Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy

About Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy

Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy is a dialysis facility in Harbor City , California certified on 10/18/2016 . This facility offers peritoneal dialysis. Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy is located at 1223 Pacific Coast Highway, Harbor City, CA 90710 and can be contacted via phone number (310) 325-0416.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	6
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Fresenius Medical Care
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	10/18/2016

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
63.5 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

93%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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
209.7 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
23.9%

Frequency of patient death

Worse than Expected
51.1 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