Fresenius Medical Care North America Announces Release of its 2014 Annual Medical Quality Report

Report chronicles company’s evolution toward patient-centric delivery of renal care

Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the continent’s leading provider of kidney care services, announced today that its 2014 Annual Medical Quality Report is now available here or online at http://www.fmcna.com/fmcna/DialysisCompany/AnnualMedicalQualityReport/2014AnnualMedicalQualityReport/index.htm.

“Through this report we intend to provide insight into how FMCNA approaches comprehensive and coordinated care for patients with advanced kidney disease,” said Dr. Frank Maddux, Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Medical Care North America. “We also aim to highlight the efforts of our medical staff, nurses, dietitians, social workers and patient care technicians, who spend each day helping patients lead successful lives with a difficult and life-threatening disease.”

The report provides a fact-based and candid review of FMCNA’s clinical results leading up to and throughout 2013, and highlights areas in which the company has both exceeded its expectations and believes that further improvement is possible. It underscores FMCNA’s focus on elements of care that will improve the lives of patients and effectively manage costs to address and treat chronic illness.

About Fresenius Medical Care North America

Through its leading network of more than 2,150 dialysis facilities in North America and vascular access centers, laboratory, pharmacy and affiliated hospitals and nephrology practices, Fresenius Medical Care provides renal services to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. It is also the continent's top producer of dialysis equipment, dialyzers and related disposable products and a major supplier of renal pharmaceuticals. For more information about the company, visit www.fmcna.com; for information about patient services, visit www.ultracare-dialysis.com.

Media contact:Fresenius Medical CareJon Stone, 781-699-9704 (o)781-392-4680 (cell)[e-mail]