Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc in Columbus, Georgia - Dialysis Center

Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Columbus, Georgia and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Muscogee county at 1120 13th Street, Columbus, GA, 31901. You can reach out to the office of Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc at (706) 507-0004. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in March, 2005. The medicare id for this facility is 112748 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc
Location	1120 13th Street, Columbus, Georgia
No. of Dialysis Stations	17
Medicare ID	112748
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1992809172
Doing Business As	Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus
Address	1120 13th Street Columbus, Georgia, 31901
Phone Number	(706) 507-0004

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	20
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	55

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	30
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	252
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	93
  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 Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	30
Hypercalcemia patient months	253
Patients with Serumphosphor	31
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	13
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	33
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	19
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	11

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	27
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	226
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	77
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	1

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	35
Hospitalization Rate in facility	193.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	350.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	111.4

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Community Dialysis Center Of Columbus Llc 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	27.4 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	39.2
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	17.8