DCI Of Mount Pleasant in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

DCI Of Mount Pleasant is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and it has 13 dialysis stations. It is located in Westmoreland county at 20 East Main Street, Mount Pleasant, PA, 15666. You can reach out to the office of DCI Of Mount Pleasant at (724) 547-6511. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI Of Mount Pleasant has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 1993. The medicare id for this facility is 392588 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCI Of Mount Pleasant
Location	20 East Main Street, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	13
Medicare ID	392588
Managed By	Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

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

NPI Number	1710910195
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	20 E Main St Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 15666
Phone Number	(724) 547-6511

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.	87%	67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.	5%	15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.	8%	18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	91%	60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	8%	26%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	1%	14%

Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	91%	62%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	4%	20%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free.	5%	18%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	91%	62%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	9%	26%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	0%	12%

Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	91%	80%
Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	9%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	94%	68%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	2%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	4%	12%

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	23
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	9

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	53
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	478
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	95
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	6
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	48
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center
  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 DCI Of Mount Pleasant with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	61
Hypercalcemia patient months	544
Patients with Serumphosphor	65
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	11
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	24
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	13

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	31
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	263
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	68
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	16

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	46
Hospitalization Rate in facility	212.7 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	373.4
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	126

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI Of Mount Pleasant 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	32 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	45.4
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	20.5