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The Kidney Heroes®

A nurse practitioner-led, multispecialty team of clinicians dedicated to delivering the best care to people with kidney disease.

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Who are The Kidney Heroes®?

The Kidney Heroes® consists of nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, care coordinators, dietitians and more. Each person is trained to provide highly specialized care and understands the intricacies of kidney disease.

Team members work together to provide the Strive care model, and roles and staffing ratios are customizable based on individual market needs.

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  • Medicare dollars spent on dialysis in 201985%Increase in Optimal Starts
  • Improved Patient Experience94%Patient overall satisfaction with Strive staff
  • Coordinate with Providers97%Patients feel staff listen carefully to them

Kidney Heroes® Partner With Nephrologists

The medical director, nephrologist and Kidney Heroes® work together to deliver high-touch, individualized care.

Patients with CKD are dealing with a lot of complexities in their care, and we want to relieve the burden as much as possible. The Kidney Heroes® embed empathetically and deeply into patients’ lives and help them on their journey to achieve greater health outcomes.

Syed Sumair Akhtar, MD, MHCDS Chief Clinical Officer

A Seamless Extension to Your Care Teams

The Kidney Heroes® will embed themselves into your workflows and care centers.

Improved Patient Experience

Deliver the Best Care

Each team member is trained to provide highly specialized care and understands the intricacies of kidney disease.

Cost Savings

Reduce Total Cost of Care

By reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and increasing planned dialysis starts, you’ll see a reduction in total-cost-of-care.

Network Alignment

Break Communication Siloes

The Kidney Heroes® will embed themselves seamlessly into your markets and communicate critical care information between providers.

Trust the Technology

The Care Multiplier™ platform will guide the care teams to intervene when necessary and slow CKD progression.

Let’s Fix Kidney Care Together

The current kidney care delivery system fails patients. Let’s work together to prioritize preventative, holistic care. 

49% Reduction in Hospitalizations

Health Systems

We understand the nuances required to create successful kidney care service lines with health systems.

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Patient Education and Transplant Services

Payors

By empowering your provider network with analytics, workflows and care teams, you can be confident your members get the right care.

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Coordinate with Providers

Nephrologists

Our 700+ nephrology provider partners lead patient care. We’re an extension to their practice.

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Medical Groups

Medical Groups

We partner with at-risk medical groups and physician-led ACOs to provide risk stratification, predictive analytics, and a high-touch care model.

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Our Solutions

We tailor our solutions to fit into your workflows. Using a combination of high-touch care teams and predictive analytics, we form an integrated care delivery system that supports the entire patient journey.

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Health Systems

Population Health

A compassionate, multispecialty care team powered by predictive analytics.

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Flexible Partnership Structure

Strive Care Partners

Nephrologist-led, complete care for people with kidney conditions.

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About Strive

Who Are the Kidney Heroes®?

The entire Kidney Heroes® team acts as an extension of the nephrologist, who drives the overall management of a patient’s care.

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About Strive

Strive Health’s CareMultiplier™ Technology Platform Is Purpose-Built to Reinvent Kidney Care

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Educational

How Technology Can Help Nephrologists Unlock New Insights

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Press Releases

Strive Health Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Further Mitigate Risk in Third-Party Privacy, Security, and Compliance

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Awards and News

Why Strive’s Dual NCQA Accreditations Help Us Provide Great Care to Patients

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Health and Well Being

We care about your physical well-being, so your insurance starts the day you join strive.

Medical, Dental & Vision
We offer a variety of medical (HMO, PPO and HDHP) plans through United Healthcare and Kaiser, two dental plans and one comprehensive vision plan.

Life & Supplemental Insurance
Strivers are provided 100% employer-paid life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability coverage as of your start date. Additional supplemental insurance, including accident, life and critical illness, are available.

Flexibility and Time Off

Transformational work takes high performance. We believe Strivers perform better when they are fully charged, so we provide flexibility to support your inner well-being.

Hybrid-Remote Work
Our hybrid-remote approach ensures team members can work from home while collaborating in person when needed. Strive provides a full technology package and monthly technology reimbursement.

Vacation Time
Full-time, regularly scheduled Strivers can use vacation time for travel, relaxation or volunteering.

Sick Time
Life happens, so we provide up to two weeks of paid time off annually for illness, medical care, caregiving responsibilities and other types of emergencies.

Well-Being Days
Annual Strive-wide well-being days off provide Strivers the opportunity to focus solely on their well-being.

Paid Holidays
Annual Strive-wide holidays allow all Strivers to disconnect together to reflect and celebrate.

Paid Leave
Our 12 weeks of paid birth giving leave and four weeks of paid bonding leave start day one. We provide a four-week paid sabbatical after five years to return recharged. In alignment to our mission, we offer a paid living donor leave if any Strivers choose to become a living donor.

Other Perks

The needs of every Striver are different, so we ensure our benefits support a wide range of community, family and professional well-being.

Retirement and Financial Planning
Strive provides a 401k with an employer match, access to the Best-Interest Advice program and our financial planning tools, Empower and SoFi.

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Strive is dedicated to promoting a sense of community and at work. We currently offer Parents/Guardians/Caregivers, Strive Forward (LGBTQIA+), Underrepresented Minorities, Women & Allies and Veterans’ ERGs.

Mental Health Platforms & Employee Assistance Programs
Strivers have access to Headspace Care through Kaiser, Calm Health through both medical carriers and a full-service Employee Assistance Program.

Family-Forming Support
Strive partners with Maven Maternity through UHC. Strivers enrolled in UHC gain access to Maven’s virtual platform designed to support women’s and family health. Maven provides personalized, on-demand guidance for navigating family-building, pregnancy, postpartum and parenting journeys.

Strivers enrolled in Kaiser will still have access to their Birth-Giving Support Program that includes prenatal care, labor and delivery support, postpartum and newborn care and additional services.

Professional Development
Strive supports growth through annual professional development reimbursements, paid time off for clinical licensure requirements and tuition discounts through CSU Global.

Employee Discounts
Strive offers Fetch for pet insurance since we know that your pets are part of your family. Strivers also enjoy PerkSpot for product discounts such as gyms and daycares near you, electronics, hotels and more. The best part? PerkSpot is customizable to your interests.