Press Release

U.S. Renal Care Inc. Opens New Dialysis Facility to Serve Stuttgart, Arkansas
7/24/06, J. Christopher Brengard
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS — U.S. Renal Care, Inc., (“USRC”), a leading provider of outpatient kidney dialysis services, announces today the opening of a new 15 station outpatient dialysis facility in Stuttgart, Arkansas. This new facility is part of USRC SE Arkansas, LLC, a joint venture company with additional clinics in Pine Bluff and McGehee, Arkansas.

“We are proud to offer new hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services to Stuttgart-area patients at this state-of-the-art facility,” said J. Christopher Brengard, USRC’s president and CEO. “This is our fourth outpatient clinic in Arkansas and we are continuing to extend our high-quality dialysis services to more patients around the country.”

Steven Wright, M.D., a board-certified nephrologist, will lead the new facility. Wright has more than four years experience working with USRC and is the medical director and partner at facilities in Pine Bluff and McGehee, Ark.

“I’m proud to partner U.S. Renal Care because of their commitment to excellent service to patients and responsiveness to physicians,” said Wright. “The Company’s management team is dedicated to quality results and patient satisfaction.”

USRC’s Stuttgart clinic was developed in coordination with Stuttgart Regional Medical Center, and is located on the hospital campus.

“This facility is an important addition to the Stuttgart Regional Medical Center and Stuttgart Memorial Foundation that will enhance medical care for the citizens of Stuttgart and the surrounding communities,” said John C. Neal, CEO and administrator of the Stuttgart Regional Medical Center. “We are certain that patients and their families will find that the new clinic improves the quality of life in the region.”

About U.S. Renal Care Inc.
Founded in 2000 by an experienced team of healthcare executives, U.S. Renal Care Inc. works in partnership with nephrologists to develop, acquire and operate outpatient treatment centers for persons suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as End Stage Renal Disease. The company provides patients with their choice of a full range of quality in-center, acute or at-home hemo and peritoneal dialysis services. U.S. Renal Care operates 32 dialysis clinics in Texas and Arkansas, caring for approximately 2,300 dialysis patients.

For more information on U.S. Renal Care Inc., please visit www.usrenalcare.com