Children's Hospital Boston in Boston, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

Children's Hospital Boston is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Boston, Massachusetts and it has 7 dialysis stations. It is located in Suffolk county at Dialysis Unit, Farley Four, Boston, MA, 02115. You can reach out to the office of Children's Hospital Boston at (617) 355-7631. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Children's Hospital Boston has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 223302 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameChildren's Hospital Boston
LocationDialysis Unit, Farley Four, Boston, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations 7
Medicare ID223302
Managed ByIndependent
Ownership TypeNon-Profit
Late Shifts No

Contact Information


Dialysis Unit, Farley Four, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
(617) 355-7631
Not Available

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NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:

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Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data8

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 center10
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2100
    Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center16
    Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.270
    Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center96
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center3
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.736
    Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre8
    Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.754

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 Children's Hospital Boston with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia18
Hypercalcemia patient months189
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg21
Patients with Serumphosphor15
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL13
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL19
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL20
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL20

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 7
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries 43

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 Summary15
Hospitalization Rate in facility126.3 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit366.6
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit47.3

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Children's Hospital Boston 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 facility5.5 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit24.9
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit.2

Infection Rate

Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Children's Hospital Boston get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

Standard Infection Summary Ratio(SIR) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Infection Rate in facility1.22 (As Expected)
SIR: Upper Confidence Limit2.95
SIR: Lower Confidence Limit.39

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Children's Hospital Boston'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 4

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Children's Hospital Boston 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 Summary156
Mortality Rate in facility6.6 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit23.8
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit.8

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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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