Fmc-Meadows Field in Bakersfield, California - Dialysis Center

Fmc-Meadows Field is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Bakersfield, California and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Kern county at 3101 Pegasus Drive, Suite 100, Bakersfield, CA, 93308. You can reach out to the office of Fmc-Meadows Field at (661) 615-4200. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fmc-Meadows Field has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in April, 2009. The medicare id for this facility is 552623 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

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	84
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	779
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	92
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	16
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	108
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	90
  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-Meadows Field with elevated calcium levels.

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.

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.

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmc-Meadows Field 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.

Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Fmc-Meadows Field get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Fmc-Meadows Field's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmc-Meadows Field lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.

Dialysis Facility in Bakersfield, CA