FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer in Palmer, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Palmer, Massachusetts and it has 13 dialysis stations. It is located in Hampden county at 42 Wright Street, Palmer, MA, 01069. You can reach out to the office of FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer at (413) 284-0700. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in January, 2003. The medicare id for this facility is 222557 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer
Location	42 Wright Street, Palmer, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations	13
Medicare ID	222557
Managed By	Fresenius Medical Care
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

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

NPI Number	1144239856
Organization Name	Palmer Dialysis Center
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Massachusetts, Inc.
Address	42 Wright St Palmer, Massachusetts, 01069
Phone Number	(413) 284-0700

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	24
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	29

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	48
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	372
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	97
  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 FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	49
Hypercalcemia patient months	382
Patients with Serumphosphor	49
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	7
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	20
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	21

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	43
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	296
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	14

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	36
Hospitalization Rate in facility	202.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	362
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	117.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at FMC Dialysis Services Of Palmer 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	29.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	42.3
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	18.9