Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Philadelphia county at 4190 City Avenue, Suite 124, Philadelphia, PA, 19131. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia at (215) 871-7774. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 1989. The medicare id for this facility is 392560 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia
Location	4190 City Avenue, Suite 124, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	392560
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 Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1487758256
Organization Name	Bma Northwest Philadelphia
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Address	4190 City Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19131
Phone Number	(215) 871-7774

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	50
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	18

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	80
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	716
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	97
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	18
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	164
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	95
  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 Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	108
Hypercalcemia patient months	993
Patients with Serumphosphor	114
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	11
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	25
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	27
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	71
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	556
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	62
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	7

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	83
Hospitalization Rate in facility	222.5 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	348.5
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	145.5

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Northwest Philadelphia 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	26.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	36.5
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	17