schedule treatments
at any of the company’s more than 2,150 facilities through FMCNA’s
Patient Travel Service. Available to all dialysis patients at no
cost, regardless of who is their primary dialysis provider, the
service locates and schedules dialysis treatment for any patient
traveling in the United States, Puerto Rico and abroad.
The FMCNA network allows patients to receive their
life-sustaining treatments at or near popular tourism destinations
such as:
• Haleakala National Park, on Hawaii’s Maui island
• The Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco
• The Rio Grande River at Laredo, Texas
• Pikes Peak and the U.S. Air Force Academy, at Colorado
Springs, Colo.
• Zion National Park, at St. George, Utah
• Lake Tahoe, at Carson City, Nev.
Shalita Simmons, FMCNA’s patient travel and customer service
director, says that FMCNA’s Patient Travel Service is helping U.S.
dialysis patients better understand their travel options. “Our
patient education efforts have made both the staff and patients
more aware of what we provide,” she says, adding: “We’ve made
dialysis travel options easier which results in an improved quality
of life for patients.”
It’s easy to book dialysis treatment at different FMCNA
locations. Simply:
1. Contact the Patient Travel Service at
least 14 days before departure (six weeks for international trips)
to find the clinic closest to your destination and make an
appointment. Call toll-free at: 1-866-434-2597 or complete the
online placement request form at:
http://www.ultracare-dialysis.com/FreseniusMedicalServices/PatientTravelServices.aspx.
2. Talk with your own dialysis care team to
ensure you have enough medications for your trip.
The travel service also can help home dialysis patients arrange
for dialysis supplies during their trip. For patients traveling by
air, a letter of medical necessity may also be required to
authorize them to carry their own treatment supplies.
FMCNA’s Patient Travel Service arranges tens of thousands of
treatments each year for patients traveling in all parts of the
country. It processed nearly 39,000 travel requests during 2012, up
22 percent from 2011. In 2013, the service processed more than
40,000 requests, with the most popular destinations being New York
City and the New Jersey Shore; Las Vegas; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and
the Florida Panhandle.
For more information about the Patient Travel Service, patients
or family members can call 1-866-4DIALYSIS (1-866-434-2597) or
visit:
http://www.ultracare-dialysis.com/FreseniusMedicalServices/PatientTravelServices.aspx.
About Fresenius Medical Care North AmericaThrough our
leading network of more than 2,150 dialysis facilities in North
America and our vascular access centers, laboratory, pharmacy and
affiliated hospitals and nephrology practices, Fresenius Medical
Care provides renal services to hundreds of thousands of people
throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. We are also the
continent’s top producer of dialysis equipment, dialyzers and
related disposable products and a major supplier of renal
pharmaceuticals.
For more information about the company, visit www.fmcna.com; for
information about patient services, visit
www.ultracare-dialysis.com.
Media contact:Full & ByJaclyn Petros, 617-638-0022 /
voicepetrosj@fullandby.coorCompany contact:Fresenius Medical
CareRosemary Heinold, 781-699-4171 /
voicerosemary.heinold@fmc-na.com
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