Bridgeport Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Bridgeport, Connecticut and it has 51 dialysis stations. It is located in Fairfield county at 900 Madison Avenue, Bridgeport, CT, 06606. You can reach out to the office of Bridgeport Dialysis at (203) 335-0191. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Bridgeport Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 1977. The medicare id for this facility is 072501 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
Name | Bridgeport Dialysis |
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Location | 900 Madison Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut |
No. of Dialysis Stations | 51 |
Medicare ID | 072501 |
Managed By | Davita |
Ownership Type | Profit |
Late Shifts | No |
900 Madison Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06606 | |
(203) 335-0191 | |
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NPI Number | 1508831314 |
Organization Name | Bridgeport Dialysis |
Doing Business As | Dva Healthcare Renal Care Inc |
Address | 900 Madison Ave Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06606 |
Phone Number | (203) 335-0191 |
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Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them. | 62% | 67% |
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them. | 17% | 15% |
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them. | 21% | 18% |
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 50% | 60% |
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 36% | 26% |
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 14% | 14% |
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Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 65% | 62% |
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 18% | 20% |
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free. | 17% | 18% |
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 54% | 62% |
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 38% | 26% |
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 8% | 12% |
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Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 82% | 80% |
Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 18% | 20% |
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 60% | 68% |
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 30% | 20% |
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 10% | 12% |
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Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 196 |
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 11 |
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) greater than 12 g/dL | 1 |
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Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.
Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 255 |
Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 2414 |
Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 96 |
Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center |
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Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 75 |
Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 | 684 |
Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center | 97 |
Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center |
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An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Bridgeport Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.
Patients with hypercalcemia | 348 |
Hypercalcemia patient months | 3383 |
Patients with Serumphosphor | 358 |
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 9 |
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 28 |
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 36 |
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 19 |
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 8 |
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The arteriovenous (AV) fistulae is considered long term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.
Patients included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 209 |
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 1920 |
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment | 63 |
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer | 4 |
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The rate of hospitalization show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.
Standard Hospitalization Summary Ratio(SHR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary | 267 |
Hospitalization Rate in facility | 179.6 (As Expected) |
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 239.1 |
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 141 |
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Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.
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The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Bridgeport Dialysis were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.
Standard Readmission Summary Ratio(SRR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
Readmission Rate in facility | 30.1 (As Expected) |
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 36.9 |
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 23.8 |
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Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Bridgeport Dialysis get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.
Standard Infection Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
Infection Rate in facility | 1.11 (As Expected) |
SIR: Upper Confidence Limit | 1.85 |
SIR: Lower Confidence Limit | .62 |
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Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.
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Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Bridgeport Dialysis's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.
Standard Transfusion Summary Ratio (STrR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary | 239 |
Transfusion Rate in facility | 25.5 (As Expected) |
Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 42.7 |
Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 16.2 |
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Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.
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The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Bridgeport Dialysis lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.
Standard Survival Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 1495 |
Mortality Rate in facility | 15.8 (As Expected) |
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 18.4 |
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 13.5 |
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A team of scientists from the UCLA Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have been awarded a three-year, $2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research aimed at increasing the quality of donor livers.
New research from McMaster University is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights for fewer repetitions.
Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.
Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insurance premiums were crushing their businesses, the Des Moines Register reports.
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Bridgeport Dialysis Location: 900 Madison Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06606 Phone: (203) 335-0191 |
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Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that emerging agents from Metabolex/Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, and Amylin/Eli Lilly are among the most promising drugs in development for metabolic syndrome.
A team of scientists from the UCLA Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have been awarded a three-year, $2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research aimed at increasing the quality of donor livers.
New research from McMaster University is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights for fewer repetitions.
Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.
Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insurance premiums were crushing their businesses, the Des Moines Register reports.
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