Housatonic Dialysis in Newtown, Connecticut - Dialysis Center

Housatonic Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Newtown, Connecticut and it has 9 dialysis stations. It is located in Fairfield county at 164 Mount Pleasant Rd, Newtown, CT, 06470. You can reach out to the office of Housatonic Dialysis at (203) 270-0081. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Housatonic Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2015. The medicare id for this facility is 072548 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Housatonic Dialysis
Location	164 Mount Pleasant Rd, Newtown, Connecticut
No. of Dialysis Stations	9
Medicare ID	072548
Managed By	Davita
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1417345828
Organization Name	Housatonic Dialysis
Doing Business As	Tross Dialysis Llc
Address	164 Mount Pleasant Rd Newtown, Connecticut, 06470
Phone Number	(203) 270-0081

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	25
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	32

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	50
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	327
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	76
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	4
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	35
  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 Housatonic Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	65
Hypercalcemia patient months	495
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	1
Patients with Serumphosphor	69
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	9
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	21
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	42
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	6

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	56
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	340
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	87
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	4

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	36
Hospitalization Rate in facility	147.2 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	334.3
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	69.1

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Housatonic 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	20.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	41.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	7.1