Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) in Tucson, Arizona - Dialysis Center

Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Tucson, Arizona and it has 25 dialysis stations. It is located in Pima county at 1011 E Pennsylvania St, Tucson, AZ, 85719. You can reach out to the office of Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) at (520) 806-0007. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1997. The medicare id for this facility is 032565 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI)
Location	1011 E Pennsylvania St, Tucson, Arizona
No. of Dialysis Stations	25
Medicare ID	032565
Managed By	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1871526251
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	1011 E Pennsylvania St Tucson, Arizona, 85714
Phone Number	(520) 806-0071

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	29
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	3

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.

• Hemodialysis

  Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	71
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	633
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	94
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis 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 Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	77
Hypercalcemia patient months	703
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	80
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	9
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	19
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	22

The arteriovenous (AV) fistulae is considered long term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

Patients included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	48
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	365
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	90
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	5

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	154.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	287.1
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	87

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Desert Dialysis Center South Tucson (DCI) 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	15.3 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	27.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	7