FMC - Appalachian Dialysis in Beckley, West Virginia - Dialysis Center

FMC - Appalachian Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Beckley, West Virginia and it has 10 dialysis stations. It is located in Raleigh county at 115 Solar Dr, Beckley, WV, 25801. You can reach out to the office of FMC - Appalachian Dialysis at (304) 252-0004. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. FMC - Appalachian Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in November, 2013. The medicare id for this facility is 512539 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	FMC - Appalachian Dialysis
Location	115 Solar Dr, Beckley, West Virginia
No. of Dialysis Stations	10
Medicare ID	512539
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 - Appalachian Dialysis from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1114260049
Organization Name	Fresenius Medical Care Appalachian Dialysis
Doing Business As	Bio-medical Applications Of West Virginia, Inc.
Address	115 Solar Dr Beckley, West Virginia, 25801
Phone Number	(304) 252-9402

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	16
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	13

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	20
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	180
  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	15
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	97
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	96
  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 FMC - Appalachian Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	44
Hypercalcemia patient months	347
Patients with Serumphosphor	49
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	34
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	29
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	18
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	11

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	22
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	191
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	61
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	20

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	41
Hospitalization Rate in facility	222.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	393.6
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	131.8

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at FMC - Appalachian Dialysis 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	26.8 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	39.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	16.5