Nxstage Boston North, Llc in Wakefield, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

Nxstage Boston North, Llc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Wakefield, Massachusetts and it has 7 dialysis stations. It is located in Middlesex county at 107 Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA, 01880. You can reach out to the office of Nxstage Boston North, Llc at (781) 928-9277. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Nxstage Boston North, Llc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 2015. The medicare id for this facility is 222586 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Nxstage Boston North, Llc
Location	107 Audubon Road, Wakefield, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations	7
Medicare ID	222586
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 Boston North, Llc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1720481864
Doing Business As	Nxstage Boston North, Llc
Address	107 Audubon Rd Wakefield, Massachusetts, 01880
Phone Number	(781) 928-9277

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

7

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	35
  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	1
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	3
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center
  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 Boston North, Llc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	16
Hypercalcemia patient months	132
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	2
Patients with Serumphosphor	16
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	34
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	11
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	72
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	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	10
Hospitalization Rate in facility	210.9 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	762.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	64.6

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Nxstage Boston North, 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	30.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	54
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	12.9