DaVita PDI Fitchburg

CCN

222536The 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 2, 1996

Last certification

May 6, 2022

Overall star rating

3.0 of 5Care Compare

Multi-facility organization

DaVita Inc

Address

551 Electric Avenue
Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978) 343-4100

• Physicians Dialysis Acquisitions Inc

  dba Physicians Dialysis Fitchburg

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Fitchburg, MA
  • NPI 1548229495
  Name & address match

• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 26
  • State average 20.08 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 1,060 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected1.14
  • State average 0.88 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,380 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 3
  • State average 10.69 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected170.4
  • State average 154.86 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 860 patients
• Mortality rate As expected21
  • State average 18.98 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 3,550 patients
• Overall star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 3.71 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected59
  • State average 60.8 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,060 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant Better40.8
  • State average 35.61 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
  • 940 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin above 12 g/dL 0
  • State average 0.11 (computed here)
  • National average 0.55 (computed here)
  • 460 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin below 10 g/dL 33
  • State average 26.78 (computed here)
  • National average 20.95 (computed here)
  • 460 patients
• Readmission rate As expected26.9
  • State average 29.04 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 990 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected0.81
  • State average 0.86 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 570 patients
• Standardized infection ratio Better0.23
  • State average 0.36 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected1.17
  • State average 1.04 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 570 patients
• Transfusion rate Worse65.5
  • State average 28.29 (computed here)
  • National average 30.12 (computed here)
  • Worse than expected
  • 470 patients

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

• Felipe Fernandez del Castillo, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1740639681
• Gary O Noroian, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1447232046
• Efrain Jose Otero Palacios, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1114379716
• Michael J. Shih, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Leominster, MA
  • NPI 1598747024
• Deetu Kadambi Simh, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1073704425
• Ashish Verma, MD, MRCP

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1164620324

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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.