Us Renal Care Altoona in Altoona, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

Us Renal Care Altoona is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Altoona, Pennsylvania and it has 19 dialysis stations. It is located in Blair county at 118 East Chestnut Avenue, Altoona, PA, 16601. You can reach out to the office of Us Renal Care Altoona at (814) 942-2569. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Us Renal Care, Inc.. Us Renal Care Altoona has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 2011. The medicare id for this facility is 392786 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Us Renal Care Altoona
Location	118 East Chestnut Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	19
Medicare ID	392786
Managed By	Us Renal Care, Inc.
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1265739411
Organization Name	U S Renal Care Altoona Dialysis
Doing Business As	Usrc Altoona Llc
Address	118 E Chestnut Ave Altoona, Pennsylvania, 16601
Phone Number	(814) 943-2569

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	33
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	27

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	75
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	643
  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	13
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	99
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	53
  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 Us Renal Care Altoona with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	92
Hypercalcemia patient months	792
Patients with Serumphosphor	106
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	13
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	35
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	34
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	12
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	6

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	46
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	325
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	23

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	72
Hospitalization Rate in facility	225 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	356.2
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	146.7

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Us Renal Care Altoona 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	24.5 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	33.1
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	17.3