FMC West Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee - Dialysis Center

FMC West Knoxville is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Knoxville, Tennessee and it has 13 dialysis stations. It is located in Knox county at 11305 Station West, Knoxville, TN, 37922. You can reach out to the office of FMC West Knoxville at (865) 966-5100. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC West Knoxville has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1987. The medicare id for this facility is 442553 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC West Knoxville
Location	11305 Station West, Knoxville, Tennessee
No. of Dialysis Stations	13
Medicare ID	442553
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 FMC West Knoxville from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1073625893
Organization Name	Dialysis Associates West
Doing Business As	Bio Medical Applications Of Tennessee, Inc.
Address	11305 Station West Dr Knoxville, Tennessee, 37934
Phone Number	(865) 966-5100

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

9

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	26
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	225
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	100
  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 FMC West Knoxville with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	28
Hypercalcemia patient months	245
Patients with Serumphosphor	29
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	25
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	9

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	19
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	121
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	78
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	10

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	21
Hospitalization Rate in facility	145.9 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	527.4
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	44.6

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at FMC West Knoxville 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	31.1 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	55.4
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	13.2