Dialysis Clinic, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia - Dialysis Center

Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Atlanta, Georgia and it has 26 dialysis stations. It is located in Fulton county at 240 Ponce De Leon Ave Ne, Atlanta, GA, 30308. You can reach out to the office of Dialysis Clinic, Inc. at (404) 815-4667. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. Dialysis Clinic, Inc. has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in July, 2016. The medicare id for this facility is 852512 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Location	240 Ponce De Leon Ave Ne, Atlanta, Georgia
No. of Dialysis Stations	26
Medicare ID	852512
Managed By	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1942233424
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	240 Ponce De Leon Ave Ne Atlanta, Georgia, 30308
Phone Number	(404) 888-4530

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

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	377
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	93
  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 Dialysis Clinic, Inc. with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	47
Hypercalcemia patient months	377
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	6
Patients with Serumphosphor	50
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	12
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	31
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	34
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	10
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	39
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	258
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	60
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	14

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	20
Hospitalization Rate in facility	247.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	772
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	86.5

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Dialysis Clinic, Inc. 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	33.5 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	58.5
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	14.6