Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc in Norwood, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Norwood, Massachusetts and it has 1 dialysis stations. It is located in Norfolk county at 500 Providence Highway, Norwood, MA, 02062. You can reach out to the office of Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc at (781) 619-1400. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2015. The medicare id for this facility is 222585 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc
Location	500 Providence Highway, Norwood, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations	1
Medicare ID	222585
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1588067623
Doing Business As	Nxstage Boston South, Llc
Address	500 Boston Providence Tpke Norwood, Massachusetts, 02062
Phone Number	(781) 619-1400

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

9

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	3
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	12
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	11
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	85
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	59
  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 Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	26
Hypercalcemia patient months	223
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	6
Patients with Serumphosphor	31
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	3
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	34
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	26

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	11
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	71
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	49
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	32

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	8
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 Nxstage Kidney Care Boston South Llc 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	11.7 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	50.3
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	.4