Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

Massachusetts General Hospital is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Boston, Massachusetts and it has 9 dialysis stations. It is located in Suffolk county at Dialysis Unit, Boston, MA, 02114. You can reach out to the office of Massachusetts General Hospital at (617) 726-3700. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Massachusetts General Hospital has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 220071 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Massachusetts General Hospital
Location	Dialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations	9
Medicare ID	220071
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

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

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

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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	2
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	5
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	1
  Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.2	6
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	23
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	179
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	83
  Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre	1
  Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	4
  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 Massachusetts General Hospital with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	26
Hypercalcemia patient months	196
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	4
Patients with Serumphosphor	23
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	31
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	3

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	1
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	1
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer

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	21
Hospitalization Rate in facility	249.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	606.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	110

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Massachusetts General Hospital 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	30.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	45.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	18.6