Where are you right now?
Three days a week, on the clinic's schedule, not yours.
You arrange transportation. You sit in the waiting room. You dialyze in a row of chairs next to strangers. You come home exhausted, and the afternoon is gone. Then you do it again two days later. This is what in-center dialysis demands of you: a life built around the clinic, not around you.
There is another way.
Your home. Your schedule. Your nurse, one-on-one.
Most home hemodialysis programs require a trained care partner and weeks of patient training, which quietly disqualifies the people who need home treatment most: patients who live alone, seniors, anyone who cannot place their own needles, and families who cannot staff a treatment three days a week, forever. At Elik, the nurse is the care partner. Our licensed nurse sets up the machine, places the needles, runs your treatment to your nephrologist's exact prescription, monitors you one-on-one from first minute to last, breaks everything down, and documents the visit for your doctor. Your job is your own chair. How it works, step by step
No care partner required. Ever.
Other home dialysis programs require a trained family member. Elik does not. The nurse does every part of every treatment, alone, in your home.
In a Texas dialysis center, one nurse covers up to twelve patients at once (25 TAC §117.106). With Elik, one nurse covers one patient, you. Every treatment. Every visit.
Built for the patients other programs turn away.
People who live alone. Seniors staying in their own homes. Patients with vision, dexterity, or mobility limitations. Anyone unwilling or unable to self-cannulate. Residents of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, treated without leaving the building. Patients leaving in-center dialysis, and new patients starting at home from day one. Who qualifies
Who this is not for
Two situations put staff-assisted home hemodialysis on hold: your nephrologist judges you medically unstable enough to need facility-based care for a period of time, or your residence has no workable treatment space (a chair or bed near reliable power and water, which our nurse assesses before the first treatment). The first is a temporary clinical status, not a verdict. Everyone else who wants home treatment but cannot or will not self-administer it is exactly who this service exists for.
Four steps. You only do one.
One call starts it. Everything after is on us.
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Call and check coverage
Elik confirms your exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call.
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Nurse home assessment
A nurse visits your home to check the treatment space and confirm what equipment we bring. You do not lift a finger.
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Treatment schedule set
Pick the time that fits your life: morning, afternoon, or evening. Three sessions a week, same days each week.
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Nurse comes to your home
Every treatment, every visit. The nurse sets up, runs the full session, and packs up. You sit back.
Dialysis Center
One nurse, up to twelve patients. Texas regulation 25 TAC §117.106.
Elik Home Dialysis
One nurse, only you. Every treatment.
Medicare and Medicare Advantage: the straight answer
Original Medicare does not pay for staff-assisted home hemodialysis, by law. Medicare Advantage plans follow Medicare's reimbursement rules, so they do not pay for it either. Elik provides staff-assisted home hemodialysis for eligible patients with BCBS or UnitedHealthcare/UHC commercial coverage in Houston and Dallas, and with Cigna commercial coverage in Houston, including when Medicare is the primary insurance. Medicare-only, Medicare Advantage, Medicare supplement (Medigap) plans, and Medicaid do not pay for this service through Elik, and Cigna does not pay for it in Dallas. Elik confirms your exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call: Houston (713) 861-7500, Dallas (972) 238-7788.
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Elik is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield for staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Elik confirms your exact BCBS plan in one free phone call and handles every claim. You sign nothing and submit nothing.
See BCBS coverage details →Cigna (Houston)
In Houston, Elik is in-network with Cigna for staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Elik confirms your exact Cigna plan in one free phone call and coordinates every step of authorization. You just call us.
See Cigna coverage details →UnitedHealthcare
Elik is in-network with UnitedHealthcare for staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Elik confirms your exact UnitedHealthcare plan in one free phone call and works directly with the plan on your behalf. No calls or forms on your end.
See UnitedHealthcare coverage details →If Medicare is your primary plan and you carry a Blue Cross Blue Shield or UnitedHealthcare commercial plan as secondary, or a Cigna commercial plan in Houston, you qualify. Houston (713) 861-7500 · Dallas (972) 238-7788
Your nephrologist stays in charge
Every Elik treatment runs under your own nephrologist's orders and is performed by a licensed, certified dialysis nurse: one nurse, one patient, the entire treatment. Your doctor receives documentation after every visit and directs your care exactly as before. Behind every treatment is a team with more than 80 years of combined experience in dialysis, 45 of them in staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Elik changes where your treatment happens and whose hands perform it, never who your doctor is.
Every Treatment
Dialysis Experience
Home Hemodialysis
Exact Plan
Where we serve
Greater Houston, including Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, Pearland, Cypress, Spring, Humble, Missouri City, Pasadena, and Baytown. Greater Dallas, including Richardson, Plano, Garland, Mesquite, Irving, Carrollton, McKinney, Frisco, DeSoto, and Grand Prairie.
Frequently asked questions
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Yes. A licensed Elik dialysis nurse performs every step at every visit. You never operate a machine or place a needle.
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Yes. Because the Elik nurse performs the whole treatment, living alone is one of the most common reasons patients choose Elik.
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No. Original Medicare does not pay for staff-assisted home hemodialysis, by law. Medicare Advantage plans follow Medicare's reimbursement rules, so they do not pay for it either. Elik provides staff-assisted home hemodialysis for eligible patients with BCBS or UnitedHealthcare/UHC commercial coverage in Houston and Dallas, and with Cigna commercial coverage in Houston, including when Medicare is the primary insurance. Medicare-only, Medicare Advantage, Medicare supplement (Medigap) plans, and Medicaid do not pay for this service through Elik, and Cigna does not pay for it in Dallas. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield or UnitedHealthcare commercial insurance, or Cigna commercial insurance in Houston, on its own or as a secondary plan alongside Medicare, you qualify. Elik confirms your exact plan in one phone call.
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Call Elik. Houston (713) 861-7500, Dallas (972) 238-7788. We confirm your plan in one call, coordinate orders directly with your kidney doctor's office, and schedule your first home treatment. You make one phone call; Elik does the rest.
See if home dialysis fits your life.
Elik confirms your exact plan, coordinates orders directly with your kidney doctor's office, and schedules your first home treatment. You make one phone call; Elik does the rest.
In-network commercial plans qualify. No care partner needed. Free, no-obligation call.
Last reviewed: September 2026