Fmcna - Slidell in Slidell, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

Fmcna - Slidell is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Slidell, Louisiana and it has 16 dialysis stations. It is located in Saint Tammany county at 877 Brownswitch Rd, Slidell, LA, 70458. You can reach out to the office of Fmcna - Slidell at (985) 643-6283. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fmcna - Slidell has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in February, 2008. The medicare id for this facility is 192693 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fmcna - Slidell
Location	877 Brownswitch Rd, Slidell, Louisiana
No. of Dialysis Stations	16
Medicare ID	192693
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 - Slidell from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1013101138
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Slidell
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Louisiana, Llc
Address	877 Brownswitch Road Slidell, Louisiana, 70459
Phone Number	(985) 643-6283

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	17
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	24

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	38
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	312
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	96
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	9
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	88
  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 Fmcna - Slidell with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	54
Hypercalcemia patient months	476
Patients with Serumphosphor	59
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	6
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	20
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	21
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	23

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	39
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	229
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	85
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	3

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	42
Hospitalization Rate in facility	238.3 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	432.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	137.5

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmcna - Slidell 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	16.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	29
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	7.3