Fmcna - Ascension in Prairieville, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

Fmcna - Ascension is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Prairieville, Louisiana and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Ascension county at 17392 Vallee Ct, Prairieville, LA, 70769. You can reach out to the office of Fmcna - Ascension at (225) 622-0685. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fmcna - Ascension has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in March, 2001. The medicare id for this facility is 192644 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fmcna - Ascension
Location	17392 Vallee Ct, Prairieville, Louisiana
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	192644
Managed By	Fresenius Medical Care
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1295847069
Organization Name	Fmc Ascension Dialysis Center
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Louisiana, Llc
Address	17392 Vallee Ct Prairieville, Louisiana, 70769
Phone Number	(225) 622-0685

NPI Number	1992145866
Organization Name	Fmc Ascension Dialysis Center
Doing Business As	Fresenius Medical Care Capital City, Llc
Address	17392 Vallee Ct Prairieville, Louisiana, 70769
Phone Number	(225) 622-0685

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

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	74
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	399
  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 Fmcna - Ascension with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	74
Hypercalcemia patient months	399
Patients with Serumphosphor	78
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	22
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	19

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	66
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	323
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	69
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	2

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	75
Hospitalization Rate in facility	160.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	286.3
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	93.2

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmcna - Ascension 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	30.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	46
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	18.4