Erie County Medical Center

CCN

332350The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

End-stage renal disease facility

Ownership

Non-profit

Control type

Not for Profit

Participating since

Sep 1, 1977

Last certification

Jul 9, 2025

Overall star rating

2.0 of 5Care Compare

Address

462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215
(716) 898-3966

• Adult haemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (Kt/V 1.2 or more) 99
  • State average 92.99 (computed here)
  • National average 96.13 (computed here)
  • 1,730 patients
• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 31
  • State average 20.16 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 1,890 patients
• Adult patients with hypercalcaemia 0
  • State average 3.07 (computed here)
  • National average 1.74 (computed here)
  • 1,930 patients
• Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with adequate dialysis (Kt/V 1.7 or more) 32
  • State average 85.05 (computed here)
  • National average 91.7 (computed here)
  • 140 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected0.94
  • State average 0.9 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,230 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 1
  • State average 10.88 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected153.2
  • State average 156.9 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,500 patients
• Kidney transplant waitlist ratio, first year As expected1.28
  • State average 1.36 (computed here)
  • National average 0.98 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 650 patients
• Mortality rate As expected24.8
  • State average 19.07 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 6,230 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 expected56.8
  • State average 62.43 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,890 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected17.1
  • State average 20.84 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,520 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin above 12 g/dL 7
  • State average 0.95 (computed here)
  • National average 0.55 (computed here)
  • 430 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin below 10 g/dL 9
  • State average 24.84 (computed here)
  • National average 20.95 (computed here)
  • 430 patients
• Readmission rate As expected29.7
  • State average 28.36 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,580 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected0.76
  • State average 0.81 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 610 patients
• Standardized infection ratio As expected1.22
  • State average 0.36 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • As expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio Worse0.19
  • State average 0.54 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • Worse than expected
  • 950 patients
• Transfusion rate As expected48.1
  • State average 33.67 (computed here)
  • National average 30.12 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 480 patients

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

• Sahar Amin, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1548932437
• Jyotsna Bhatnagar

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1629215272
• Mohammad Faraz Ul Haq, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1649685199
• Ernesto Leon Velarde Carreno, M.D

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1619402609
• Mandip Panesar, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1164471959
• Nagaraja R Sridhar, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1245289016
• Jon R Vonvisger, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1518974864

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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.