Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers in Ghent, New York - Dialysis Center

Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Ghent, New York and it has 20 dialysis stations. It is located in Columbia county at 2 Sherman Potts Dr, Ghent, NY, 12075. You can reach out to the office of Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers at (518) 828-0717. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in March, 1996. The medicare id for this facility is 332562 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers
Location	2 Sherman Potts Dr, Ghent, New York
No. of Dialysis Stations	20
Medicare ID	332562
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 Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.	57%	67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.	22%	15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.	21%	18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	49%	60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	40%	26%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	11%	14%

Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	68%	62%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	15%	20%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free.	17%	18%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	76%	62%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	14%	26%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	10%	12%

Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	82%	80%
Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	18%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	76%	68%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	18%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	6%	12%

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	41
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	22

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	63
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	506
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	90
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	5
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	37
  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 Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	77
Hypercalcemia patient months	658
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	8
Patients with Serumphosphor	82
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	11

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	65
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	455
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	50
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	21

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	68
Hospitalization Rate in facility	245.6 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	392.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	157.5

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers 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	30.4 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	43
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	19.5