Fresenius HemoCare Austria GmbH, Eugendorf, Österreich (2024)

FAQs

Is Fresenius in trouble? ›

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public notice to health care providers and patients that certain hemodialysis machines manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care may be exposing users to toxic chemicals. Exposure to these toxins could cause patients to suffer neurologic conditions and hormone disorders.

Following the change in legal form, Fresenius Medical Care is no longer part of the consolidated subsidiaries of Fresenius. Fresenius continues to hold 32 percent of Fresenius Medical Care's share capital and therefore remains the company's largest shareholder.

In the first quarter, Fresenius Medical Care generated EUR 127 million of operating cash flow (Q1 2023: EUR 143 million), resulting in a margin of 2.7% (Q1 2023: 3.0%).

Fresenius Medical Care's corporate headquarters is in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany.

Two of these workers filed a private attorney general action and a class action lawsuit against Fresenius based on its alleged failure to provide legally compliant rest and meal periods, overtime pay, wage statements, final paychecks, and other alleged wage and hour violations of California labor laws.

“Our complaint alleges that Fresenius Vascular Care not only spent years endangering vulnerable patients with unnecessary invasive surgeries, they used those procedures to defraud taxpayer-funded programs that provide health care for low-income and elderly Americans.

Fresenius reported a swing to a net loss for the fourth quarter due to the deconsolidation of Fresenius Medical Care from its accounts, but forecast growth in earnings and sales for 2024.

Today marks an important next step in that journey as we announced a three-way merger between Fresenius Health Partners, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health, forming the nation's premier, value based kidney care provider under the InterWell Health name.

Fresenius is a global healthcare group, comprised of the Operating Companies Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius Helios (each with 100% ownership share) and the Investment Companies Fresenius Medical Care and Fresenius Vamed¹.

Fresenius Medical Care will lay off more than 300 people as part of a planned closure of a manufacturing plant in Concord, California. The cuts will begin in August and continue through mid-2025, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing with California.

How often does Fresenius give raises? ›

Raises are done after first 6 months & annually thereafter. Supposed to be annually, but they are very meager (0.5-2.5% MAX). They say you can get up to 3% but no one ever does- even if you have done well as an employee, go the extra mile, etc.

Fresenius Pensions is for more than just retirement. It also provides incapacity and life insurance. With our range of options, you can protect yourself and your family, and you can align risk cover to your life circ*mstances.

The top 10 are: Fresenius Medical Care N.A., based in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 70,000 employees and 184,000 patients. DaVita Kidney Care, based in Denver, with more than 65,000 employees and 181,800 patients. U.S. Renal Care, Plano, Texas, with more than 5,600 employees and 24,000 patients.

Regional headquarters of Fresenius Medical Care are located in Waltham, Massachusetts (United States) as well as Hong Kong (China), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Our corporate headquarters coordinates activities at an international scale in close collaboration with regional headquarters across the globe.

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases of which approximately 4.1 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment.