Dialysis Facility

Renal Care Of Northern New York, LLC

Quality Rating:
Patient Survey Rating:
Location
22571 Summit Dr.
Suite 1
Watertown, NY 13601

Phone Number
(315) 779-2140

About Renal Care Of Northern New York, LLC

Renal Care Of Northern New York, LLC is a dialysis facility in Watertown , New York certified on 02/22/2007 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. Renal Care Of Northern New York, LLC is located at 22571 Summit Dr.1, Watertown, NY 13601 and can be contacted via phone number (315) 779-2140.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations 24
Ownership type Profit
Corporate name Fresenius Medical Care
Chain owned Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification 02/22/2007

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions
Worse than Expected
46.8 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
96%
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
95%
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
78%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
15%

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood
1%

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission
As Expected
185.2 per 100 patient-years
Frequency of hospital readmission
As Expected
27.7%
Frequency of patient death
As Expected
18.5 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)
73 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person
69 %
Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health
79 %

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)
69 %
Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
71 %
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
65 %