Athens Kidney Center
Athens Kidney Center is a Medicare-certified dialysis center in Athens, Georgia, independently operated. CMS gives it a 1-star rating — CMS places this facility in the lowest-rated group nationally for measured quality of patient care.
★☆☆☆☆ 1 / 5 CMS Quality of Patient Care rating · what this means
Location & contact
1440 North Chase Street
Athens, GA 30601 · Clarke County
(706) 227-2110 (click to call)
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Services & details
In-center hemodialysis
| Dialysis stations | 18 |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Independent (Profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 2000-02-04 |
| CMS Certification Number | 112674 |
CMS quality measures
| Measure | Result | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Patient survival | As Expected | CMS category comparing observed vs expected patient survival |
| Mortality rate | 19.7 deaths per 100 patient-years | Lower is better |
| Hospitalization rate | 98.2 admissions per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | Lower is better |
| Hospital readmission | 28.2% (As Expected) | 30-day unplanned readmissions; lower is better |
Measures are risk-adjusted by CMS so facilities treating sicker patients aren't penalized. A single measure never tells the whole story — read how CMS calculates these.
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