DCI At Chestnut Ridge in Blairsville, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

DCI At Chestnut Ridge is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Blairsville, Pennsylvania and it has 8 dialysis stations. It is located in Indiana county at 25 Colony Boulevard, Blairsville, PA, 15717. You can reach out to the office of DCI At Chestnut Ridge at (724) 459-4980. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Dialysis Clinic, Inc.. DCI At Chestnut Ridge has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in November, 2011. The medicare id for this facility is 392780 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	DCI At Chestnut Ridge
Location	25 Colony Boulevard, Blairsville, Pennsylvania
No. of Dialysis Stations	8
Medicare ID	392780
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 At Chestnut Ridge from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1891093142
Doing Business As	Dialysis Clinic Inc.
Address	25 Colony Blvd Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 15717
Phone Number	(724) 459-4980

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data

13

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	24
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	199
  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	2
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	20
  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 At Chestnut Ridge with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	25
Hypercalcemia patient months	222
Patients with Serumphosphor	29
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	28
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	11

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	15
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	108
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	66
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	26

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	24
Hospitalization Rate in facility	268.3 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	540.8
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	140.7

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at DCI At Chestnut Ridge 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	33.5 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	46.5
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	21.9