DCI - East Shreveport in Shreveport, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

DCI - East Shreveport is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Shreveport, Louisiana and it has 19 dialysis stations. It is located in Caddo county at 102 Ardmore Ave, Shreveport, LA, 71105. You can reach out to the office of DCI - East Shreveport at (318) 861-5051. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI - East Shreveport has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in January, 2002. The medicare id for this facility is 192650 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCI - East Shreveport
Location	102 Ardmore Ave, Shreveport, Louisiana
No. of Dialysis Stations	19
Medicare ID	192650
Managed By	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1295768687
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	102 Admore Avenue Shreveport, Louisiana, 71105
Phone Number	(318) 861-5051

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	42
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	12

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	65
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	602
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	95
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	14
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	75
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	75
  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 DCI - East Shreveport with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	79
Hypercalcemia patient months	700
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	81
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	11
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	25
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	23
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	43
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	389
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	44
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	39

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	59
Hospitalization Rate in facility	149.8 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	269.3
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	86.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI - East Shreveport 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	22.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	34.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	12.7