Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick in Brick, New Jersey - Dialysis Center

Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Brick, New Jersey and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Ocean county at 1640 Route 88, Brick, NJ, 08724. You can reach out to the office of Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick at (732) 206-8200. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2016. The medicare id for this facility is 312659 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick
Location	1640 Route 88, Brick, New Jersey
No. of Dialysis Stations	21
Medicare ID	312659
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 Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1003275322
Organization Name	Meridian-fresenius Dialysis At Brick
Doing Business As	Fresenius Medical Care Ocean, Llc
Address	1640 Route 88 Brick, New Jersey, 08724
Phone Number	(732) 206-8200

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	74
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	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	95
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	766
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	99
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	6
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	51
  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 Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	107
Hypercalcemia patient months	898
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	117
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	34
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	20
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	7

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	127
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	948
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	58
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	17

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	77
Hospitalization Rate in facility	143.3 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	267.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	80.2

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis At Brick 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	15.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	29.9
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	6.6