University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport in Newport, Vermont - Dialysis Center

University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Newport, Vermont and it has 9 dialysis stations. It is located in Orleans county at 189 Prouty Drive, Newport, VT, 05855. You can reach out to the office of University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport at (802) 847-5411. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2006. The medicare id for this facility is 473504 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport
Location	189 Prouty Drive, Newport, Vermont
No. of Dialysis Stations	9
Medicare ID	473504
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1538186168
Doing Business As	University Of Vermont Medical Center Inc
Address	189 Prouty Dr Newport, Vermont, 05855
Phone Number	(802) 334-2711

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	16
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	6

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	22
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	181
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	98
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	1
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	12
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis 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 University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Newport with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	23
Hypercalcemia patient months	193
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	23
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	3
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	33
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	13

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	21
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	165
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	22

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	18
Hospitalization Rate in facility	114.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	344
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	41.5