Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Augusta, Georgia and it has 0 dialysis stations. It is located in Richmond county at 2470 Wrightsboro Rd, Augusta, GA, 30904. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home at (706) 729-8901. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2015. The medicare id for this facility is 852500 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home |
|---|---|
| Location | 2470 Wrightsboro Rd, Augusta, Georgia |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 0 |
| Medicare ID | 852500 |
| Managed By | Fresenius Medical Care |
| Ownership Type | Profit |
| Late Shifts | Yes |
| 2470 Wrightsboro Rd, Augusta, Georgia, 30904 | |
| (706) 729-8901 | |
| Not Available |
| NPI Number | 1225412513 |
| Organization Name | Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home |
| Doing Business As | Bio-medical Applications Of Georgia, Inc. |
| Address | 2470 Wrightsboro Rd Augusta, Georgia, 30904 |
| Phone Number | (706) 729-8901 |
| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 22 |
| Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 14 |
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.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 1 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 4 |
| Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 39 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 359 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 93 |
| Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre | 5 |
| Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 37 |
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 Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 50 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 455 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 1 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 52 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 5 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 26 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 22 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 22 |
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 | 61 |
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 | 31 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 223.1 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 506.7 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 104.8 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home 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 | 27.1 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 43.8 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 14.6 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home'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 | 28 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 107.8 (Worse than Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 329.4 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 40.5 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Augusta Home 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) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 47 |
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