FMC West Ponce Dialicentro in Ponce, Puerto Rico - Dialysis Center

FMC West Ponce Dialicentro is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Ponce, Puerto Rico and it has 29 dialysis stations. It is located in Ponce county at Urb Punto Oro, Ponce, PR, 00728. You can reach out to the office of FMC West Ponce Dialicentro at (787) 259-0688. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC West Ponce Dialicentro has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 1993. The medicare id for this facility is 402517 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC West Ponce Dialicentro
Location	Urb Punto Oro, Ponce, Puerto Rico
No. of Dialysis Stations	29
Medicare ID	402517
Managed By	Fresenius Medical Care
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

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

NPI Number	1811095839
Organization Name	Bma West Ponce
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Address	500 Ave Punto Oro Ponce, Puerto Rico, 00728
Phone Number	(787) 259-0688

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

59

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	169
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	1547
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	33
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	288
  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 FMC West Ponce Dialicentro with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	195
Hypercalcemia patient months	1853
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg
Patients with Serumphosphor	201
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL

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	95
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	779
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer

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
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit