Cherokee Community Dialysis

CCN

012702The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

End-stage renal disease facility

Ownership

Profit

Control type

For Profit

Participating since

Jun 27, 2018

Last certification

Nov 8, 2024

Overall star rating

2.0 of 5Care Compare

Address

485 Northwood Drive
Centre, AL 35960
(256) 266-1474

• Fresenius Medical Care Cherokee Dialysis, LLC

  dba Fresenius Kidney Care Cherokee

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Centre, AL
  • NPI 1730973918
  Name & address match

• Adult haemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (Kt/V 1.2 or more) 98
  • State average 97.51 (computed here)
  • National average 96.13 (computed here)
  • 320 patients
• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 92
  • State average 13.6 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 330 patients
• Adult patients with hypercalcaemia 1
  • State average 1.66 (computed here)
  • National average 1.74 (computed here)
  • 470 patients
• Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with adequate dialysis (Kt/V 1.7 or more) 77
  • State average 93.48 (computed here)
  • National average 91.7 (computed here)
  • 140 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected0.86
  • State average 0.99 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 420 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 5
  • State average 0.71 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected121.1
  • State average 136.69 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 470 patients
• Mortality rate As expected18
  • State average 24.1 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,920 patients
• Overall star rating Worse2 of 5
  • State average 2.72 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula Worse0
  • State average 51.71 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • Worse than expected
  • 330 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected21.3
  • State average 11.65 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 310 patients
• Readmission rate As expected23.5
  • State average 25.27 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 320 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected0.58
  • State average 0.93 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 230 patients
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected0.39
  • State average 0.92 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 300 patients

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Edward Fangcheng Hwang, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1548244098
• Krishna Chaitanya Keri, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Gadsden, AL
  • NPI 1285947473

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• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.