DCI - Jennings in Jennings, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

DCI - Jennings is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Jennings, Louisiana and it has 16 dialysis stations. It is located in Jefferson Davis county at 1322 Elton Rd Ste C, Jennings, LA, 70546. You can reach out to the office of DCI - Jennings at (337) 616-8232. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI - Jennings has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in March, 2007. The medicare id for this facility is 192687 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCI - Jennings
Location	1322 Elton Rd Ste C, Jennings, Louisiana
No. of Dialysis Stations	16
Medicare ID	192687
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 - Jennings from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1740206317
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc
Address	1322 Elton Rd Jennings, Louisiana, 70546
Phone Number	(337) 457-0005

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	22
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	9

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	33
  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	99
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	2
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	24
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center
  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 - Jennings with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	35
Hypercalcemia patient months	288
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	41
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	11
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	10

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	30
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	269
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	59
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	35
Hospitalization Rate in facility	229.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	407.5
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	135.1

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI - Jennings 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	22.4 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	35.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	12.5