FMC buys Renal Care Group

Bldspinner · May 25, 2005

I am presently employed by RCG in the Youngstown, Ohio area, acute dialysis department. I was taken by surprise when they announced the purchase, I am very happy with RCG. Hope there isn't many changes in the near future.

eman · May 26, 2005

I also currently work for RCG in the acute department in Austin, TX. I work prn for FMC in San Antonio. We are all hoping few changes happen. Last year we were NNA then RCG bought NNA and very few changes happened. FMC didnt want to be #2 after Davita bought Gambro they would have been so they came to RCG with this and offered $48/share to make it happen and how could they turn it down. I will keep fingers crossed for few changes.

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · May 26, 2005

Well, I am a traveler. I just broke my contract at an FMC unit in Texas- working conditions are horrible there. quality of care is a joke. I took a new contract, for less money, to go back to an RCG unit. I figure I'd better get some more hours in w/ RCG while it's still good.

FMC bought a unit where I worked a couple of years ago and absolutely ruined it. RCG is run so much better than FMC. Let's hope FMC tries to learn from RCG rather than change everything.

Bldspinner · May 31, 2005

Well, I am a traveler. I just broke my contract at an FMC unit in Texas- working conditions are horrible there. quality of care is a joke. I took a new contract, for less money, to go back to an RCG unit. I figure I'd better get some more hours in w/ RCG while it's still good.
FMC bought a unit where I worked a couple of years ago and absolutely ruined it. RCG is run so much better than FMC. Let's hope FMC tries to learn from RCG rather than change everything.

I would imagine that FMC makes most of their money from a manufacturing base i.e. equipment and supplies. RCG was solely a dialysis services company and a rather successful and profitable one. It would appear that FMC hopes to adopt and apply those priniciples that made RCG so successful, to their dialysis units to increase profitablity. So it is quite possible that most of the changes in the units would come on the FMC end.