U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

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                 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP



    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
              Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940




1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

Thiry                                   Kent                            J
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  (Last)                             (First)                         (Middle)

21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 800
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                                    (Street)

Torrance                                CA                              90503
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  (City)                             (State)                          (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

        DaVita, Inc. (DVA)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

        3/2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original   (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
       (Check all applicable)


             X    Director                         10% Owner
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             X    Officer (give                    Other (Specify
           -----           title below)    ------         below)

                        Chairman & CEO
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7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

     X   Form filed by one reporting person
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         Form filed by more than one reporting person
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                         Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security          2. Trans-   3. Trans-      4. Securities Acquired (A)    5. Amount of    6. Ownership  7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                    action      action         or Disposed of (D)            Securities      Form:         of Indirect
                                 Date        Code                                         Beneficially    Direct        Beneficial
                                            (Instr. 8)      (Instr. 3,4 and 5)            Owned at       (D) or         Ownership
                                (Month/   ------------   --------------------------       End of Month    Indirect     (Instr. 4)
                                 Day/      Code    V      Amount   (A) or    Price       (Instr. 3       (I)
                                 Year)                             (D)                     and 4)        (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                    3/22/02      M            50,000     A      $5.1354                        D
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Common Stock                    3/22/02      S            50,000     D      $25.2098      85,334           D
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                                                                                          49,500           I
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                  (Print or Type Responses)


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FORM 4 (continued)




                          Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                                  (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security  2. Conversion    3. Transaction  4. Transacation   5. Number of Derivative      6. Date Exercisable
  (Instr. 3)                        or Exercise      Date            Code              Securities Acquired (A)      and Expiration
                                    Price of        (Month/Day/      (Instr. 8)        or Disposed of (D)           Date
                                    Derivative       Year)                            (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)         (Month/Day/
                                    Security                                                                        Year)
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                                                                    Code      V         (A)        (D)            Date    Expiration
                                                                                                                  Exer-   Date
                                                                                                                  cisable
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Stock options (right to buy)     $5.1354          3/22/02          M/1/                             50,000       10/18/00 01/26/10
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7. Title and Amount of    8. Price of Derivative  9. Number of Derivative     10. Ownership Form           11. Nature of Indirect
   Underlying Securities     Security (Instr. 5)     Securities Beneficially      of Derivative Security:      Beneficial Ownership
  (Instr. 3 and 4)                                   Owned at End of Month        Direct (D) or                (Instr. 4)
                                                     Instr. 4)                    Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
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  Title      Amount or
             Number of
             Shares
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Common stock 50,000       $0                      283,000                     D
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Explanation of Responses:
     1. Nonqualified stock options granted under the first amended and restated
        1997 equity compensation plan.
     2. Option for a total of 500,000 shares. The indicated option will vest or
        vested according to the following schedule: 125,000 shares vested on
        October 18, 2000, 125,000 shares vested on January 23, 2001, 125,000
        shares vested on October 18, 2001 and 125,000 shares will vest on
        October 18, 2002.

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
  Violations.

  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).




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