Done driving to a dialysis center?
Your alternatives to in-center dialysis in Houston.
Elik Home Dialysis is the alternative to in-center dialysis in Houston: a licensed dialysis nurse comes to your home and performs the complete treatment. You do not learn the machine. You do not place a needle. You keep your own kidney doctor. No care partner required, and your center treatments continue until your home schedule begins.
Elik confirms your exact plan in one phone call. No obligation.
Elik Home Dialysis is an alternative to in-center dialysis in Houston, Texas. If you are on in-center hemodialysis and worn down by the trips to the clinic, staff-assisted home hemodialysis brings the treatment to you. A licensed Elik dialysis nurse comes to your home three times a week and runs the full session: setup, needle placement, monitoring, medications, and cleanup. You do not learn the machine, and you do not place your own needles. Elik keeps one nurse to one patient at every visit, while Texas allows in-center centers up to one nurse for twelve patients (25 TAC §117.106). You keep your own nephrologist, and Elik coordinates with that office. If you dialyze at a center now, those treatments continue until your home schedule begins, so there is no gap. Staff-assisted home hemodialysis requires commercial insurance, on its own or as a secondary plan alongside Medicare. Call (713) 861-7500.
The center runs on the clinic's schedule. Not yours.
If you are on in-center hemodialysis, you already know the grind. Three days a week you build your day around the chair: the drive in, Houston traffic on I-10, the 610 Loop, or Beltway 8, the waiting room, the hours in the chair, then the drive home. It takes the same hours out of every week, and it does not let up. That is the default most patients are handed. It is not the only one.
Home, without it falling on you or your family.
The reason most people stay at the center is a fear about home dialysis: that home means learning to run a machine and placing your own needles, or asking your spouse to. With staff-assisted home hemodialysis from Elik, none of that is true. A licensed Elik nurse comes to your home and runs the full treatment, one nurse to one patient. You do not cannulate yourself. You do not operate the machine. You do not need a care partner.
Every other home option asks something of you or your family. Elik asks nothing of either. This is the home option a nurse runs.
- A nurse comes to you. A licensed dialysis nurse arrives at your Houston home three times a week.
- You never touch the machine. Setup, monitoring, and cleanup are the nurse's job, not yours.
- No needles you place. The nurse handles cannulation at every visit.
- No care partner needed. Nothing falls on your spouse or your family.
- One nurse, one patient. Undivided attention at every treatment, not a chair in a row of twelve.
- You keep your nephrologist. Elik coordinates with the kidney doctor you already see.
At the center, one nurse may be watching as many as twelve patients at once. At home with Elik, the nurse has one patient: you.
Keep your kidney doctor. The switch is coordinated.
Switching to home dialysis with Elik does not mean leaving the kidney doctor you already see. You keep your own nephrologist, and Elik coordinates your home treatments directly with their office. If you are dialyzing at a center now, your treatments there continue until your home schedule begins, so there is no gap. Elik handles the transition and verifies your insurance first.
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, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare/UHC commercial coverage, including when Medicare is the primary insurance. Medicare-only, Medicare Advantage (including BCBS, Cigna, or UHC Medicare Advantage plans), Medicare supplement (Medigap) plans, and Medicaid do not pay for this service through Elik. Elik confirms your exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call: (713) 861-7500.
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The questions patients ask before they switch
Can I switch from in-center dialysis to home dialysis in Houston?
Yes. If you are on in-center hemodialysis in Houston, you can switch to staff-assisted home hemodialysis with Elik. A licensed nurse comes to your home and runs the full treatment, three times a week.
Do I have to learn the machine or place my own needles?
No. The Elik nurse does every clinical step, including needle placement and machine operation. You do not cannulate yourself and you do not run the machine.
Will I lose my nephrologist if I switch to home dialysis?
No. You keep your current kidney doctor, and Elik coordinates your home treatments directly with their office.
How does the switch from my current dialysis center work?
Elik coordinates the transition and verifies your insurance first. If you are dialyzing at a center now, those treatments continue until your home schedule begins, so there is no gap in care.
Does Medicare cover staff-assisted home hemodialysis?
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, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare/UHC commercial coverage, including when Medicare is the primary insurance. Medicare-only, Medicare Advantage (including BCBS, Cigna, or UHC Medicare Advantage plans), Medicare supplement (Medigap) plans, and Medicaid do not pay for this service through Elik. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare commercial insurance, on its own or as a secondary plan alongside Medicare, you qualify. Elik confirms your exact plan in one phone call: (713) 861-7500.
Your last drive to the center could be this week.
If you are tired of building your life around the dialysis center in Houston, there is another way. Elik brings the treatment to your home, and a nurse runs it. Call now for a free, no-obligation home assessment. Elik explains how the switch works, verifies your insurance, and answers every question.
Commercial insurance. You keep your nephrologist.
Elik Home Dialysis is a licensed Texas dialysis provider.
1445 North Loop West, Ste 720, Houston, TX 77008 · (713) 861-7500
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.
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Last reviewed: September 2026