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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-647173
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160711
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160713
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160713

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000927066
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISC HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES, NEC [8090]
		IRS NUMBER:				510354549
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14106
		FILM NUMBER:		161765521

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 16TH STREET
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-536-2668

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		STREET 1:		2000 16TH STREET
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAVITA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TOTAL RENAL CARE HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950524

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TOTAL RENAL CARE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940719
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to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS INC. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July 11, 2016, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) adopted
resolutions expanding the Board from 10 to 11 members, and appointed Phyllis R. Yale, as a member of the Board, to fill the newly created seat on the Board. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Ms.&nbsp;Yale is attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Yale will receive the standard compensation and indemnification applicable to all other non-employee directors.
We have described our Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy in our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on May&nbsp;10, 2016. The form of indemnification agreement we
entered into with Ms.&nbsp;Yale is an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;20, 2006. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No
arrangement or understanding exists between Ms.&nbsp;Yale and any other person or persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director. The Company has not been a participant in any transaction since the beginning of its last fiscal year, and is
not a participant in any currently proposed transaction, in which Ms.&nbsp;Yale, or any member of her immediate family, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>DENVER</B> <B>(July 13, 2016)</B> &#150; <U>DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc</U>. (NYSE: DVA), a leading independent medical group in the United States and a
leading global provider of kidney care services, announced today that it has expanded the size of its Board of Directors from ten to eleven members, and has appointed Phyllis R. Yale to fill the newly created seat. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Yale has been an advisory partner with Bain&nbsp;&amp; Company, Inc., a global management consulting firm, since July 2010. Previously, Yale was a partner
with Bain from 1987 to July 2010, and was instrumental in building Bain&#146;s healthcare practice. In her role at Bain, Yale works with healthcare payors, providers, and medical device companies, and frequently advises the world&#146;s leading
private equity firms on their investments in the healthcare sector. She has served as a member of numerous public and private boards of directors in the healthcare sector, and currently serves as chair of the board of directors for Kindred
Healthcare, Inc., a Fortune 500<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> healthcare services company, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, a not-for-profit health plan. She also serves as a director of National Surgical
Hospitals, Inc., a privately held specialty hospital operator. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Yale earned her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard University.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are thrilled to have Phyllis join our board. The board and the company will benefit immeasurably from her deep knowledge base and experience in
several segments of the healthcare industry, including corporate strategies, marketing, cost and quality management, and mergers and acquisitions,&#148; said Peter T. Grauer, lead independent director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;DaVita is a company I have admired for a long time because of its patient-centric culture and leadership in the healthcare industry. I look forward to
serving on the board of DaVita as it faces the&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;and opportunities ahead for all participants in this vital industry,&#148; Yale said. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About DaVita HealthCare Partners </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DaVita HealthCare
Partners Inc., a Fortune 500<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> company, is the parent company of DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare Partners. HealthCare Partners manages and operates medical groups and affiliated physician
networks in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, Colorado and Washington in its pursuit to deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and compassionate manner. As of March 31, 2016, HealthCare Partners provided integrated care
management for approximately 790,000 patients. DaVita Kidney Care is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of March 31, 2016,
DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided administrative services at 2,278 outpatient dialysis centers located in the United States serving approximately 180,000 patients. The company also operated 124 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10
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