DCI Of New Kensington in New Kensington, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

DCI Of New Kensington is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in New Kensington, Pennsylvania and it has 20 dialysis stations. It is located in Westmoreland county at 722 Fourth Avenue, New Kensington, PA, 15068. You can reach out to the office of DCI Of New Kensington at (724) 339-1772. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI Of New Kensington has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 1982. The medicare id for this facility is 392535 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCI Of New Kensington
Location	722 Fourth Avenue, New Kensington, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	20
Medicare ID	392535
Managed By	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with DCI Of New Kensington from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1114950698
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	722 4th Ave New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 15068
Phone Number	(724) 339-1772

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

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	43
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	394
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	96
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	3
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	24
  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 DCI Of New Kensington with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	56
Hypercalcemia patient months	532
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	58
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	27
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	17
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	110
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	77
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	15

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	44
Hospitalization Rate in facility	302.7 (Worse than Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	489
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	194.6

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI Of New Kensington 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	33 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	45
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	22.5