Us Renal Care - Ashland in Ashland, Virginia - Dialysis Center

Us Renal Care - Ashland is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Ashland, Virginia and it has 15 dialysis stations. It is located in Hanover county at 113 N Washington Hwy, Ashland, VA, 23005. You can reach out to the office of Us Renal Care - Ashland at (804) 752-3444. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Us Renal Care, Inc.. Us Renal Care - Ashland has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2004. The medicare id for this facility is 492627 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Us Renal Care - Ashland
Location	113 N Washington Hwy, Ashland, Virginia
No. of Dialysis Stations	15
Medicare ID	492627
Managed By	Us Renal Care, Inc.
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1023071636
Organization Name	Us Renal Care Ashland Dialysis
Doing Business As	Dca Of Ashland Llc
Address	113 N Washington Hwy Ashland, Virginia, 23005
Phone Number	(804) 752-3444

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	23
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	4

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	42
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	392
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	96
  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 Us Renal Care - Ashland with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	42
Hypercalcemia patient months	392
Patients with Serumphosphor	44
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	7
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	36
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	23
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	35
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	288
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	5

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	38
Hospitalization Rate in facility	185.3 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	350.4
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	102.5

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Us Renal Care - Ashland 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	29.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	40.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	19.4