Blalock Dialysis Center, Inc

CCN

672749The 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 15, 2014

Last certification

Mar 31, 2021

Overall star rating

2.0 of 5Care Compare

Address

1170 Blalock Rd, Suite 200
Houston, TX 77055
(713) 463-6611

• Blalock Dialysis Center Inc

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1801156369
  Name & address match

• Adult haemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (Kt/V 1.2 or more) 95
  • State average 96.1 (computed here)
  • National average 96.13 (computed here)
  • 410 patients
• Adult patients dialysed through a long-term catheter 10
  • State average 16.07 (computed here)
  • National average 18.87 (computed here)
  • 450 patients
• Adult patients with hypercalcaemia 0
  • State average 1.54 (computed here)
  • National average 1.74 (computed here)
  • 420 patients
• Emergency department visits within 30 days of discharge As expected0
  • State average 1.04 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 140 patients
• Hospitalization rate As expected166.9
  • State average 155.26 (computed here)
  • National average 144.53 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 200 patients
• Kidney transplant waitlist ratio, first year As expected0
  • State average 0.89 (computed here)
  • National average 0.98 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 310 patients
• Mortality rate As expected13.5
  • State average 22.8 (computed here)
  • National average 21.79 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 720 patients
• Overall star rating Worse2 of 5
  • State average 2.87 (computed here)
  • National average 2.87 (computed here)
• Patients treated through an arteriovenous fistula As expected75.1
  • State average 59.15 (computed here)
  • National average 57.13 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 450 patients
• Patients waitlisted for a kidney transplant As expected18.1
  • State average 15.33 (computed here)
  • National average 16.51 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 430 patients
• Readmission rate As expected21.2
  • State average 27.24 (computed here)
  • National average 26.95 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 170 patients
• Standardized infection ratio Better0
  • State average 0.33 (computed here)
  • National average 0.36 (computed here)
  • Better than expected
• Standardized modality switch ratio As expected0.26
  • State average 0.92 (computed here)
  • National average 1.09 (computed here)
  • As expected
  • 370 patients

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

• Ritu P Patel, M.D.

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1730421751

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• DaVita Binz Home Training
• DaVita Central Houston Dialysis

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• 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.