Fresenius Medical Care Walterboro
Fresenius Medical Care Walterboro is a Medicare-certified dialysis center in Walterboro, South Carolina, operated by Fresenius Kidney Care. 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
904 N. Jefferies Boulevard
Walterboro, SC 29488 · Colleton County
(843) 782-4900 (click to call)
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Services & details
In-center hemodialysisPeritoneal dialysis
| Dialysis stations | 16 |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Fresenius Medical Care (Profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 2015-10-26 |
| CMS Certification Number | 422657 |
CMS quality measures
| Measure | Result | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Patient survival | Worse than Expected | CMS category comparing observed vs expected patient survival |
| Mortality rate | 32.4 deaths per 100 patient-years | Lower is better |
| Hospitalization rate | 199.1 admissions per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | Lower is better |
| Hospital readmission | 30% (As Expected) | 30-day unplanned readmissions; lower is better |
| Blood transfusion rate | 23.9 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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