DaVita vs Elevance Health
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US kidney care leader with ~3,000 dialysis centers; $12.8B FY2024 revenue; 237,000 US patients 3x/week; Berkshire Hathaway ~40% stake; GLP-1 drugs may reduce ESRD prevalence long-term.
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DaVita Inc. is the leading kidney care company in the United States, providing dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), founded in 1994 as Total Renal Care and rebranded as DaVita in 2000 after acquiring Gambro Healthcare. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado and trading on NYSE (DVA), DaVita generated approximately $12.8 billion in revenues for FY2024 under CEO Javier Rodriguez, operating approximately 3,000 outpatient dialysis centers across the United States serving approximately 237,000 patients, plus international operations in 13 countries. Berkshire Hathaway holds approximately 40% of DaVita's common shares—a major Warren Buffett investment thesis built on the essential, recurring nature of ESRD treatment, which patients require three times per week for life unless they receive a kidney transplant.
Indianapolis BCBS managed care (NYSE: ELV) ~$175B FY2024 revenue; Anthem renamed 2022, BCBS exclusive in 14 states, Carelon health services, Medicaid/MA medical cost pressure competing with UnitedHealth and Cigna.
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Elevance Health, Inc. (formerly Anthem, Inc.) is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based managed care and health services company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ELV) as an S&P 500 Health Care component — providing health insurance plans under the Blue Cross Blue Shield brand in 14 states (Indiana, Georgia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin), Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and commercial employer-sponsored health plans through Carelon (pharmacy and behavioral health services — formerly IngenioRx) to approximately 47 million medical members through approximately 100,000 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Elevance Health reported revenues of approximately $175 billion (predominantly premium revenues from employer-sponsored and government-program health plan members), with operating income under pressure from medical cost increases in the Medicaid segment (post-COVID health utilization normalization causing medical costs to exceed Medicaid actuarial pricing expectations set during the pandemic period of reduced care utilization). CEO Gail Boudreaux has executed the company's transformation from Anthem to Elevance Health (rebranded June 2022) — reflecting the broadened value proposition beyond health insurance into health services: Carelon Services (behavioral health, pharmacy benefit management, utilization management, home health services for both Elevance and external health plan clients) represents the strategy of building a health services ecosystem that retains value within the Elevance enterprise rather than paying external PBMs, behavioral health managers, and care management vendors.
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