DaVita Howard County Dialysis

CCN

212516The 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

Oct 25, 1982

Last certification

Jan 8, 2025

Overall star rating

2.0 of 5Care Compare

Multi-facility organization

Davita Inc

Address

5999 Harper's Farm Road Ste 110E
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 997-4244

• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 33
  • State average 18.95 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 860 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected1.09
  • State average 1.01 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 670 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 2
  • State average 5.67 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected123.5
  • State average 115.27 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 680 patients
• Kidney transplant waitlist ratio, first year As expected1.1
  • State average 0.91 (computed here)
  • National average 0.98 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 260 patients
• Mortality rate As expected15.7
  • State average 21.16 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 3,070 patients
• Overall star rating Worse2 of 5
  • State average 3.09 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected45.4
  • State average 55.06 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 860 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected20.1
  • State average 18.44 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 640 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin above 12 g/dL 3
  • State average 0.62 (computed here)
  • National average 0.55 (computed here)
  • 310 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin below 10 g/dL 26
  • State average 22.38 (computed here)
  • National average 20.95 (computed here)
  • 310 patients
• Readmission rate As expected40.6
  • State average 24.22 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 380 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected0.68
  • State average 0.9 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 450 patients
• Standardized infection ratio Better0.35
  • State average 0.35 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected1.69
  • State average 0.92 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 480 patients
• Transfusion rate As expected19.3
  • State average 26.49 (computed here)
  • National average 30.12 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 370 patients

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

• Jia Liu, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Columbia, MD
  • NPI 1043282544
• Mary A Pieprzak, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Columbia, MD
  • NPI 1326046202
• Misha Varma, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Columbia, MD
  • NPI 1346701513

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• 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.