Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis in Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Dialysis Center

Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and it has 0 dialysis stations. It is located in Tuscaloosa county at 1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35406. You can reach out to the office of Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis at (205) 248-2076. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2006. The medicare id for this facility is 012619 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis
Location	1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
No. of Dialysis Stations	0
Medicare ID	012619
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	31
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	13

Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	71
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	558
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	86
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	71
Hypercalcemia patient months	558
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	78
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	6
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	19

The rate of hospitalization show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Standard Hospitalization Summary Ratio(SHR) Year	January, 2016 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary	57
Hospitalization Rate in facility	216.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	369.4
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	131.7

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Standard Readmission Summary Ratio(SRR) Year	January, 2016 - December, 2016
Readmission Rate in facility	36.8 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	50.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	25.1