Deers Head Center
Deers Head Center is a Medicare-certified dialysis center in Salisbury, Maryland, 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
351 Deers Head Hospital Road
Salisbury, MD 21801 · Wicomico County
(410) 543-4085 (click to call)
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Services & details
In-center hemodialysisPeritoneal dialysis
| Dialysis stations | 26 |
|---|---|
| Ownership | State Owned (Non-profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 1977-09-01 |
| CMS Certification Number | 212313 |
CMS quality measures
| Measure | Result | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Patient survival | As Expected | CMS category comparing observed vs expected patient survival |
| Mortality rate | 27.6 deaths per 100 patient-years | Lower is better |
| Hospitalization rate | 127.8 admissions per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | Lower is better |
| Hospital readmission | 18.3% (As Expected) | 30-day unplanned readmissions; lower is better |
| Blood transfusion rate | 11.6 per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | 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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