DaVita Palmer Dialysis Center

CCN

392619The 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

Dec 23, 1996

Last certification

Sep 15, 2023

Overall star rating

3.0 of 5Care Compare

Multi-facility organization

Davita Inc

Most recent change of ownership

Mar 1, 1998

Address

30 Community Drive
Easton, PA 18045
(610) 258-8855

• Renal Treatment Centers Northeast Inc

  dba Palmer Dialysis Center

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1457313223
  Name & address match

• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 20
  • State average 21.69 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 1,030 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected0.9
  • State average 0.94 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,310 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 6
  • State average 1.34 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate Worse232
  • State average 149 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • Worse than expected
  • 1,080 patients
• Kidney transplant waitlist ratio, first year As expected1.7
  • State average 1.42 (computed here)
  • National average 0.98 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 560 patients
• Mortality rate As expected22.9
  • State average 19.35 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 4,470 patients
• Overall star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 3.07 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected60.4
  • State average 56.08 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,030 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected16.7
  • State average 21.84 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 820 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin above 12 g/dL 0
  • State average 0.53 (computed here)
  • National average 0.55 (computed here)
  • 320 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin below 10 g/dL 13
  • State average 19.22 (computed here)
  • National average 20.95 (computed here)
  • 320 patients
• Readmission rate Worse35.9
  • State average 27.55 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • Worse than expected
  • 1,500 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected0.95
  • State average 0.89 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 610 patients
• Standardized infection ratio As expected0.54
  • State average 0.41 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • As expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio Better2.18
  • State average 1.23 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
  • 620 patients
• Transfusion rate As expected20.3
  • State average 27.99 (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.

• Ravi Agrawal, M.B.B.S

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1396973178
• Jose Avila

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1558567875
• Swomya Prakash Bal, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1104197839
• Joseph M Jacobs, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1245233469
• Joselyn Reyes Bahamonde, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1659762193

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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.
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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.