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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15 mi | FMC BMA of Burke County Inc814 West Union St, Morganton, NC 28655 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 17 mi | Fresenius Medical Care of Hickory1899 TATE Blvd Ste 1103, Hickory, NC 28602 | — |
| 17 mi | FMC Hickory Home Program1899 Tate Blvd SE, Hickory, NC 28602 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 17 mi | DaVita Catawba County Dialysis1900 3rd Avenue Lane SE, Hickory, NC 28602 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 19 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.
45 stations, meaning up to 45 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 top 25% 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 1977.
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 | NC | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 33 | 46% | 21% | 23% | |
| 02 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL | |||||
This facility is one of 15 North Carolina clinics rated better than expected. The state has 237. Based on 155 patients.
Based on 155 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 96 North Carolina clinics rated better than expected. The state has 232.
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 144 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 157. Based on 72 patients.
This facility is one of 233 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 245. Based on 116 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 228 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 237. Based on 136 discharges.
This facility is one of 225 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 230. Based on 99 discharges.
This facility is one of 234 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 241. Based on 621 patients.
This facility is one of 239 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 244. Based on 159 patients.
This facility is one of 222 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 228. Based on 60 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 141 North Carolina clinics rated as expected. The state has 154. Based on 51 patients.
Based on 33 patients.
| Fresenius Medical Care of Alexander County175 Commerce Drive, Taylorsville, NC 28681 |
|---|
| Peritoneal (PD) |
| 33 |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 144 | 94% | 97% | 97% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | 11 | 96% | 92% | 95% | |
| 05 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 87% | 98% | ||
| 06 | Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 78% | 88% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 91% | 100% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 0 | Better than Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 157 | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 170 | 8% | 7% | 7% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 170 | 19% | 22% | 20% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 170 | 25% | 27% | 25% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 170 | 27% | 26% | 27% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 170 | 22% | 18% | 20% | |
| Patient experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 3 | |||
| 17 | Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 3 | |||
| 18 | Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 5 | |||
| 19 | Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 4 | |||
| 20 | Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5) | 59 | 4 | |||
| 21 | Survey response rate | 59 | 24% | 24% | 24% | |
| 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) | 621 | 23.4 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 159 | 117.7 | 148 | As Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 136 | 24.3% | 27.2% | As Expected | |
| 26 | Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years) | 51 | 9.1 | 32.5 | As Expected | |
| 27 | Standardized emergency department visit ratio | 60 | 0.7 | 0.99 | As Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 99 | 1.04 | 1.04 | As Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 110 | 0.41 | 1 | As Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | 72 | 0.41 | 1 | As Expected | |
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 116 | 6% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 155 | 82.4% | 57.1% | Better than Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 155 | 11% | 19% | 16% | |