American Home Dialysis

About American Home Dialysis

American Home Dialysis is a dialysis facility in Louisville , Kentucky certified on 05/10/2011 . This facility offers peritoneal dialysis and shift starting at 5:00 p.m. or later. American Home Dialysis is located at 721 South Preston Street, Louisville, KY 40202 and can be contacted via phone number (502) 584-3338.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	3
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Independent
Chain owned	No
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	05/10/2011

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
23.2 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

91%

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

83%

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

N/A

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

N/A

Using the most effective access to the bloodstream

Rate of fistula

As Expected
67.6%

Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission

Worse than Expected
287 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
30.9%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
29.2 per 100 patient-years

Patient survey rating

Overall experience

Patients who gave the dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

77 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person

71 %

Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health

80 %

Doctors & staff

Patients who gave their kidney doctors a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

56 %

Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

67 %

Patients who reported that dialysis center staff “always” communicated well, kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible, behaved in a professional manner, and kept the center clean

64 %