What Is Staff-Assisted Home Hemodialysis?
Staff-assisted home hemodialysis is hemodialysis performed entirely by a licensed nurse in your own home. With Elik Home Dialysis, the nurse handles every step of every treatment: setup, needles, monitoring, breakdown, and documentation. You do not train, you do not operate a machine, and you do not need a care partner.
The three ways to dialyze
Hemodialysis happens in one of three settings. In a center, you travel to the facility three times a week and share the floor; Texas permits up to twelve patients per nurse there. Home dialysis you run yourself puts the work on you or your family after weeks of training. Staff-assisted home hemodialysis is the third way: the treatment comes home, and a licensed nurse does all of it.
What the nurse does at every visit
The Elik nurse arrives with the treatment, sets up the machine, places the needles, runs the full session to your nephrologist's exact prescription, monitors you one-on-one from first minute to last, breaks the equipment down, resets your space, and sends documentation to your doctor. Your job is your own chair.
Who this was built for
People who live alone. Seniors staying in their own homes. Anyone unwilling or unable to self-cannulate. Patients with vision, dexterity, or mobility limitations. 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 is behind it
The team leading Elik Home Dialysis brings more than 80 years of combined experience in dialysis, 45 of them in staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Every treatment is one nurse, one patient, under your own nephrologist's orders. Who qualifies for staff-assisted home hemodialysis
Frequently asked questions
- No. Home dialysis you run yourself puts the machine and the needles on you or your family. With staff-assisted home hemodialysis, the licensed Elik nurse does everything.
- Yes. Every Elik treatment runs under your own nephrologist's orders, with documentation returned after every visit.
- 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.
- 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.
Last reviewed: September 2026