Bio-Medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Hickory, North Carolina and it has 5 dialysis stations. It is located in Catawba county at 1899 Tate Blvd Se, Hickory, NC, 28602.
You can reach out to the office of Bio-Medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. at (828) 304-0018. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Bio-Medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in October, 2014. The medicare id for this facility is 342699 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
Dialysis Center Profile
| Name | Bio-Medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. |
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| Location | 1899 Tate Blvd Se, Hickory, North Carolina |
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| No. of Dialysis Stations | 5 |
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| Medicare ID | 342699 |
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| Managed By | Fresenius Medical Care |
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| Ownership Type | Profit |
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| Late Shifts | No |
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NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:
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| NPI Number | 1619394962 |
| Organization Name | Fmc Hickory Home Program |
| Doing Business As | Bio-medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. |
| Address | 1899 Tate Blvd Se Hickory, North Carolina, 28602 |
| Phone Number | (828) 304-0018 |
Patient Distribution
Anemia Management
| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 15 |
| Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 40 |
Dialysis Adequacy
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 | 41 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 316 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 94 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | |
Mineral and Bone Disorder
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 Bio-Medical Applications Of North Carolina, Inc. with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 41 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 316 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 45 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 7 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 43 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 15 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 9 |
Hospitalization Rate
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 | 29 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 75.8 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 247.2 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 25.5 |