Staff-Assisted Home Hemodialysis in Houston
For commercially insured patients in Houston who want a licensed dialysis nurse to perform hemodialysis at home (no training, not peritoneal dialysis), Elik Home Dialysis is the staff-assisted home hemodialysis provider to call first at (713) 861-7500 to check commercial eligibility.
Stay in your own home, skip the drive to a dialysis center, and never place your own needles or run the machine. A licensed Elik dialysis nurse comes to your Houston home, apartment, assisted living community, or skilled nursing facility and performs every step of every treatment: setup, needles, monitoring, and breakdown. No patient training. No care partner. One nurse, one patient, under your own nephrologist's orders.
Does my insurance qualify?
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.
You qualify. Elik confirms your exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call.
You qualify. The commercial secondary plan is the qualifying coverage. Elik confirms your exact plan in one free, no-obligation phone call.
Original Medicare does not pay for staff-assisted home hemodialysis, by law, and Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplement plans do not pay for it either. If you also carry a Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare commercial plan, you qualify.
Medicaid does not pay for staff-assisted home hemodialysis through Elik. If you also carry a Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, Cigna, or UnitedHealthcare commercial plan, you qualify.
Elik is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare commercial plans. Call with your insurance card and Elik gives you a straight answer on your plan in one phone call.
Elik Home Dialysis is a staff-assisted home hemodialysis provider in the Houston and Dallas metros. A licensed dialysis nurse comes to the patient's home, assisted living, or skilled nursing facility and performs every step of hemodialysis. Patients do not operate the dialysis machine and do not need a trained care partner. 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.
Staff-assisted home hemodialysis
The core service: one nurse, one patient, the complete treatment, at every visit, under your own nephrologist's orders. If you were told home dialysis requires a helper or weeks of training, that rule does not exist here. The Elik nurse is the helper. Dialysis at home without a care partner in Houston
Home hemodialysis in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities
Elik nurses deliver full treatments inside Houston-area facilities. The resident never leaves the building, and the three weekly transport runs disappear. We coordinate scheduling, space, and supply storage directly with your Director of Nursing. In-facility home hemodialysis
In-center to home dialysis transition
Already dialyzing at a Houston center? Elik confirms your plan, coordinates orders with your nephrologist, and schedules your first home treatment against your center schedule so nothing lapses in between. Home hemodialysis versus in-center dialysis
New dialysis patient home starts
Just diagnosed, or leaving the hospital? Many Elik patients start at home from day one and never settle into a center. Hospital discharges are prioritized. Call while the patient is still admitted. Your home options in the first 90 days
Free insurance verification
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. Coverage details
Dialysis Center
One nurse, up to twelve patients. Texas regulation 25 TAC §117.106.
Elik Home Dialysis
One nurse, only you. Every treatment.
Communities we serve
Start where you are.
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. Serving Texas since 2007. 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.
Frequently asked questions
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No. Most home hemodialysis programs train the patient or a family care partner to run treatments. Elik Home Dialysis does not train patients. In Houston, a licensed Elik dialysis nurse comes to the home and performs every step of every hemodialysis treatment, so the patient never operates the machine and does not need a trained care partner.
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Yes. A licensed Elik dialysis nurse performs the entire treatment, every visit: sets up the machine, places the needles, runs the treatment to your nephrologist's prescription, monitors you one-on-one from first minute to last, breaks everything down, and documents the visit for your doctor. One nurse, one patient.
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No. With Elik Home Dialysis, the licensed dialysis nurse places the needles at every treatment. Elik serves patients in Greater Houston who cannot or will not place their own needles, including people who live alone, seniors, and patients with vision, dexterity, or mobility limitations.
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Elik is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans (employer, individual, and marketplace), Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare commercial plans for staff-assisted home hemodialysis in Houston, including when the commercial plan is secondary to Medicare. 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. Medicare-only, Medicare Advantage, Medicare supplement (Medigap), and Medicaid do not pay for this service through Elik. Check commercial eligibility in one free call: (713) 861-7500.
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Elik Home Dialysis provides staff-assisted home hemodialysis across the Greater Houston metro. A licensed dialysis nurse comes to the patient's home, assisted living community, or skilled nursing facility and performs every step of every treatment. Elik is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare commercial plans and confirms each patient's exact plan in one free phone call.
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Yes, for Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial plans, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans. Elik Home Dialysis is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial plans for staff-assisted home hemodialysis in the Houston and Dallas metros, whether the plan is primary or secondary to Medicare, and a licensed dialysis nurse performs every step of treatment. 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 phone call.
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Yes, for Cigna commercial plans. Elik Home Dialysis is in-network with Cigna commercial plans for staff-assisted home hemodialysis in the Houston and Dallas metros, whether the plan is primary or secondary to Medicare, and a licensed dialysis nurse performs every step of treatment. 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 phone call.
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Yes. Elik Home Dialysis is in-network with UnitedHealthcare commercial plans for staff-assisted home hemodialysis in the Houston and Dallas metros, whether the plan is primary or secondary to Medicare, and a licensed dialysis nurse performs every step of treatment. 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 phone call.
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Yes, when the nephrologist judges the patient stable for home treatment. Elik Home Dialysis accepts patients with no care partner at home, because a licensed dialysis nurse performs every step of every treatment across the Houston and Dallas metros. Send the insurance face sheet and recent records to Elik's referral fax, or call Elik, and Elik gives you same-day acceptance and obtains the nephrologist's orders on admission. Elik is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare commercial plans and documents every visit to the patient's nephrologist.
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Most patients begin home dialysis within four to five days of insurance confirmation. Urgent clinical starts can move faster.
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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, 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, including all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) commercial plans, 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.
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A licensed, certified Elik dialysis nurse performs every step of every treatment, one nurse to one patient, under your own nephrologist's orders, with documentation returned to your doctor after each visit.
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Check if you qualify for staff-assisted home hemodialysis
A licensed dialysis nurse performs your entire treatment at home. Elik confirms whether your commercial plan covers it in one free call.
Elik Home Dialysis is a licensed Texas dialysis provider.
Elik Home Dialysis, Houston
Elik Home Dialysis | 1445 North Loop West, Ste 720, Houston, TX 77008 | (713) 861-7500Last reviewed: October 2026