8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2002

DAVITA INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 1-4034 (Commission File Number) 51-0354549 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 800, Torrance, California (Address of principal executive offices) 90503 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 792-2600

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 7, 2002
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 7, 2002

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 7, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Kent J. Thiry, and the Principal Financial Officer, Richard K. Whitney, of DaVita Inc. submitted to the Commission sworn statements pursuant to the Commission’s June 27, 2002 Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No. 4-460).

A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

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SIGNATURES

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.

DAVITA INC.
By:	/s/    STEVEN J. UDICIOUS
	Steven J. Udicious Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Date: August 7, 2002

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 7, 2002
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 7, 2002

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

OMB Number: 3235-0569

Expires:    January 31, 2003

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Kent J. Thiry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that:

1.  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of DaVita Inc. (the “Company”), and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

A.  No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

B.  No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

2.  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

3.  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

A.  Annual Report on Form 10-K405 for the year ended December 31, 2001 of DaVita Inc.;

B.  All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of DaVita Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K405 identified above; and

C.  Any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/    KENT J. THIRY	Before me this 7th day of August, 2002.
Kent J. Thiry Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Date:            August 7, 2002	/s/    NADIA ANTOUN, Notary Public         Notary Public My Commission Expires: April 2, 2003
	NADIA ANTOUN Comm. # 1214850 NOTARY PUBLIC – CALIFORNIA Los Angeles County My Comm. Expires April 2, 2003

EX-99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

OMB Number: 3235-0569

Expires:    January 31, 2003

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Richard K. Whitney, Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that:

1.  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of DaVita Inc. (the “Company”), and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

A.  No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

B.  No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

2.  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

3.  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

A.  Annual Report on Form 10-K405 for the year ended December 31, 2001 of DaVita Inc.;

B.  All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of DaVita Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K405 identified above; and

C.  Any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/    RICHARD K. WHITNEY	Before me this 7th day of August, 2002.
Richard K. Whitney Chief Financial Officer
Date:                August 7, 2002	/s/    NADIA ANTOUN, Notary Public Notary Public My Commission Expires: April 2, 2003
	NADIA ANTOUN Comm. # 1214850 NOTARY PUBLIC – CALIFORNIA Los Angeles County My Comm. Expires April 2, 2003