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Source: CMS · Released July 15, 2026
Every treatment needs a way into the bloodstream. A fistula is a connection made surgically in the arm. A catheter is a tube placed in a large vein. Fistulas last longer and get infected less, so they are generally preferred where a patient's veins allow one.
| Distance | Clinic | Also offers |
|---|---|---|
| 0.7 mi | DaVita Northriver Home Dialysis (PD)1850 McFarland Blvd North STE B, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 0.9 mi | DaVita Northport Dialysis400 McFarland Blvd, Northport, AL 35476 | Evening Shifts |
| 2.8 mi | DaVita Crimson Dialysis6521 Hwy 69 S, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 | — |
| 3.3 mi | DaVita Tuscaloosa University Dialysis220 15th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 | Peritoneal (PD) |
Yes. This clinic trains patients for home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Training is a series of visits rather than a permanent move, and your nephrologist has to agree it suits you.
Not according to Medicare's records. Shift times change and are published nowhere, so it is still worth asking when you call.
24 stations, meaning up to 24 people can be treated at once. A larger unit usually means more shift options. It says nothing about the quality of care.
Yes. Medicare places this clinic in the bottom 12% of US clinics. That is a position in a national distribution, not a score it passed or failed — most clinics sit in the middle band by design.
It is a for-profit facility operated by Fresenius Medical Care, Medicare-certified since 2006.
By calling. Chair availability, insurance acceptance and wait times are not published by Medicare, or by anyone else, for any clinic in the country. That is why the phone number is at the top of this page.
Every measure Medicare publishes about a dialysis facility, grouped in Medicare's nine categories and numbered for citation. Nothing here is selected. Where this clinic has no figure, the cell carries a dash and Medicare's code, and the codes are explained below the table.
| № | Measure | Patients | Clinic | US | AL | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 17 | 12% | 21% | 22% | |
| 02 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL | |||||
This facility is one of 14 Alabama clinics rated worse than expected. The state has 162. Based on 84 patients.
Based on 84 patients.
These two do not add up to 100%. Some patients use a graft or another form of access. Access type depends on a patient's own veins, whether earlier attempts held, how soon surgery was available, and what the patient chose.
Medicare surveys patients at this clinic directly.
This facility is one of 105 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 152.
A ratio below 1 means fewer infections than Medicare expected for this clinic's patients. The published range is wide enough here to include the national expectation, which is why Medicare rates it as expected.
This facility is one of 68 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 76. Based on 67 patients.
This facility is one of 161 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 171. Based on 101 patients.
Listing depends on a patient's own health, what the regional transplant centre requires, and the patient's own choice — not on the clinic alone.
This facility is one of 156 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 165. Based on 151 discharges.
This facility is one of 140 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 147. Based on 95 discharges.
This facility is one of 161 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 167. Based on 472 patients.
This facility is one of 11 Alabama clinics rated worse than expected. The state has 169. Based on 115 patients.
This facility is one of 146 Alabama clinics rated as expected. The state has 154. Based on 45 patients.
These are adjusted for how sick a clinic's patients are. For a clinic this size the published ranges are usually wide enough that the figure cannot be told apart from the national expectation.
This facility is one of 10 Alabama clinics rated worse than expected. The state has 66. Based on 38 patients.
Based on 17 patients.
| 3.9 mi |
| FKC Foothills Dialysis914 Dr Edward Hillard Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 |
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| — |
| 17 |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 69 | 96% | 97% | 97% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | 41 | 94% | 92% | 94% | |
| 05 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 87% | 84% | ||
| 06 | Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 78% | 71% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 91% | 87% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 0.43 | As Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 120 | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 127 | 9% | 7% | 7% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 127 | 21% | 22% | 19% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 127 | 23% | 27% | 25% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 127 | 28% | 26% | 27% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 127 | 19% | 18% | 22% | |
| Patient experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 2 | |||
| 16 | Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 4 | |||
| 19 | Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 3 | |||
| 20 | Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5) | 30 | 4 | |||
| 21 | Survey response rate | 30 | 27% | 24% | 24% | |
| Staff vaccination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 4% | 0% | ||
| Survival & hospitalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years) | 472 | 26.9 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 115 | 211.6 | 148 | Worse than Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 151 | 28.8% | 27.2% | As Expected | |
| 26 | Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years) | 38 | 74.3 | 32.5 | Worse than Expected | |
| 27 | Standardized emergency department visit ratio | 45 | 1.01 | 0.99 | As Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 95 | 0.73 | 1.04 | As Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 44 | 2.23 | 1 | As Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | 67 | 0.31 | 1 | As Expected | |
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 101 | 15.3% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 84 | 27.5% | 57.1% | Worse than Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 84 | 13% | 19% | 14% | |