Dialysis Facility

Fresenius Medical Care North Star Dialysis

Quality Rating

Chain Owned Facility

Chain Organization: Fresenius Medical Care

Address

140 Highland Center Drive

Columbia, SC 29203

Contact

(803) 736-0473

Certification Date

05/28/2015

Details

CMS Certification Number

422651

Ownership Type

Profit

Number of Dialysis Stations

21

Services Offered

In-center hemodialysis Yes
Peritoneal dialysis No
Home hemodialysis training No
Shifts starting after 5 p.m. No

Quality Measures

Survival Category

As Expected

Hospitalization Category

As Expected

Readmission Category

As Expected

Transfusion Category

Worse than Expected

Waitlist Ratio Category

Not Available

ED Encounters within 30 Days Category

As Expected

Additional Measures

Percentage of Adult HD Patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2

92%

Percentage of Adult PD Patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7

%

Percentage of Patients with Hemoglobin < 10 g/dL

50%

Percentage of Patients with Hemoglobin > 12 g/dL

0%

Mortality Measures

Mortality Rate

22.5

Mortality Rate Upper Confidence Limit

37.7

Mortality Rate Lower Confidence Limit

13.7

Hospitalization Measures

Hospitalization Rate

135.6

Hospitalization Rate Upper Confidence Limit

210.9

Hospitalization Rate Lower Confidence Limit

90.3

Readmission Measures

Readmission Rate

30

Readmission Rate Upper Confidence Limit

44.9

Readmission Rate Lower Confidence Limit

17.8

Transfusion Measures

Transfusion Rate

80.3

Transfusion Rate Upper Confidence Limit

174.5

Transfusion Rate Lower Confidence Limit

43.7

Waitlist Measures

Waitlist Ratio

Waitlist Ratio Upper Confidence Limit

Waitlist Ratio Lower Confidence Limit

Percentage of Prevalent Patients Waitlisted (PPPW)

PPPW Percentage

16.1

PPPW Upper Confidence Limit

37.5

PPPW Lower Confidence Limit

5.8

Standardized Emergency Department Encounter Ratio (SEDR)

SEDR Ratio

1.43

SEDR Upper Confidence Limit

2.46

SEDR Lower Confidence Limit

0.87

ED Encounters within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge (ED30)

ED30 Ratio

1.16

ED30 Upper Confidence Limit

2.01

ED30 Lower Confidence Limit

0.56

Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR)

SIR

0.19

SIR Upper Confidence Limit

0.91

SIR Lower Confidence Limit

0.01

Fistula Measures

Fistula Rate

43.8

Fistula Rate Upper Confidence Limit

63.2

Fistula Rate Lower Confidence Limit

23.1

Long-Term Catheter Measures

Long-Term Catheter Percentage

12

Serum Phosphorus Measures

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus < 3.5 mg/dL

12

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 3.5-4.5 mg/dL

29

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 4.6-5.5 mg/dL

28

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 5.6-7.0 mg/dL

21

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus > 7.0 mg/dL

9