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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9 mi | DaVita Brookwood Dialysis Center8910 N 43rd Ave Ste 107, Glendale, AZ 85302 | — |
| 3.1 mi | FMC-Glendale Town Center4407 West Peoria Ave, Glendale, AZ 85302 | — |
| 4.8 mi | FMC North Mountain16605 North 28th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85053 | — |
| 5.0 mi | Dialysis Center of Glendale (FMC)5957 W Northern Ave Ste 108, Glendale, AZ 85301 | — |
| 5.4 mi |
Yes. This clinic trains patients for home hemodialysis. 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.
19 stations, meaning up to 19 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 middle 41% 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 1993.
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 | AZ | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | No figure published. Reason code 199. | 21% | 18% | ||
This facility is one of 108 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 118. Based on 103 patients.
Based on 103 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 68 Arizona clinics rated better than expected. The state has 117.
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 95 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 106. Based on 39 patients.
This facility is one of 113 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 121. Based on 97 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 116 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 118. Based on 70 discharges.
This facility is one of 106 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 114. Based on 49 discharges.
This facility is one of 117 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 119. Based on 355 patients.
This facility is one of 118 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 120. Based on 73 patients.
This facility is one of 107 Arizona clinics rated as expected. The state has 116. Based on 27 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.
| Thunderbird Dialysis (FMC)5750 W Thunderbird Rd Bldg G #750, Glendale, AZ 85306 |
|---|
| Peritoneal (PD) |
| 02 |
| Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL |
|---|
| No figure published. Reason code 199. |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 90 | 99% | 97% | 97% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | 11 | 90% | 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% | 95% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 91% | 99% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 0.18 | Better than Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 104 | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 112 | 5% | 7% | 7% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 112 | 23% | 22% | 21% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 112 | 30% | 27% | 26% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 112 | 26% | 26% | 27% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 112 | 15% | 18% | 19% | |
| Patient experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 3 | |||
| 17 | Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 4 | |||
| 18 | Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 4 | |||
| 19 | Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 3 | |||
| 20 | Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5) | 38 | 3 | |||
| 21 | Survey response rate | 38 | 31% | 24% | 25% | |
| Staff vaccination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 4% | 2% | ||
| Survival & hospitalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years) | 355 | 25.3 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 73 | 188.7 | 148 | As Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 70 | 28.9% | 27.2% | As Expected | |
| 26 | Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years) | No figure published. Reason code 199. | 32.5 | |||
| 27 | Standardized emergency department visit ratio | 27 | 1.34 | 0.99 | As Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 49 | 0.88 | 1.04 | As Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 50 | 0.68 | 1 | As Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | 39 | 0.75 | 1 | As Expected | |
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 97 | 8.7% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 103 | 56.6% | 57.1% | As Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 103 | 12% | 19% | 16% | |