DaVita Bluffton Dialysis

CCN

422647The 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

Jul 22, 2014

Last certification

Nov 1, 2023

Overall star rating

4.0 of 5Care Compare

Multi-facility organization

Davita Inc

Address

101 Okatie Center Blvd South
Okatie, SC 29909
(843) 706-9900

• Shoals Dialysis LLC

  dba Bluffton Dialysis

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Bluffton, SC
  • NPI 1952734287
  Name & address match

• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 7
  • State average 12.52 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 590 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected1.63
  • State average 1.17 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 310 patients
• Health care personnel up to date with COVID-19 vaccination 0
  • State average 1.22 (computed here)
  • National average 3.99 (computed here)
• Hospitalization rate As expected110.3
  • State average 143.52 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 650 patients
• Kidney transplant waitlist ratio, first year As expected1.37
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 0.98 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 180 patients
• Mortality rate As expected26.2
  • State average 23.58 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 2,190 patients
• Overall star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 2.86 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected53.2
  • State average 50.06 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 590 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected21.1
  • State average 16 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 530 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin above 12 g/dL 6
  • State average 0.46 (computed here)
  • National average 0.55 (computed here)
  • 160 patients
• Patients with haemoglobin below 10 g/dL 13
  • State average 25.84 (computed here)
  • National average 20.95 (computed here)
  • 160 patients
• Readmission rate As expected18
  • State average 26.23 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 440 patients
• Standardized emergency department visit ratio As expected1.22
  • State average 1.1 (computed here)
  • National average 1 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 260 patients
• Standardized infection ratio Better0
  • State average 0.34 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected2.54
  • State average 1.21 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 220 patients

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

• Jessica McAbee Coleman, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1376785394
• Florin C Georgescu, M. D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Lawrenceville, GA
  • NPI 1003816208
• Sanjay Kumar, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Walterboro, SC
  • NPI 1275632309
• Joseph E Lapinsky, D.O.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1306371430
• Garrett White, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1225031842

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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.