Adirondack Medical Center Esrd in Saranac Lake, New York - Dialysis Center

Adirondack Medical Center Esrd is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Saranac Lake, New York and it has 5 dialysis stations. It is located in Franklin county at 2233 State Route 86, Saranac Lake, NY, 12983. You can reach out to the office of Adirondack Medical Center Esrd at (518) 897-2641. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Adirondack Medical Center Esrd has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 1997. The medicare id for this facility is 330079 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Adirondack Medical Center Esrd
Location	2233 State Route 86, Saranac Lake, New York
No. of Dialysis Stations	5
Medicare ID	330079
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 Adirondack Medical Center Esrd from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	12
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	8

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	21
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	162
  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 Adirondack Medical Center Esrd with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	21
Hypercalcemia patient months	162
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	7
Patients with Serumphosphor	23
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	11
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	36
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	18
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	8

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	34
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	168
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	47
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	18

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	18
Hospitalization Rate in facility	66.5 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	255.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	19.2