DCA Of Royston in Royston, Georgia - Dialysis Center

DCA Of Royston is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Royston, Georgia and it has 18 dialysis stations. It is located in Franklin county at 611 Cook Street, Royston, GA, 30662. You can reach out to the office of DCA Of Royston at (706) 245-0817. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Us Renal Care, Inc.. DCA Of Royston has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2002. The medicare id for this facility is 112719 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCA Of Royston
Location	611 Cook Street, Royston, Georgia
No. of Dialysis Stations	18
Medicare ID	112719
Managed By	Us Renal Care, Inc.
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1871556381
Organization Name	U S Renal Care Royston Dialysis
Doing Business As	Dca Of Royston Llc
Address	611 Cook St Royston, Georgia, 30662
Phone Number	(706) 245-0817

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	42
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	7

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	57
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	554
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	95
  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 DCA Of Royston with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	59
Hypercalcemia patient months	576
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	2
Patients with Serumphosphor	61
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	35
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	16
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	16

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	59
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	520
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	55
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	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	53
Hospitalization Rate in facility	198.2 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	329.1
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	123.8

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCA Of Royston 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	34.3 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	46.8
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	23.5