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Facility infoDesert Cities Dialysis of Barstow655 Helen Runyon DrBarstow, CA 92311(760) 256-3918Chairs, insurance and shift times are unpublished. Calling is the only way.

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Desert Cities Dialysis of Barstow

655 Helen Runyon Dr

Barstow, CA 92311

In-Center HemodialysisPeritoneal (PD)

Call this dialysis center at:(760) 256-3918Ask about shift times, insurance and whether they have an open chair.

Treatments and capacity

Offered hereIn-Center HemodialysisDialysis performed at the clinic by trained staff, typically three times a week for about four hours per session.

Not hereHome HemodialysisTraining for a patient, usually with a care partner, to run hemodialysis treatments at home.

Offered herePeritoneal (PD)At-home dialysis through a catheter in the abdomen instead of needles, done overnight or in daytime exchanges.

Not hereEvening ShiftsLater clinic appointment times for patients who work, attend school, or have daytime commitments.

16 stations — the chairs this clinic can treat in at once.

What Medicare publishes about this clinic

Source: CMS · Released July 15, 2026

Vascular access

October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025

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.

Arteriovenous fistula59.3%As Expected

This clinic59.3%

38.7%80.2%

Ownership and operations

Who runs it

OwnershipFor-profit

ChainNot chain-owned

The facility

Stations16 chairs

CCN052816

Certified sinceNovember 12, 1997

ESRD network18 — Southern CA

Common questions about Desert Cities Dialysis of Barstow

Does Desert Cities Dialysis of Barstow offer home dialysis training?

Yes. This clinic trains patients for peritoneal dialysis. Training is a series of visits rather than a permanent move, and your nephrologist has to agree it suits you.

Does it have evening or late shifts?

Not according to Medicare's records. Shift times change and are published nowhere, so it is still worth asking when you call.

How many stations does it have?

16 stations, meaning up to 16 people can be treated at once. A larger unit usually means more shift options. It says nothing about the quality of care.

Does Medicare publish a quality rating for it?

Yes. Medicare places this clinic in the bottom 34% 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.

Who owns it?

It is a for-profit facility, Medicare-certified since 1997.

How do I find out if there is an open chair?

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.

Data Appendix

Source record · measures 01–33

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	CA
Anemia management
01	Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL	22	23%	21%	18%
02	Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL

Dialysis adequacy
03	Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2	80	96%	97%	96%
04	Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7		No figure published. Reason code 199.	92%	89%
05	Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2		No figure published. Reason code 259.	87%	60%
06	Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8		No figure published. Reason code 259.	78%	72%
07	Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured		No figure published. Reason code 259.	91%	74%

Infection
08	Standardized bloodstream infection ratio		0			Better than Expected

Mineral metabolism
09	Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL)	84	1%	1%	1%
10	Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL	87	5%	7%	7%
11	Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL	87	13%	22%	22%
12	Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL	87	23%	27%	27%
13	Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL	87	22%	26%	26%
14	Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL	87	38%	18%	18%

Patient experience
15	Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
16	Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
17	Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
18	Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
19	Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
20	Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5)	No figure published. Reason code 101.
21	Survey response rate	No figure published. Reason code 101.	24%	25%

Staff vaccination
22	Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate		72%	4%	4%

Survival & hospitalization
23	Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years)	298	30.8	22.2	As Expected
24	Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years)	66	131.2	148	As Expected
25	Readmission rate	41	21.2%	27.2%	As Expected
26	Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years)	33	30.9	32.5	As Expected
27	Standardized emergency department visit ratio	36	1.35	0.99	As Expected
28	ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio)	48	1.34	1.04	As Expected
29	Standardized modality switch ratio	53	0	1	Worse than Expected

Transplant access
30	First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio	42	0.52	1		As Expected
31	Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant	71	5.6%	16.5%		As Expected

Vascular access
32	Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula	83	59.3%	57.1%		As Expected
33	Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days	83	20%	19%	17%

Desert Cities Dialysis of Barstow

Treatments and capacity

What Medicare publishes about this clinic

Vascular access

Ownership and operations

Common questions about Desert Cities Dialysis of Barstow

Data Appendix

Patient survey

Bloodstream infection

Transplant listing

Readmission and emergency visits after hospital

Deaths, hospital admissions, emergency visits

Transfusions

Anemia