Insurers are partnering to offload the costs of kidney failure patients Insurers are partnering to offload the costs of kidney failure patients Print Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota inked a new value-based care plan with a DaVita Kidney Care affiliate on Monday, in a move to provide more cost-effective treatment to its new cohort of Medicare Advantage members. The partnership represents the latest example of an insurer rushing to offload—or at least, better manage—the risk of patients suffering from permanent kidney failure, who are now eligible to enroll in Advantage plans for the first time this year.