Davita Kentucky Wildcat Specialty Dialysis Pd

About Davita Kentucky Wildcat Specialty Dialysis Pd

Davita Kentucky Wildcat Specialty Dialysis Pd is a dialysis facility in Lexington , Kentucky certified on 04/17/2014 . This facility offers peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. Davita Kentucky Wildcat Specialty Dialysis Pd is located at 2130 Nicholasville Road, Suite 5, Lexington, KY 40503 and can be contacted via phone number (859) 277-9911.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	6
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Davita
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	04/17/2014

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
10.6 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

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

N/A

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

98%

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
73.9%

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

12%

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

As Expected
137.7 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
20.5%

Frequency of patient death

Worse than Expected
37.6 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)

Communication

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

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

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)

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

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