North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc in North Adams, Massachusetts - Dialysis Center

North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in North Adams, Massachusetts and it has 12 dialysis stations. It is located in Berkshire county at 71 Hospital Avenue, North Adams, MA, 01247. You can reach out to the office of North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc at (413) 664-5100. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in October, 2016. The medicare id for this facility is 223505 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc
Location	71 Hospital Avenue, North Adams, Massachusetts
No. of Dialysis Stations	12
Medicare ID	223505
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1235670316
Organization Name	North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc
Doing Business As	Berkshire Medical Center, Inc
Address	71 Hospital Ave North Adams, Massachusetts, 01247
Phone Number	(413) 447-2915

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	25
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	28

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	39
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	236
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	89
  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 North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite Of Bmc with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	41
Hypercalcemia patient months	252
Patients with Serumphosphor	44
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	6
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	20
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	32
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	35
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	8

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	46
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	292
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	54
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	30

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	5
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit