UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS: Services and Reviews

Dialysis Services Offered by UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS

UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS is a dialysis provider with 46 available stations in LYNCHBURG, VA. It's overall five star rating is 1 out of 5. It is part of the State Owned chain. The owner is a non-profit. UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS offers in center Hemodialysis and it offers Peritoneal Dialysis. It offers Home Hemodialysis Training. The facility has been participating in Medicare since 11/08/2004; it's provider number is 493513.

Five-Star Quality of Patient Care Rating for UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS

Overall Rating:

The dialysis facility quality of patient care rating for UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS shows you how the dialysis facility performance compares to other dialysis facilities. The rating, between 1 to 5 stars, is calculated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ("CMS") using each dialysis facilities' scores on different quality of care measures, including:

• Avoiding unnecessary transfusions
• Using the most effective access to the bloodstream
• Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance
• Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths
• Removing waste from blood

Use the quality of patient care star rating along with other quality information when making decisions about choosing a dialysis facility. Each dialysis facility gets a rating between 1 and 5 stars, with 3 stars representing the national average. A 5-star rating means a facility has quality of care that is considered 'much above average' compared to other dialysis facilities. A one or 2-star rating means that measured health outcomes for that facility were below average.

Survey Ratings for UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS

In addition to the overall rating, CMS is required to regularly survey patients about their experience at UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS. The results are published as the In-Center Hemodialysis Survey Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey ("ICH CAHPS Survey"). (Who thought that this was a good name for a survey?) More information about the survey is available on this site. CMS summarized the results as another 5-star rating. Below are the ICH CAHPS survey ratings for UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS:

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Data Card for UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS

Other Dialysis Facilities in LYNCHBURG

Below is a list of dialysis facilities near UVA LYNCHBURG DIALYSIS. You should consider reviewing the information about these facilities when deciding on which dialysis facility that you want to go to.