Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina - Dialysis Center

Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Charlotte, North Carolina and it has 10 dialysis stations. It is located in Mecklenburg county at 8430 University Executive Park Dr Ste 690, Charlotte, NC, 28262. You can reach out to the office of Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte at (704) 717-2825. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 2007. The medicare id for this facility is 342655 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte
Location	8430 University Executive Park Dr Ste 690, Charlotte, North Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	10
Medicare ID	342655
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 Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1316905730
Organization Name	Ins-charlotte
Doing Business As	Independent Nephrology Services, Inc.
Address	8430 University Exec Park Dr Charlotte, North Carolina, 28262
Phone Number	(704) 717-2825

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

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.

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	21
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	155
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	99
  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 Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	21
Hypercalcemia patient months	155
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	6
Patients with Serumphosphor	24
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	5
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	37
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	20

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	13
Hospitalization Rate in facility	256.2 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	635.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	110.9

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Independent Nephrology Services Charlotte 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	22.3 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	53.4
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	5.4