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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-005025
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170106
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DAVITA 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:		17515674

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

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20121107

	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
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;6, 2017 </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 INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>No. 51-0354549</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2000 16<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Street </B></P>
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of principal executive offices including Zip Code) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(303)&nbsp;405-2100 </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;6, 2017, DaVita Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) entered into a six-year Sourcing and Supply Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) with Amgen USA Inc. (&#147;Amgen&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amgen Inc. The Agreement sets forth the terms under which the Company, and
certain of its affiliates and facilities managed by the Company or its affiliates, will purchase Epoetin alfa (&#147;Epogen&#148;) and darbepoetin alfa (&#147;Aranesp&#148;) in amounts necessary to meet a minimum percentage of the Company&#146;s and
its affiliates&#146; requirements for erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the United States, but in no year is less than 90% of its requirements. The Agreement replaces in its entirety the Sourcing and Supply Agreement No.&nbsp;00053958, effective
January&nbsp;1, 2012, as amended, between the Company and Amgen that expires by its terms on December&nbsp;31, 2018 (the &#147;Material Terminating Agreement&#148;) and the Dialysis Organization Agreement No.&nbsp;00104122, effective January&nbsp;1,
2015, as amended, between the Company and Amgen. The term of the Agreement commences January&nbsp;6, 2017 and ends December&nbsp;31, 2022.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Agreement,
among other things, provides for discount pricing and rebates for Epogen and Aranesp. Some of the rebates are subject to various conditions and data submission by DaVita.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Agreement allows for termination by either party before expiration of its term in the event of certain breaches of the Agreement, and allows for
modification or renegotiation in the event of a change in law or regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the actual text of the Agreement, a copy of which the Company expects to file as an exhibit to a future periodic report to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As described above in Item 1.01, in connection with
entering in the Agreement, Amgen and the Company terminated the Material Terminating Agreement on January 6, 2017. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Now that the Company has entered into the Agreement and taken into account its
financial impact, the Company expects its 2017 operating income for its Kidney Care segment to be between $1.525 billion and $1.625 billion, and expects its 2017 operating income in its DaVita Medical Group segment to be roughly flat with 2016
adjusted operating income. The Company intends to provide its complete 2017 operating income guidance in its fourth quarter 2016 earnings announcement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information contained in Item&nbsp;7.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of
Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary Statement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, among other things, the uncertainties associated with the risk factors set forth in our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and our subsequent quarterly and annual reports and our current reports on Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these risks and uncertainties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, and are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the full text of those risk factors in our SEC filings relating to risks resulting from the concentration of profits generated by higher-paying commercial payor plans for which there is continued downward pressure on average realized
payment rates, and a reduction in the number of patients under such plans, which may result in the loss of revenues or patients, and the extent to which the ongoing implementation of healthcare exchanges or changes in regulations or enforcement of
regulations regarding the exchanges results in a reduction in reimbursement rates for our services from and/or the number of patients enrolled in higher-paying commercial plans, a reduction in government payment rates under the Medicare ESRD program
or other government-based programs, the impact of the CMS Medicare Advantage benchmark structure, risks arising from potential federal and/or state legislation that could have an adverse effect on our operations and profitability, changes in
pharmaceutical or anemia management practice patterns, payment policies, or pharmaceutical pricing, legal compliance risks, including our continued compliance with complex government regulations and the provisions of our current Corporate Integrity
Agreement (CIA), and current or potential investigations by various government entities and related government or private-party proceedings, the restrictions on our business and operations required by the CIA and other settlement terms, and the
financial impact thereof, continued increased competition from large- and medium-sized dialysis providers that compete directly with us, our ability to maintain contracts with physician medical directors, changing affiliation models for physicians,
and the emergence of new models of care introduced by the government or private sector that may erode our patient base and reimbursement rates such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), independent practice associations (IPAs) and integrated
delivery systems, our ability to complete acquisitions, mergers or dispositions that we might be considering or announce, or to integrate and successfully operate any business we may acquire or have acquired, including DaVita Medical Group (DMG), or
to expand our operations and services to markets outside the U.S., or to businesses outside of dialysis and DMG&#146;s business, the variability of our cash flows, the risk that we might invest material amounts of capital and incur significant costs
in connection with the growth and development of our international operations, yet we might not be able to operate them profitably anytime soon, if at all, risks arising from the use of accounting estimates, judgments and interpretations in our
financial statements, the risk that laws regulating the corporate practice of medicine could restrict the manner in which DMG conducts its business, the risk that the cost of providing services under DMG&#146;s agreements may exceed our
compensation, the risk that reductions in reimbursement rates, including Medicare Advantage rates, and future regulations may negatively impact DMG&#146;s business, revenue and profitability, the risk that DMG may not be able to successfully
establish a presence in new geographic regions or successfully address competitive threats that could reduce its profitability, the risk that a disruption in DMG&#146;s healthcare provider networks could have an adverse effect on DMG&#146;s business
operations and profitability, the risk that reductions in the quality ratings of health maintenance organization plan customers of DMG could have an adverse effect on DMG&#146;s business, or the risk that health plans that acquire health maintenance
organizations may not be willing to contract with DMG or may be willing to contract only on less favorable terms. We base our forward-looking statements on information currently available to us at the time of this release. Except as required by law,
we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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