Fuquay Varina Kidney Center in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina - Dialysis Center

Fuquay Varina Kidney Center is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina and it has 22 dialysis stations. It is located in Wake county at 916 South Main Street, Fuquay Varina, NC, 27526. You can reach out to the office of Fuquay Varina Kidney Center at (919) 552-1926. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fuquay Varina Kidney Center has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in February, 2001. The medicare id for this facility is 342608 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fuquay Varina Kidney Center
Location	916 South Main Street, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	22
Medicare ID	342608
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 Fuquay Varina Kidney Center from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1144332958
Organization Name	Bma Of Fuquay Varina Kidney Center
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc.
Address	916 S Main St Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, 27526
Phone Number	(919) 552-1926

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.	69%	67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.	18%	15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.	13%	18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	68%	60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	27%	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).	5%	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.	58%	62%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	26%	20%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free.	16%	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).	64%	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).	31%	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).	5%	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).	69%	68%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	23%	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).	8%	12%

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	45
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	11

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	96
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	833
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	98
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	31
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	218
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	94
  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 Fuquay Varina Kidney Center with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	130
Hypercalcemia patient months	1093
Patients with Serumphosphor	138
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	32
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	19
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	13

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	80
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	572
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	63
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	12

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