Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach in Boynton Beach, Florida - Dialysis Center

Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Boynton Beach, Florida and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Palm Beach county at 4895 Windward Passage Dr Ste 5, Boynton Beach, FL, 33436. You can reach out to the office of Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach at (561) 740-1981. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 2001. The medicare id for this facility is 102782 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach
Location	4895 Windward Passage Dr Ste 5, Boynton Beach, Florida
No. of Dialysis Stations	21
Medicare ID	102782
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 Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1245342658
Doing Business As	Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach Inc
Address	4895 Windward Passage Drive Boynton Beach, Florida, 33436
Phone Number	(561) 740-1981

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	33
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	329
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	85
  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 Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	35
Hypercalcemia patient months	353
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	34
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	25
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	21
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	13

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	31
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	270
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	54
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	7

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	34
Hospitalization Rate in facility	312.8 (Worse than Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	518.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	196.3

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Universal Kidney Center Of Boynton Beach 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	27.9 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	41.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	17.2