EL SEGUNDO , Calif . , April 17 / PRNewswire-FirstCall / -- DaVita Inc . , a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease , today acknowledged its being named as the first and only FORTUNE 500 ( R ) company and only healthcare company to make the 2009 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces ( TM ) since its inception in 1999 . This is the second year the dialysis provider has been named to the list , which aims to promote democracy in the workplace . DaVita is one of only 40 companies named to the annual list sponsored by WorldBlu , an Austin-based nonprofit specializing in organizational democracy .