FMC Of Augusta Inc in Augusta, Georgia - Dialysis Center

FMC Of Augusta Inc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Augusta, Georgia and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Richmond county at 1109 Medical Center Drive, Augusta, GA, 30909. You can reach out to the office of FMC Of Augusta Inc at (706) 860-9220. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC Of Augusta Inc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1976. The medicare id for this facility is 112501 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC Of Augusta Inc
Location	1109 Medical Center Drive, Augusta, Georgia
No. of Dialysis Stations	21
Medicare ID	112501
Managed By	Fresenius Medical Care
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

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

NPI Number	1316059140
Organization Name	Bma Of Augusta
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Georgia Inc
Address	1109 Medical Center Dr Augusta, Georgia, 30909
Phone Number	(706) 860-9220

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	55
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	22

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	75
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	614
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	97
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	22
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	151
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	99
  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 FMC Of Augusta Inc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	109
Hypercalcemia patient months	951
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	2
Patients with Serumphosphor	111
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	19
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	15

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	105
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	658
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	48
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	15

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
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit