Home Dialysis for Your Loved One in Houston,
and the work never lands on you.
If someone you love needs dialysis in Houston, the work does not have to fall on you: a licensed Elik Home Dialysis nurse comes to their home and performs every step of every treatment. No family member trained on a machine. No needles placed by you. The nurse is the care partner.
Elik confirms your exact plan in one phone call. No obligation.
Elik Home Dialysis provides staff-assisted home hemodialysis in Houston, Texas, the home dialysis a nurse runs instead of the patient or a family member. If someone in your family needs dialysis, a licensed Elik dialysis nurse comes to their home and performs every treatment: setup, needle placement, monitoring, medications, and cleanup. No family member is trained on a machine. No one places a needle. The patient does not need a care partner, which makes this the right path for a patient who lives alone or whose family cannot take that on. Elik keeps one nurse to one patient at every visit. The patient keeps their own kidney doctor, and Elik coordinates with that office. Staff-assisted home hemodialysis requires commercial insurance, on its own or as a secondary plan alongside Medicare. Elik serves the greater Houston metro. Call (713) 861-7500 to verify coverage.
You can't be the one running a machine. You don't have to be.
When a parent or a spouse is told they need dialysis, the fear that follows is often your own. You picture learning to run a machine, placing needles, watching numbers you do not understand, and being responsible if something goes wrong. You work. You have your own family. And underneath it sits guilt, because you cannot take that on, and you think that means you are letting them down.
You are not. With Elik, none of that falls on you. A licensed dialysis nurse does every part of the treatment in your loved one's home. You do not train. You do not assist. You do not need to be in the room. The nurse is the care partner, every visit.
The nurse does the work. Every treatment.
With staff-assisted home hemodialysis, a licensed Elik dialysis nurse comes to your loved one's Houston home and performs the full treatment, one nurse to one patient. The nurse brings the machine and supplies, sets everything up, places the needles, runs the session, monitors blood pressure and fluid throughout, gives medications, and cleans up before leaving. Your loved one sits in their own chair. That is the whole arrangement.
Every other home option asks something of you or your family. Elik asks nothing of either. Staff-assisted home hemodialysis is the one a nurse runs.
- No family member trained. No spouse on call, no adult child learning a machine, no one placing a needle.
- No one has to be in the room. The nurse handles every clinical step alone, start to finish.
- One nurse, one patient. Undivided attention at every visit, in your loved one's own home.
- They keep their own kidney doctor. Elik coordinates the home treatments directly with that office.
- Built for patients who live alone. The nurse is the care partner, so no one at home is required.
- Commercial insurance, verified first. One call confirms the exact plan before anything starts.
When the nurse is in your mother's living room, she is watching one patient: your mother.
Your loved one keeps their own kidney doctor.
Choosing home dialysis with Elik does not mean leaving the nephrologist your loved one already sees. They keep the kidney doctor they trust, and Elik coordinates the home treatments directly with that office. Nothing about their current care relationship changes.
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. If your loved one has Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare commercial insurance, on its own or as a secondary plan alongside Medicare, they qualify. We are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. Elik confirms their exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call: (713) 861-7500.
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Questions families ask first
Does my parent or spouse need a care partner for home dialysis in Houston?
No. A licensed Elik dialysis nurse performs the entire treatment in their home, one nurse to one patient. No family member is trained, no one places a needle, and no one has to be in the room.
What if my loved one lives alone?
They are a strong candidate. Because the Elik nurse is the care partner and does every clinical step, no one else at home is required. Patients who live alone across greater Houston are some of the patients Elik is built for.
Do I have to be trained or be there during treatment?
No. You do not train and you do not assist. The Elik nurse handles setup, needle placement, monitoring, medications, and cleanup alone.
Can they keep their own kidney doctor?
Yes. Your loved one keeps their current nephrologist, and Elik coordinates the home treatments directly with that office.
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.
Make one call on their behalf.
If someone you love needs dialysis in Houston, you do not have to become the care partner. Elik brings the treatment to their home, and a nurse does the work. Call now for a free, no-obligation home assessment. Elik explains how staff-assisted home dialysis works, verifies the insurance, and answers every question.
Commercial insurance. No care partner needed.
Elik Home Dialysis is a licensed Texas dialysis provider.
1445 North Loop West, Ste 720, Houston, TX 77008 · (713) 861-7500
Their nephrologist stays in charge
Every Elik treatment runs under their own nephrologist's orders and is performed by a licensed, certified dialysis nurse: one nurse, one patient, the entire treatment. Their doctor receives documentation after every visit and directs their care exactly as before. The team leading Elik Home Dialysis brings more than 80 years of combined experience in dialysis, 45 of them in staff-assisted home hemodialysis. Elik changes where treatment happens and whose hands perform it, never who their doctor is.
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Last reviewed: September 2026