U.S. Renal Care - Pottstown - dialysis facility in Pottstown, PA

About U.S. Renal Care - Pottstown

U.S. Renal Care - Pottstown is a dialysis facility in Pottstown , Pennsylvania certified on 03/31/2004 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. U.S. Renal Care - Pottstown is located at 5 South Sunnybrook Road, Suite 500, Pottstown, PA 19464 and can be contacted via phone number (610) 718-1127.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	25
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Us Renal Care, Inc.
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	03/31/2004

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
15.5 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

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

93%

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

As Expected
50.1%

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

25%

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
189.6 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
36.7%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
18.2 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)

88 %

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

83 %

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)

61 %

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