Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin - Dialysis Center

Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in La Crosse, Wisconsin and it has 12 dialysis stations. It is located in La Crosse county at 1910 South Ave, La Crosse, WI, 54601. You can reach out to the office of Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse at (608) 775-3835. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Gundersen Lutheran. Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 520087 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameGundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse
Location1910 South Ave, La Crosse, Wisconsin
No. of Dialysis Stations 12
Medicare ID520087
Managed ByGundersen Lutheran
Ownership TypeNon-Profit
Late Shifts No

Contact Information


1910 South Ave, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
(608) 775-3835
Not Available

Map and Direction



NPI Associated with this Dialysis Facility:

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1376593442
Doing Business AsGundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc
Address1910 South Ave La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
Phone Number(608) 775-4370

Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data2

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.

  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center18
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7146
    Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center99
    Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center

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 Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia18
Hypercalcemia patient months146
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg2
Patients with Serumphosphor19
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL7
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL19
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL24
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL37
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL13

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 Summary22
Hospitalization Rate in facility191.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit475
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit82.9

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse 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 facility8.3 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit38.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit.3

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse'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 22
Transfusion Rate in facility8.8 (As Expected)
Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit302.1
Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit.4

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse 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 Summary152
Mortality Rate in facility16.8 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit25.4
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit10.5

Dialysis Facility in La Crosse, WI

Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse
Location: 1910 South Ave, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
Phone: (608) 775-3835

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.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.