Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Los Angeles, California and it has 30 dialysis stations. It is located in Los Angeles county at Dialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90027.
You can reach out to the office of Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset at (323) 783-5580. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in July, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 050138 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
Dialysis Center Profile
| Name | Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset |
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| Location | Dialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California |
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| No. of Dialysis Stations | 30 |
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| Medicare ID | 050138 |
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| Managed By | Kaiser Permanente |
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| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
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| Late Shifts | Yes |
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NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:
Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset
from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc.
Please use this information accordingly.
| NPI Number | 1538214556 |
| Organization Name | Kaiser Foundation Hospital Sunset Esrd |
| Doing Business As | Kaiser Foundation Hospitals |
| Address | 4700 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, California, 90027 |
| Phone Number | (323) 783-5706 |
Survey of Patient's Experiences
Nephrologists Performance Ratings
| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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| Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them. | 62% | 67% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them. | 19% | 15% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them. | 19% | 18% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 63% | 60% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 26% | 26% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 11% | 14% |
Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings
| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 53% | 62% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 24% | 20% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free. | 23% | 18% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 55% | 62% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 33% | 26% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 12% | 12% |
Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings
| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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| Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 77% | 80% |
| Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 23% | 20% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 60% | 68% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 32% | 20% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 8% | 12% |
Patient Distribution
Dialysis Adequacy
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 | 134 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 1259 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 98 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | |
- Peritoneal Dialysis
| Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 87 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 768 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 67 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | |
Mineral and Bone Disorder
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 Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 274 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 2674 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 2 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 287 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 8 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 26 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 29 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 11 |
Hospitalization Rate
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 | 110 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 532.9 (Worse than Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 774.6 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 376.4 |
Readmission Rate
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset
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 | 31.9 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 45.7 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 20.4 |