Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Downey
Medicare-certified dialysis center in Downey, California, independently operated. Figures below are from CMS (July 2026 release); call (562) 657-9170 to confirm availability.
At a glance
| CMS quality rating | ★★★★★ 5 / 5 Quality of Patient Care star rating · Dialysis Facility dataset · what this means |
|---|---|
| Patient survey rating | Not surveyed, or too few completed surveys to report ICH CAHPS patient survey |
| Medicare payment (ESRD QIP) | 0.5% Medicare payment reduction (PY2026) — Total Performance Score 48 vs California 55 / national 54 ESRD QIP Total Performance Scores dataset |
| Treatment options | Peritoneal dialysis |
| Shift starting after 5 p.m. | No |
| Dialysis stations | 6 |
| Patients in CMS survival summary | 418 a size indicator, not a current patient count |
| Ownership | Kaiser Permanente (Non-profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 1994-12-01 |
| CMS Certification Number | 052389 |
How this center compares
| Measure | This center | CA avg | US avg | CMS category or CA rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | ||||
| Deaths among patients treated here, risk-adjusted by CMS for age and health, per 100 patient-years. | ||||
| Death rateper 100 patient-years · Lower is better | 25.1418 patients | — | 22.2 | As Expected |
| Hospital & ED | ||||
| Hospital admissions among patients treated here, risk-adjusted by CMS, per 100 patient-years. Share of hospital discharges followed by an unplanned readmission within 30 days, risk-adjusted by CMS. | ||||
| Hospital admissionsper 100 patient-years · Lower is better | 102.596 patients | — | 148 | As Expected |
| 30-day hospital readmissionLower is better | 20.5%47 hospital stays | — | 27.2% | As Expected |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||
| Share of adult peritoneal dialysis patients who met the weekly Kt/V ≥ 1.7 waste-removal target. | ||||
| Peritoneal dialysis adequacy (Kt/V ≥ 1.7)Higher is better | 61%174 patients | 89% | 92% | Better than 9% |
| Labs | ||||
| Share of adult patients whose average serum calcium was above 10.2 mg/dL. Share of adult patients whose serum phosphorus was above 7.0 mg/dL (CMS reports five phosphorus bands; this is the highest). | ||||
| High blood calciumLower is better | 1%174 patients | 1% | 1% | Better than 40% |
| Serum phosphorus above 7.0 mg/dLNot ranked | 20%185 patients | 18% | 18% | Not ranked |
| Transplant & home dialysis | ||||
| Share of patients under 75 on the kidney transplant waitlist, risk-adjusted by CMS. New patients placed on the transplant waitlist within a year of starting dialysis, compared with the number CMS expected; 1.0 means as expected. | ||||
| Patients on the transplant waitlistHigher is better | 44.3%164 patients | — | 16.5% | Better than Expected |
| Waitlisted in first year (ratio)Higher is better | 1.8879 patients | — | 1.00 | Better than Expected |
Values and averages are published by CMS (July 2026 release); "—" means CMS publishes no average for that measure. Where CMS assigns a risk-adjusted category ("Better than", "As" or "Worse than Expected"), that category is shown — we never rank those measures ourselves. For the other measures, "Better than X%" is computed by DialysisCompare: the share of California facilities with at least 25 patients in the measure that this center does better than; centers with fewer patients are not ranked. One measure never tells the whole story — how every figure is sourced and computed.
Questions to ask this center
Prompts for a conversation with the center or your kidney care team, generated only where CMS rates a measure "Worse than Expected", where this center is in the bottom quarter of California facilities on a measure with at least 25 patients, or where it carries a Medicare payment reduction. They are not medical advice and not a verdict on the center.
- CMS's ESRD Quality Incentive Program reduced this center's Medicare payments by 0.5% for payment year 2026 (Total Performance Score 48, vs 55 for California and 54 nationally). You could ask what the center is doing to improve its score.
- Peritoneal dialysis adequacy (Kt/V ≥ 1.7): CMS reports 61% here (174 patients), vs 89% across California — better than only 9% of California facilities with at least 25 patients. You could ask how the center monitors peritoneal dialysis adequacy for home patients.
Location & contact
Capd Department-Basement, 9333 E. Imperial Hwy
Downey, CA 90242 · Los Angeles County
(562) 657-9170 (click to call)
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Coverage: only Medicare-certified dialysis facilities appear here. VA dialysis units and clinics that do not bill Medicare are not in the CMS file. Phone is the only contact channel CMS publishes for each facility.
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