DENVER, Feb. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, today announced that the company ranked 38th on Training magazine's Top 125 list for offering exemplary employer-sponsored training and development programs.

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This is the first year DaVita HealthCare Partners as an integrated company comprising DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare Partners has been recognized as a Top 125 company. DaVita Kidney Care ranked among the Top 125 for the previous 10 years.

DaVita HealthCare Partners continuously strives to improve its training and development programs to help achieve industry-leading clinical outcomes. These programs focus on whole-person learning which reflects the belief that who people are at work is who they are at home, who they are in their communities and who they are in the world.

"At DaVita HealthCare Partners, training and development helps set the foundation for who we are as a Village," said Steve Priest, chief wisdom officer for DaVita HealthCare Partners. "Investing in our teammates is both the right thing to do and something worth doing right. The more we can support our teammates - helping them grow personally and professionally - the better equipped they will be to care for our patients, each other and the communities we serve."

DaVita HealthCare Partners offers a variety of programs through DaVita University that help teammates build and improve professional, management and life skills. Programs are tailored to meet each teammate's training needs and are offered in classrooms, through hands-on trainings and online. The company also encourages growth through coaching, mentoring and leadership development.

The 2015 Top 125 rankings were announced at the Training 2015 Conference & Expo in Atlanta. According to Training magazine, ranking is determined by assessing a range of qualitative and quantitative factors.

For more information about DaVita HealthCare Partners' training and development programs, please visit DaVita.com/CSR.

For more information about Training magazine, please visit TrainingMag.com.

About DaVita HealthCare Partners

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the parent company of DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare Partners. DaVita Kidney Care is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of Sept. 30, 2014, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided administrative services at 2,152 outpatient dialysis centers located in the United States serving approximately 170,000 patients. The company also operated 87 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10 countries outside the United States. HealthCare Partners manages and operates medical groups and affiliated physician networks in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Florida in its pursuit to deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and compassionate manner. As of Sept. 30, 2014, HealthCare Partners provided integrated care management for approximately 836,000 patients. For more information, please visit DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.

DaVita and DaVita HealthCare Partners are trademarks or registered trademarks of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.

Contact Information

Media:
David Gilles
(303) 876-7497
David.Gilles@DaVita.com

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SOURCE DaVita HealthCare Partners

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