Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies in Chula Vista, California - Dialysis Center

Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Chula Vista, California and it has 5 dialysis stations. It is located in San Diego county at 340 4th Avenue, Suite 18, Chula Vista, CA, 91910. You can reach out to the office of Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies at (619) 420-1798. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 2011. The medicare id for this facility is 552677 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameFmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies
Location340 4th Avenue, Suite 18, Chula Vista, California
No. of Dialysis Stations 5
Medicare ID552677
Managed ByFresenius Medical Care
Ownership TypeProfit
Late Shifts No

Contact Information


340 4th Avenue, Suite 18, Chula Vista, California, 91910
(619) 420-1798
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 Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1588988646
Organization NameBalboa South Bay Home Therapies
Doing Business AsFresenius Medical Care Balboa, Llc
Address340 4th Ave Chula Vista, California, 91910
Phone Number(619) 420-1798

Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data41
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL5

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 center3
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.215
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center109
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7912
    Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center91

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 Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia118
Hypercalcemia patient months969
Patients with Serumphosphor119
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL7
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL26
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL38
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL19
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL10

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 8
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries 20

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 Summary95
Hospitalization Rate in facility198.5 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit329
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit123

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies 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 facility29.8 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit46.1
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit17.1

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies'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 84
Transfusion Rate in facility39.6 (As Expected)
Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit95.7
Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit18.2

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies 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 Summary542
Mortality Rate in facility19.6 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit26.1
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit14.4

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Phone: (619) 420-1798
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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.

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.

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