Fmcna - Picardy Kidney Ctr
✓ In-center✓ Evening shift
93/ 100
Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program
Dialysis center · 5399 Mancuso Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
CMS star rating
89/ 100
Excellent
Better than 89% of US centers
At a glance
- Operator
- Fresenius Medical Care · For-profit
- Dialysis options
- ✓ In-center hemodialysis✓ Peritoneal dialysis (PD)✓ Home hemodialysis training
- Evening shift
- No shift starting after 5 pm reported
- Stations
- 15 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2017-08-02 · CCN 192734
- Rank in Baton Rouge, LA
- #3 of 13 dialysis centers
- Rank in Louisiana
- #19 of 167 scored centers
- County
- East Baton Rouge
- ESRD Network
- Network 13 (for grievances and help changing centers)
Patient outcomes and quality of care
CMS quality measures: better than the national average on 8 of 13 reported measures, worse on 2.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 26 | 23 | 22.2 | Worse |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 147.5 | 147.7 | 148 | About the same |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 22.8% | 27% | 27.2% | Better |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: Worse than Expected | 65.3 | 34.4 | 32.5 | Worse |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.6 | 1.18 | 0.99 | Better |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.86 | 1.29 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 70.1% | 54.7% | 57.1% | Better |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 5% | 16% | 19% | Better |
| Peritoneal dialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.7) | 97% | 94.9% | 92% | Better |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 0% | 1% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 18% | 18% | 18% | About the same |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: Better than Expected | 2.33 | 1.06 | 1 | Better |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: Better than Expected | 35.4% | 15.4% | 16.5% | Better |
Rates for deaths, hospital admissions and transfusions are risk-adjusted per 100 patient-years; ratios compare the center to what CMS expects for its patients (1.00 = as expected). State figures are the average of centers in the state. 'CMS:' notes show CMS's own verdict after accounting for statistical uncertainty.
What patients say (ICH-CAHPS survey)
CMS has not published these measures for this center (usually because too few patients were treated in the reporting period, or the center is new).
Location
Other dialysis centers in Baton Rouge
FKC - J.h. Lee Kidney Center
✓ In-center
90/ 100
Fmcna - Baton Rouge
✓ In-center✓ Evening shift
82/ 100
Fmcna - Mancuso
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD✓ Evening shift
63/ 100
FKC - O'Neal Lane
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD
56/ 100
Frequently asked questions
Is Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program Medicare-certified?
Yes. Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program (CMS Certification Number 192734) has been Medicare-certified since 2017-08-02, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program offer?
Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd), home hemodialysis training with 15 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program compare to other dialysis centers?
Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program scores 89/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 89% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #19 of 167 scored centers in Louisiana. CMS gives it 5 out of 5 stars.
Who owns Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program?
Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program is operated by Fresenius Medical Care and is a for-profit facility.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Dialysis Facility Compare and ICH-CAHPS (2026-09-29). Dialysis Scorecard is not affiliated with Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.