DCI Albany is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Albany, Georgia and it has 26 dialysis stations. It is located in Dougherty county at 337 Fifth Ave., Albany, GA, 31701. You can reach out to the office of DCI Albany at (229) 888-3996. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI Albany has the following ownership type - Non-profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1976. The medicare id for this facility is 112509 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | DCI Albany |
|---|---|
| Location | 337 Fifth Ave., Albany, Georgia |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 26 |
| Medicare ID | 112509 |
| Managed By | Dialysis Clinic, Inc. |
| Ownership Type | Non-profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| NPI Number | 1033147681 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | Dialysis Clinic Inc. |
| Address | 337 5th Ave, Albany, Georgia 31701 |
| Phone Number | (229) 888-3996 |
| NPI Number | 1215192554 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | Dialysis Clinic, Inc. |
| Address | 1210 N Jefferson St, Albany, Georgia 31701 |
| Phone Number | (229) 888-3996 |
| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 13 |
| Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 8 |
For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 55 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 399 |
| Percentage of adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 93 |
| Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 1 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 12 |
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 DCI Albany with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients in the hypercalcemia summary | 57 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 419 |
| Percentage of adult patients with serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL | 3 |
| Patients in the serum phosphorus summary | 64 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 10 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 24 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 33 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 17 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus greater than 7 mg/dL | 17 |
The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best 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 arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries | 64 |
| Patient months included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries | 448 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistula for their treatment | 45 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through a vascular catheter for 90 days or longer | 10 |
The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI Albany lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.
| Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) Period | January, 2021 - December, 2024 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 277 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 13.5 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 23.9 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 7.8 |
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