BMA Of Chester Inc in Chester, South Carolina - Dialysis Center

BMA Of Chester Inc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Chester, South Carolina and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Chester county at 501 Healthway Drive, Chester, SC, 29706. You can reach out to the office of BMA Of Chester Inc at (803) 377-8127. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. BMA Of Chester Inc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 1983. The medicare id for this facility is 422518 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	BMA Of Chester Inc
Location	501 Healthway Drive, Chester, South Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	422518
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 BMA Of Chester Inc from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1780796516
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Chester County
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of South Carolina, Inc.
Address	501 Health Way Dr Chester, South Carolina, 29706
Phone Number	(803) 377-8127

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	35
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	14
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) greater than 12 g/dL	3

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	61
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	595
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	95
  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 BMA Of Chester Inc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	63
Hypercalcemia patient months	608
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	63
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	31
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	10

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	54
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	497
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	65
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	9

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	55
Hospitalization Rate in facility	120.2 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	235.3
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	64.4

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at BMA Of Chester Inc 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	14 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	29.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	4.9