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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 mi | Fresenius Medical Care of Hibbing3899 Highway 73, Hibbing, MN 55746 | — |
| 48 mi | Fresenius Kidney Care Aitkin200 Bunker Hill Dr., Aitkin, MN 56431 | — |
| 49 mi | FMC Dialysis - Eveleth233 Mckinley Ave, Eveleth, MN 55734 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 60 mi | Fresenius Medical Care - Cloquet512 Skyline Blvd, Cloquet, MN 55720 | — |
| 69 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.
11 stations, meaning up to 11 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 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.
It is a for-profit facility operated by Fresenius Medical Care, Medicare-certified since 2000.
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 | MN | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 19 | 37% | 21% | 21% | |
| 02 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL | |||||
This facility is one of 104 Minnesota clinics rated as expected. The state has 110. Based on 51 patients.
Based on 51 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 24 Minnesota clinics rated better than expected. The state has 105.
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 104 Minnesota clinics rated as expected. The state has 108. Based on 40 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 98 Minnesota clinics rated as expected. The state has 101. Based on 46 discharges.
This facility is one of 6 Minnesota clinics rated worse than expected. The state has 99. Based on 29 discharges.
This facility is one of 106 Minnesota clinics rated as expected. The state has 110. Based on 196 patients.
This facility is one of 109 Minnesota clinics rated as expected. The state has 110. Based on 48 patients.
This facility is one of 19 Minnesota clinics rated worse than expected. The state has 101. Based on 20 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.
Based on 19 patients.
| Fresenius Kidney Care Brainerd2024 S. 6th St., Brainerd, MN 56401 |
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| — |
| 19 |
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| 1% |
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| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 43 | 99% | 97% | 97% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | No figure published. Reason code 199. | 92% | 93% | ||
| 05 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 87% | 94% | ||
| 06 | Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8 | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 78% | 80% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 91% | 98% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 0.2 | Better than Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 59 | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 62 | 7% | 7% | 7% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 62 | 21% | 22% | 21% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 62 | 27% | 27% | 25% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 62 | 26% | 26% | 27% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 62 | 19% | 18% | 20% | |
| 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% | 28% | ||
| Staff vaccination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate | No figure published. Reason code 201. | 4% | 5% | ||
| Survival & hospitalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years) | 196 | 19.2 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 48 | 136.3 | 148 | As Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 46 | 28.2% | 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 | 20 | 2.43 | 0.99 | Worse than Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 29 | 2.89 | 1.04 | Worse than Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 40 | 1.36 | 1 | As Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | No figure published. Reason code 199. | 1 | |||
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 40 | 12.1% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 51 | 46.8% | 57.1% | As Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 51 | 33% | 19% | 21% | |