# Interested in starting a home hemodialysis training company

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**Category:** HD For Professionals\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/interested-in-starting-a-home-hemodialysis-training-company/166 "2005-02-08T16:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d16rlmixcfjfyh.cloudfront.net/original/1X/5d85dacb7e76ee0f7b162785afa5f129bc0805ad.png) [@system](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/interested-in-starting-a-home-hemodialysis-training-company/166/1 "2005-02-08T16:56:00Z")

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I am interested in starting a home hemodialysis training company in the Detroit area, is this a feasible project? Are there companies in this area that offer this service, I have worked in Hemodialysis for over 15 years and most of the companies that I have been affiliated with do not offer this option to patients. Can you offer any advice?

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**Author:** ![Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/user_avatar/forums.homedialysis.org/beth_witten_msw/32/541_2.png) [@Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Beth_Witten_MSW)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/interested-in-starting-a-home-hemodialysis-training-company/166/2 "2005-02-09T20:02:06Z")

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You might check with WellBound and see if they’re expanding out of CA. You can read about them at [www.wellbound.com](http://www.wellbound.com). You’d need to work with a nephrologist. Some issues you’d need to think about is who will follow the patient after you train him/her? If you train the patient and someone else follows the patient, you’d probably lose money. Medicare only pays $20 plus the composite rate for each training day. I’ve heard that it takes months (or even years) to make up the cost of providing a machine, supplies, setting up the home for dialysis, and offering home hemo training. However, once the patient is home, the cost of care is reportedly lower than in-center hemo.