DaVita St Luke's Tamaqua Dialysis

CCN

392708The 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 29, 2003

Last certification

Jul 8, 2024

Overall star rating

1.0 of 5Care Compare

Multi-facility organization

Davita Inc

Most recent change of ownership

Nov 1, 2018

Address

1215 East Broad Street
Tamaqua, PA 18252
(570) 668-3480

• Etowah Dialysis LLC

  dba St Luke's Tamaqua Dialysis

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Tamaqua, PA
  • NPI 1033687413
  Name & address match

• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 25
  • State average 21.69 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 430 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected1.3
  • State average 0.94 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 620 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 0
  • State average 1.34 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected204.3
  • State average 149 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 440 patients
• Mortality rate As expected19
  • State average 19.35 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 1,790 patients
• Overall star rating Worse1 of 5
  • State average 3.07 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected43.2
  • State average 56.08 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 430 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected15
  • State average 21.84 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 340 patients
• Readmission rate As expected34.7
  • State average 27.55 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 700 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected1.29
  • State average 0.89 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 210 patients
• Standardized infection ratio As expected0.32
  • State average 0.41 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • As expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected2.71
  • State average 1.23 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 290 patients

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

• Manuel Jose Rovira Gonzalez, MD

  • Nephrology Physician
  • New Ringgold, PA
  • NPI 1043842529
• Nicholas Michael Varvarelis, D.O.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Palmerton, PA
  • NPI 1164603247

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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.