Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc in Macon, Georgia - Dialysis Center

Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Macon, Georgia and it has 11 dialysis stations. It is located in Bibb county at 1625 Hardeman Avenue, Macon, GA, 31201. You can reach out to the office of Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc at (478) 257-5200. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in July, 2014. The medicare id for this facility is 112887 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc
Location	1625 Hardeman Avenue, Macon, Georgia
No. of Dialysis Stations	11
Medicare ID	112887
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 Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1962825844
Doing Business As	Georgia Kidney Institute,llc
Address	1445 Georiga Avenue Macon, Georgia, 31201
Phone Number	(478) 250-1329

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	13
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	23
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) greater than 12 g/dL	8

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	32
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	253
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	74
  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 Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	55
Hypercalcemia patient months	492
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	59
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	12
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	9

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	17
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	146
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	45
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	8

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	170.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	382.1
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	81.3

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Georgia Kidney Institute, Llc 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	35.3 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	52.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	21.3