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Facility infoPiedmont Dialysis Center655 Cotton StreetWinston Salem, NC 27101(336) 721-1360Chairs, insurance and shift times are unpublished. Calling is the only way.

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Piedmont Dialysis Center655 Cotton Street, Winston Salem

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Piedmont Dialysis Center

655 Cotton Street

Winston Salem, NC 27101

In-Center HemodialysisPeritoneal (PD)Home Hemodialysis

Call this dialysis center at:(336) 721-1360Ask 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.

Offered 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.

Nearest clinics that offer it

1.2 mi

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 fistula58.5%As Expected

This clinic58.5%

40.6%73.2%

Ownership and operations

Who runs it

OperatorWake Forest University

OwnershipNonprofit

ChainChain-owned

The facility

Stations58 chairs

CCN342505

Certified sinceSeptember 1, 1976

ESRD network6 — GA, NC, SC

Other clinics nearby

Distance	Clinic	Also offers
1.2 mi	North Davidson Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University295 Millers Creek Dr., Winston Salem, NC 27127	Peritoneal (PD)
1.2 mi	Wfu Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit4 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, NC 27157	Peritoneal (PD) · Evening Shifts
1.4 mi	Miller Street Dialysis Center120 Miller St, Winston Salem, NC 27103	Evening Shifts
2.6 mi	Salem Kidney Center2705 Boulder Park Court, Winston Salem, NC 27101	—

Common questions about Piedmont Dialysis Center

Does Piedmont Dialysis Center offer home dialysis training?

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.

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?

58 stations, meaning up to 58 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 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.

Who owns it?

It is a nonprofit facility operated by Wake Forest University, Medicare-certified since 1976.

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	NC
Anemia management
01	Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL	50	22%	21%	23%
02	Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL

3.6 mi	Highland Oaks Dialysis Center730 Highland Oaks Dr. Suite 101, Winston Salem, NC 27103	Peritoneal (PD)

Dialysis adequacy
03	Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2	190	97%	97%	97%
04	Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7	86	98%	92%	95%
05	Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2		No figure published. Reason code 199.	87%	98%
06	Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8		No figure published. Reason code 199.	78%	88%
07	Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured		No figure published. Reason code 199.	91%	100%

Infection
08	Standardized bloodstream infection ratio		1			As Expected

Mineral metabolism
09	Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL)	290	0%	1%	1%
10	Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL	304	7%	7%	7%
11	Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL	304	24%	22%	20%
12	Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL	304	29%	27%	25%
13	Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL	304	27%	26%	27%
14	Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL	304	13%	18%	20%

Patient experience
15	Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5)	82	4
16	Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5)	82	3
17	Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5)	82	2
18	Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5)	82	5
19	Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5)	82	2
20	Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5)	82	4
21	Survey response rate	82	24%	24%	24%

Staff vaccination
22	Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate		7%	4%	2%

Survival & hospitalization
23	Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years)	1,088	25	22.2	As Expected
24	Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years)	236	141.4	148	As Expected
25	Readmission rate	235	30.9%	27.2%	As Expected
26	Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years)	69	18.9	32.5	As Expected
27	Standardized emergency department visit ratio	81	0.77	0.99	As Expected
28	ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio)	129	1.22	1.04	As Expected
29	Standardized modality switch ratio	124	1.15	1	As Expected

Transplant access
30	First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio	133	1.42	1		As Expected
31	Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant	263	20.4%	16.5%		As Expected

Vascular access
32	Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula	215	58.5%	57.1%		As Expected
33	Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days	215	30%	19%	16%

Piedmont Dialysis Center

Treatments and capacity

What Medicare publishes about this clinic

Vascular access

Ownership and operations

Other clinics nearby

Common questions about Piedmont Dialysis Center

Data Appendix

Patient survey

Bloodstream infection

Transplant listing

Readmission and emergency visits after hospital

Deaths, hospital admissions, emergency visits

Transfusions

Anemia