MEDIA, Pa.—Dialysis provider Reliant Renal Care said on May 29 that it will joint venture with Northport, Ala.-area nephrologists in their peritoneal dialysis program and will open a new 10-station outpatient dialysis facility, as well.
This new facility will be able to offer dialysis services for up to 50 patients, according to Reliant Renal Care. The center along with the physicians’ offices has over 14,000 square feet. Northport, Ala., is just outside of Tuscaloosa.
“We are proud to offer hemodialysis and self-care dialysis services to Tuscaloosa-area patients at this state-of-the-art facility,” said Barbara Bednar, Reliant Renal Care’s president and CEO. “We are excited to begin to offer services in Alabama and plan to work with the physicians in this market to provide dialysis services to other area communities.”
Michael Robards, MD, and Geoffrey Alilonu, MD, will lead the new facility. “I’m proud to partner with Reliant Renal Care because of their commitment to excellent service to patients and their responsiveness to physicians as well as their integrity,” said Robards. “The Company’s management team is highly clinical and truly understands the needs of dialysis patients and has the ability to affect change in a great way.”
