Fresenius Medical Care Clairton in Clairton, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Medical Care Clairton is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Clairton, Pennsylvania and it has 13 dialysis stations. It is located in Allegheny county at South Hills Medical Building, Clairton, PA, 15025. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Medical Care Clairton at (412) 469-7011. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care Clairton has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in January, 1993. The medicare id for this facility is 392576 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fresenius Medical Care Clairton
Location	South Hills Medical Building, Clairton, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	13
Medicare ID	392576
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 Clairton from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1114021995
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Clairton
Doing Business As	Renex Dialysis Clinic Of Pittsburgh Inc
Address	575 Coal Valley Rd Clairton, Pennsylvania, 15025
Phone Number	(412) 469-7011

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	11
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	9

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	35
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	291
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	94
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis 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 Clairton with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	37
Hypercalcemia patient months	314
Patients with Serumphosphor	38
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	9
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	25
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	22
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	17
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	125
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	68
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	6

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	33
Hospitalization Rate in facility	392.9 (Worse than Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	663.9
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	242.3

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Clairton 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	37.4 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	49.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	25.9