FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr in Diamondhead, Mississippi - Dialysis Center

FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Diamondhead, Mississippi and it has 20 dialysis stations. It is located in Hancock county at 5401 Gex Road, Diamondhead, MS, 39525. You can reach out to the office of FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr at (228) 255-5378. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 1994. The medicare id for this facility is 252544 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr
Location	5401 Gex Road, Diamondhead, Mississippi
No. of Dialysis Stations	20
Medicare ID	252544
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 FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1447362207
Organization Name	South Mississippi Kidney Center (smkc) - Bay St. L
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Mississippi, Inc.
Address	5401 Gex Rd Diamondhead, Mississippi, 39525
Phone Number	(228) 255-5378

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	40
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	20
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) greater than 12 g/dL	3

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	66
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	561
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	99
  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 Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	70
Hypercalcemia patient months	588
Patients with Serumphosphor	76
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	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	19

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	70
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	495
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	62
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	10

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	61
Hospitalization Rate in facility	244.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	382
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	160.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at FMC Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr 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	31.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	43.1
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	21