Veritas Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Stone Mountain, Georgia and it has 20 dialysis stations. It is located in Dekalb county at 5329 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA, 30083. You can reach out to the office of Veritas Dialysis at (678) 262-4181. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Other. Veritas Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2015. The medicare id for this facility is 852502 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Veritas Dialysis |
|---|---|
| Location | 5329 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, Georgia |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 20 |
| Medicare ID | 852502 |
| Managed By | Other |
| Ownership Type | Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| 5329 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 30083 | |
| (678) 262-4181 | |
| NPI Number | 1063807634 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | Veritas Dialysis Inc. |
| Doing Business As | Veritas Dialysis |
| Address | 5329 Memorial Dr, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 |
| Phone Number | (678) 262-4181 |
| NPI Number | 1518146877 |
| Match | Possible same name, address or phone number |
| Organization Name | Nova Dialysis Clinic Inc |
| Address | 5329 Memorial Dr, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 |
| Phone Number | (404) 296-7695 |
| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 6 |
For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 41 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 384 |
| Percentage of adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 99 |
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 Veritas Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients in the hypercalcemia summary | 41 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 384 |
| Percentage of adult patients with serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL | 1 |
| Patients in the serum phosphorus summary | 42 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 9 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 27 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 40 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 17 |
| Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus greater than 7 mg/dL | 7 |
The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best 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 arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries | 43 |
| Patient months included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries | 389 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistula for their treatment | 65.6 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through a vascular catheter for 90 days or longer | 16 |
The rate of hospitalization shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Veritas Dialysis 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.
| Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR) Period | January, 2024 - December, 2024 |
| Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary | 35 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 198.6 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 340.9 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 123.8 |
The rate of readmission shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Veritas Dialysis 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.
| Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR) Period | January, 2024 - December, 2024 |
| Readmission Rate in facility | 30.8 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 47 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 17.8 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Veritas Dialysis's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.
| Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR) Period | January, 2024 - December, 2024 |
| Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary | 12 |
The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Veritas Dialysis lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.
| Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) Period | January, 2021 - December, 2024 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 150 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 19.4 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 34.2 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 10 |
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