Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street in Baltimore, Maryland - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Baltimore, Maryland and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Baltimore City county at 407 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD, 21231. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street at (410) 537-5830. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 2016. The medicare id for this facility is 212707 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street
Location	407 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, Maryland
No. of Dialysis Stations	21
Medicare ID	212707
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 Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1689035693
Organization Name	Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street
Doing Business As	Baltimore County Dialysis, Llc
Address	409 N Caroline St Baltimore, Maryland, 21231
Phone Number	(410) 537-5830

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	70
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	37

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	114
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	1063
  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	14
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	112
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	80
  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 Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	128
Hypercalcemia patient months	1187
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	132
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	32
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	19
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	12

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	104
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	831
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	64
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	75
Hospitalization Rate in facility	140.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	310.5
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	67.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline Street 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	20.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	33.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	9.9