RCG Gallatin in Gallatin, Tennessee - Dialysis Center

RCG Gallatin is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Gallatin, Tennessee and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Sumner county at 561 South Water Street, Gallatin, TN, 37066. You can reach out to the office of RCG Gallatin at (615) 451-0093. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. RCG Gallatin has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 1998. The medicare id for this facility is 442616 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	RCG Gallatin
Location	561 South Water Street, Gallatin, Tennessee
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	442616
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 RCG Gallatin from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1184736902
Organization Name	Dialysis Associates Of Gallatin
Doing Business As	Dialysis Associates, Llc
Address	561 S Water Ave Gallatin, Tennessee, 37066
Phone Number	(615) 451-0093

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	23
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	22

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	47
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	425
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	96
  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 RCG Gallatin with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	48
Hypercalcemia patient months	430
Patients with Serumphosphor	52
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	30
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	15

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	36
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	282
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	42
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	31

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	35
Hospitalization Rate in facility	269.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	449.6
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	167.8

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at RCG Gallatin 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	24 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	37
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	13.8