M.S. Hershey Medical Center is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Hershey, Pennsylvania and it has 13 dialysis stations. It is located in Dauphin county at M.c. Hu23, University Physicians Center 1400, Hershey, PA, 17033. You can reach out to the office of M.S. Hershey Medical Center at (717) 531-5033. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. M.S. Hershey Medical Center has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 1980. The medicare id for this facility is 390256 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | M.S. Hershey Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Location | M.c. Hu23, University Physicians Center 1400, Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 13 |
| Medicare ID | 390256 |
| Managed By | Independent |
| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| M.c. Hu23, University Physicians Center 1400, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033 | |
| (717) 531-5033 | |
| NPI Number | 1043399751 |
| Organization Name | Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Renal Dialysis |
| Doing Business As | The Milton S Hershey Medical Center |
| Address | 500 University Dr Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033 |
| Phone Number | (800) 243-1455 |
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.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 48 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 407 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 91 |
| Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 3 |
| Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.2 | 14 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center |
| Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 24 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 194 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 73 |
| Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre | 7 |
| Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 44 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis 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 M.S. Hershey Medical Center with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 73 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 652 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 3 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 75 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 6 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 23 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 21 |
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 | 47 |
| Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 234 |
| 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 | 35 |
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 | 53 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 191.5 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 342.5 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 111.5 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at M.S. Hershey Medical Center 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 | 19.2 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 30.9 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 10.5 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether M.S. Hershey Medical Center'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 | 42 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 14.3 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 109.6 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 2.4 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at M.S. Hershey Medical Center 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) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 339 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 19.3 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 25.7 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 14.1 |
M.S. Hershey Medical Center Location: M.c. Hu23, University Physicians Center 1400, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033 Phone: (717) 531-5033 |
Home Dialysis Services Hershey, Llc Location: 555 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033 Phone: (717) 500-5177 |