Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and it has 6 dialysis stations. It is located in Allegheny county at 5171 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224. You can reach out to the office of Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence at (412) 605-0415. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in March, 2010. The medicare id for this facility is 392772 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameDavita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence
Location5171 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations 6
Medicare ID392772
Managed ByDavita
Ownership TypeProfit
Late Shifts No

Contact Information


5171 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224
(412) 605-0415
Not Available

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NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1265778716
Organization NamePittsburgh Home Modality Coe
Doing Business AsPittsburgh Dialysis Partners Llc
Address5171 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224
Phone Number(412) 605-0415

NPI Number1780827386
Organization NamePittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence
Doing Business AsTotal Renal Care Inc
Address5171 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224
Phone Number(412) 605-0415

Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data6

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 center4
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.238
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center24
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7180
    Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center90

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 Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia37
Hypercalcemia patient months323
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg2
Patients with Serumphosphor41
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL10
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL20
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL28
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL15

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 69

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 Summary25
Hospitalization Rate in facility222.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit551.9
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit96.3

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence 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 facility21.9 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit47.4
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit6.5

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence'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 24

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita - Pittsburgh Home Modality Center Of Excellence 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 facility11.7 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit23
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit5

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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.

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