Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

Massachusetts General Hospital is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Boston, Massachusetts and it has 9 dialysis stations. It is located in Suffolk county at Dialysis Unit, Boston, MA, 02114. You can reach out to the office of Massachusetts General Hospital at (617) 726-3700. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Massachusetts General Hospital has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 220071 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameMassachusetts General Hospital
LocationDialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations 9
Medicare ID220071
Managed ByIndependent
Ownership TypeNon-Profit
Late Shifts Yes

Contact Information


Dialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
(617) 726-3700
Not Available

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NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:

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Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data1

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 center2
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.25
    Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center1
    Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.26
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center23
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7179
    Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center83
    Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre1
    Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.74

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 Massachusetts General Hospital with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia26
Hypercalcemia patient months196
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg4
Patients with Serumphosphor23
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL14
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL23
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL31
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL29
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL3

Vascular Access

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 1
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries 1

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) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary21
Hospitalization Rate in facility249.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit606.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit110

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Massachusetts General Hospital 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) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Readmission Rate in facility30.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit45.7
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit18.6

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Massachusetts General Hospital'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 14

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Massachusetts General Hospital 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) YearJanuary, 2013 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Survival Summary154
Mortality Rate in facility20.8 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit35.6
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit11.1

Dialysis Facility in Boston, MA

Massachusetts General Hospital
Location: Dialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Phone: (617) 726-3700
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Location: Dialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Phone: (617) 732-6130
Kidney Center
Location: 888 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
Phone: (617) 739-3000
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (Dci Boston)
Location: 35 Kneeland Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111
Phone: (617) 636-6389
Boston Dialysis
Location: Dialysis Unit, Boston, Massachusetts, 02118
Phone: (617) 859-7000

Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

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