Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn in Fort Lawn, South Carolina - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Fort Lawn, South Carolina and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Chester county at 5707 Willowbrook St, Fort Lawn, SC, 29714. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn at (803) 872-4149. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2009. The medicare id for this facility is 422621 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn
Location	5707 Willowbrook St, Fort Lawn, South Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	422621
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 Fort Lawn from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1124283924
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of South Carolina, Inc.
Address	5707 Willowbrook St Fort Lawn, South Carolina, 29714
Phone Number	(803) 872-4149

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	32
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	19

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	49
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	496
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	92
  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 Fort Lawn with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	51
Hypercalcemia patient months	507
Patients with Serumphosphor	56
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	14

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	44
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	404
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	11

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	49
Hospitalization Rate in facility	227.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	368.1
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	145

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn 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	26.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	34.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	18.5