Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York - Dialysis Center

Albany Medical Center is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Albany, New York and it has 5 dialysis stations. It is located in Albany county at 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208. You can reach out to the office of Albany Medical Center at (518) 262-3347. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Albany Medical Center has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in July, 1983. The medicare id for this facility is 330013 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Albany Medical Center
Location	43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York
No. of Dialysis Stations	5
Medicare ID	330013
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1922173756
Doing Business As	Albany Medical Center Hospital
Address	43 New Scotland Ave Albany, New York, 12208
Phone Number	(518) 262-8795

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	2
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	15
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	1
  Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.2	2
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center
  Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre	2
  Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	24
  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 Albany Medical Center with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	2
Hypercalcemia patient months	15
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL

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	81
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	103
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	40
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	24

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	3
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit