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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2 mi | DaVita Classic City Dialysis1686 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606 | Home Hemodialysis · Peritoneal (PD) |
| 0.5 mi | Dialysis Center of Athens210 Hawthorne Park, Athens, GA 30606 | Home Hemodialysis |
| 1.0 mi | Athens Kidney Center1440 North Chase Street, Athens, GA 30601 | — |
| 3.5 mi | DaVita Athens East Dialysis2026 S Milledge Ave, Street A2, Athens, GA 30605 | Home Hemodialysis · Peritoneal (PD) |
| 5.1 mi |
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.
17 stations, meaning up to 17 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 American Renal Associates, Medicare-certified since 2014.
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 | GA | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 11 | 36% | 21% | 24% | |
| 02 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL | |||||
This facility is one of 317 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 330. Based on 68 patients.
Based on 68 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.
This facility is one of 156 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 288.
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 208 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 218. Based on 42 patients.
This facility is one of 338 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 350. Based on 66 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 323 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 340. Based on 69 discharges.
This facility is one of 311 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 325. Based on 71 discharges.
This facility is one of 326 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 347. Based on 313 patients.
This facility is one of 331 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 347. Based on 65 patients.
This facility is one of 295 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 323. Based on 25 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 180 Georgia clinics rated as expected. The state has 188. Based on 19 patients.
Based on 11 patients.
| DaVita Athens West Dialysis1747 Langford Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677 |
|---|
| Peritoneal (PD) |
| 11 |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 58 | 98% | 97% | 96% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | 14 | 100% | 92% | 92% | |
| 05 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 87% | 76% | ||
| 06 | Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 78% | 51% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 91% | 80% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 0.5 | As Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 75 | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 78 | 5% | 7% | 8% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 78 | 27% | 22% | 22% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 78 | 37% | 27% | 26% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 78 | 22% | 26% | 26% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 78 | 9% | 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% | 22% | ||
| Staff vaccination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Survival & hospitalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years) | 313 | 25.9 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 65 | 155.8 | 148 | As Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 69 | 25.6% | 27.2% | As Expected | |
| 26 | Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years) | 19 | 28.4 | 32.5 | As Expected | |
| 27 | Standardized emergency department visit ratio | 25 | 0.23 | 0.99 | As Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 71 | 0.57 | 1.04 | As Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 47 | 0.99 | 1 | As Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | 42 | 0.93 | 1 | As Expected | |
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 66 | 16.8% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 68 | 44.6% | 57.1% | As Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 68 | 26% | 19% | 16% | |