RAI Care Centers N Charleston in North Charleston, South Carolina - Dialysis Center

RAI Care Centers N Charleston is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in North Charleston, South Carolina and it has 20 dialysis stations. It is located in Charleston county at 2450 Elms Center Road, North Charleston, SC, 29406. You can reach out to the office of RAI Care Centers N Charleston at (843) 553-4742. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. RAI Care Centers N Charleston has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in November, 1982. The medicare id for this facility is 422516 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	RAI Care Centers N Charleston
Location	2450 Elms Center Road, North Charleston, South Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	20
Medicare ID	422516
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 RAI Care Centers N Charleston from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1245249846
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care North Charleston
Doing Business As	Rai Care Centers Of South Carolina I, Llc
Address	2450 Elms Center Rd. North Charleston, South Carolina, 29406
Phone Number	(843) 553-4742

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

52

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	90
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	755
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  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 RAI Care Centers N Charleston with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	91
Hypercalcemia patient months	765
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg
Patients with Serumphosphor	94
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	110
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	717
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