Montebello Artificial Kidney Center

About Montebello Artificial Kidney Center

Montebello Artificial Kidney Center is a dialysis facility in Montebello , California certified on 09/28/2009 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis. Montebello Artificial Kidney Center is located at 3404 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640 and can be contacted via phone number (323) 728-7580.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	24
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Independent
Chain owned	No
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	09/28/2009

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

Worse than Expected
60 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

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

98%

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

N/A

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

Better than Expected
82.1%

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

As Expected
245 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

Worse than Expected
40.9%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
20.2 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)

74 %

Communication

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

66 %

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)