Chalmette Dialysis Ctr in Chalmette, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

Chalmette Dialysis Ctr is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Chalmette, Louisiana and it has 16 dialysis stations. It is located in Saint Bernard county at 4020 Paris Rd, Chalmette, LA, 70043. You can reach out to the office of Chalmette Dialysis Ctr at (504) 277-8423. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Chalmette Dialysis Ctr has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 1981. The medicare id for this facility is 192515 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Chalmette Dialysis Ctr
Location	4020 Paris Rd, Chalmette, Louisiana
No. of Dialysis Stations	16
Medicare ID	192515
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 Chalmette Dialysis Ctr from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1992733547
Doing Business As	Chalmette Dialysis Center
Address	4020 Paris Rd Chalmette, Louisiana, 70043
Phone Number	(504) 780-1422

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	20
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	5

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	34
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	262
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	98
  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 Chalmette Dialysis Ctr with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	34
Hypercalcemia patient months	262
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	2
Patients with Serumphosphor	37
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	5
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	21
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	21
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	32
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	20

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	27
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	214
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	78
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	10

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	27
Hospitalization Rate in facility	201.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	414.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	103.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Chalmette Dialysis Ctr 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	26.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	39.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	15.5