Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk in Dundalk, Maryland - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Dundalk, Maryland and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Baltimore county at 1732 Merritt Blvd, Dundalk, MD, 21222. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk at (410) 284-2751. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 2016. The medicare id for this facility is 212712 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk
Location	1732 Merritt Blvd, Dundalk, Maryland
No. of Dialysis Stations	21
Medicare ID	212712
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 Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1134580152
Organization Name	Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Boulevard Of Dundalk
Doing Business As	Baltimore County Dialysis, Llc
Address	1762 Merritt Blvd Dundalk, Maryland, 21222
Phone Number	(410) 284-2751

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	34
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	15

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	60
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	458
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	93
  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 Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	60
Hypercalcemia patient months	458
Patients with Serumphosphor	63
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	16
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	17

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	54
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	419
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	68
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	13

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	33
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Kidney Care Merritt Blvd Of Dundalk 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	13.9 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	40
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	2