DAVITA INC. lobbying for DAVITA INC

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$1,000,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

ANDY VARGAS New on this filing

Previously held: Senior Associate Director, Operations, Public Engagement & Intergovernmental Affairs - Vice President Kamala Harris (2021-2022); Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, and Special Assistant - Sen. Kamala Harris (2017-2020)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 6

Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 3

HR 2199
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
S 1173
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
HR 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

Lobbying activity 3

Health Issues

H.R. 2199/S. 1173, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Issues related to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Perspective Payment System (PPS) Issues related to nursing shortages CMS regulations pertaining to the Medicare Advantage Program Issues related to home dialysis Issues related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and prevention Issues related to access to kidney transplantation for ESRD patients ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) mandatory demonstration Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model and the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) voluntary payment options

Medicare/Medicaid

H.R. 2199/S. 1173, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Issues related to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Perspective Payment System (PPS) Issues related to nursing shortages CMS regulations pertaining to the Medicare Advantage Program Issues related to home dialysis Issues related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and prevention Issues related to access to kidney transplantation for ESRD patients ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) mandatory demonstration Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model and the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) voluntary payment options

Veterans

Issues related to Veterans Affairs and dialysis H.R. 3944, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, provisions related to dialysis