Dialysis Facility Compare datasets
These are the official datasets used on the Medicare.gov Dialysis Facility Compare Website provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These data allow you to compare the quality of care provided in Medicare-certified dialysis facilities nationwide.
Dialysis Facility Compare data was last updated on Jan 22, 2020.
Announcements:
- In January 2020, the ESRD QIP data on Dialysis Facility Compare were updated to reflect Payment Year (PY) 2020 results.
- With the October 2019 release, these measures on Dialysis Facility Compare were updated:
- Adult and child patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
- Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood
- Frequency of patient death, hospital admission, or readmission
- Frequency of transfusions
- Hemoglobin management (Downloadable Data Only)
- Phosphorus concentrations in the blood (Downloadable Data Only)
- Prevention of bloodstream infections
- Adult patients who received treatment through an arteriovenous fistula
- Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
- Measurement of nPCR for Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients
- The following ICH CAHPS survey of patients experiences measures have been updated on Dialysis Facility Compare:
- Individual measures and star ratings of ICH CAHPS survey of patients experiences
- Kidney doctors communication and caring
- Dialysis center staff care and operations
- Providing information to patients
- Rating of kidney doctors
- Rating of dialysis center staff
- Rating of dialysis facility
- Overall star rating of ICH CAHPS survey of patients experiences
- The following measures were released for the first time on Dialysis Facility Compare:
- Patients who were on the kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant waiting list
- Transplant waitlist within a year of dialysis initiation
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