BMA - Blue Ridge in Bedford, Virginia - Dialysis Center

BMA - Blue Ridge is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Bedford, Virginia and it has 16 dialysis stations. It is located in Bedford City county at 838 Ole Turnpike Dr, Bedford, VA, 24523. You can reach out to the office of BMA - Blue Ridge at (540) 586-9777. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. BMA - Blue Ridge has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 1991. The medicare id for this facility is 492558 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	BMA - Blue Ridge
Location	838 Ole Turnpike Dr, Bedford, Virginia
No. of Dialysis Stations	16
Medicare ID	492558
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 - Blue Ridge from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1700980570
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Blue Ridge
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of Virginia Inc
Address	838 Ole Turnpike Dr Bedford, Virginia, 24523
Phone Number	(540) 586-9777

NPI Number	1861717449
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Blue Ridge
Doing Business As	Fresenius Medical Care Roanoke Valley Dialysis , Llc
Address	838 Ole Turnpike Dr Bedford, Virginia, 24523
Phone Number	(540) 586-9777

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	52
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	8

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	69
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	606
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	94
  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 - Blue Ridge with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	84
Hypercalcemia patient months	754
Patients with Serumphosphor	92
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	25
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	84
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	659
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	62
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	18

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	64
Hospitalization Rate in facility	162.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	290.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	93.6

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at BMA - Blue Ridge 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	35.9 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	49.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	23.8