Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and it has 0 dialysis stations. It is located in Tuscaloosa county at 1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35406. You can reach out to the office of Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis at (205) 248-2076. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2006. The medicare id for this facility is 012619 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis |
|---|---|
| Location | 1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 0 |
| Medicare ID | 012619 |
| Managed By | Independent |
| Ownership Type | Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| 1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35406 | |
| (205) 248-2076 | |
| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 31 |
| 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.
| Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 71 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 558 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 86 |
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 Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 71 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 558 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 1 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 78 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 6 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 23 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 27 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 26 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 19 |
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 | 57 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 216.4 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 369.4 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 131.7 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home 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 | 36.8 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 50.2 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 25.1 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.
| Standard Transfusion Summary Ratio (STrR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary | 52 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 51.3 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 127.6 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 23 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis 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.
| Standard Survival Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 304 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 19 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 27.3 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 12.7 |
Tuscaloosa University Dialysis Location: 220 15th Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35401 Phone: (205) 345-6004 |
Tuscaloosa Nephrology Assoc Home Dialysis Location: 1850 Mcfarland Blvd North, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35406 Phone: (205) 248-2076 |