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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 mi | DaVita Cleve Hill Dialysis Center3520 Main Street Suite 400, Amherst, NY 14226 | Home Hemodialysis · Peritoneal (PD) |
| 2.3 mi | USRC West Cheektowaga2861 Harlem Road, Buffalo, NY 14225 | — |
| 2.6 mi | Oishei CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO818 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 | Peritoneal (PD) |
| 3.8 mi | USRC Amherst Dialysis2880, Sheridan Dr, Tonawanda, NY 14150 | — |
| 4.4 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.
Yes — Medicare records chairs available after 5pm. Which specific times are free changes constantly and is published nowhere, so call to ask.
36 stations, meaning up to 36 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 nonprofit facility, Medicare-certified since 1980.
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 | NY | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia management | ||||||
| 01 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 43 | 9% | 21% | 25% | |
| 02 | Medicare patients with hemoglobin > 12 g/dL | |||||
This facility is one of 272 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 328. Based on 189 patients.
Based on 189 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 127 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 262.
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 173 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 197. Based on 65 patients.
This facility is one of 291 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 323. Based on 152 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 306 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 325. Based on 158 discharges.
This facility is one of 294 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 313. Based on 123 discharges.
This facility is one of 296 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 324. Based on 623 patients.
This facility is one of 306 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 325. Based on 150 patients.
This facility is one of 293 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 307. Based on 61 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 209 New York clinics rated as expected. The state has 233. Based on 48 patients.
Based on 43 patients.
| FMS-Freedom Center of Buffalo52 South Union Road, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
|---|
| Home Hemodialysis · Peritoneal (PD) |
| 43 |
| 7% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| Dialysis adequacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | 173 | 99% | 97% | 94% | |
| 04 | Adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7 | 14 | 32% | 92% | 86% | |
| 05 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 87% | 83% | ||
| 06 | Pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.8 | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 78% | 79% | ||
| 07 | Pediatric hemodialysis patients with nPCR measured | No figure published. Reason code 259. | 91% | 89% | ||
| Infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Standardized bloodstream infection ratio | 1.22 | As Expected | |||
| Mineral metabolism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Adult patients with hypercalcemia (calcium > 10.2 mg/dL) | 193 | 0% | 1% | 2% | |
| 10 | Adult serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL | 200 | 9% | 7% | 9% | |
| 11 | Adult serum phosphorus between 3.5-4.5 mg/dL | 200 | 20% | 22% | 23% | |
| 12 | Adult serum phosphorus between 4.6-5.5 mg/dL | 200 | 23% | 27% | 27% | |
| 13 | Adult serum phosphorus between 5.6-7.0 mg/dL | 200 | 31% | 26% | 26% | |
| 14 | Adult serum phosphorus greater than 7.0 mg/dL | 200 | 17% | 18% | 15% | |
| Patient experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Nephrologists' communication and caring (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Quality of dialysis center care and operations (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Providing information to patients (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 3 | |||
| 18 | Patients' rating of the nephrologist (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 3 | |||
| 19 | Patients' rating of the dialysis center staff (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 4 | |||
| 20 | Patients' rating of the dialysis facility (stars, 1–5) | 66 | 4 | |||
| 21 | Survey response rate | 66 | 22% | 24% | 24% | |
| Staff vaccination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rate | 1% | 4% | 9% | ||
| Survival & hospitalization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mortality rate (per 100 patient-years) | 623 | 24.8 | 22.2 | As Expected | |
| 24 | Hospitalization rate (admissions) (per 100 patient-years) | 150 | 153.2 | 148 | As Expected | |
| 25 | Readmission rate | 158 | 29.7% | 27.2% | As Expected | |
| 26 | Transfusion rate (per 100 patient-years) | 48 | 48.1 | 32.5 | As Expected | |
| 27 | Standardized emergency department visit ratio | 61 | 0.76 | 0.99 | As Expected | |
| 28 | ED visits within 30 days of hospital discharge (ratio) | 123 | 0.94 | 1.04 | As Expected | |
| 29 | Standardized modality switch ratio | 95 | 0.19 | 1 | Worse than Expected | |
| Transplant access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | First-year kidney transplant waitlist ratio | 65 | 1.28 | 1 | As Expected | |
| 31 | Prevalent patients waitlisted for transplant | 152 | 17.1% | 16.5% | As Expected | |
| Vascular access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Adult patients with an arteriovenous fistula | 189 | 56.8% | 57.1% | As Expected | |
| 33 | Adult patients with a catheter in use 90+ days | 189 | 31% | 19% | 19% | |