BMA - Wheaton
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Evening shift
80/ 100
FMC - Silver Spring
Dialysis center · 12120 Plum Orchard Rd Ste 140, Silver Spring, MD 20904
CMS star rating
95/ 100
Excellent
Better than 95% 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
- Yes, a shift starts after 5 pm
- Stations
- 12 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2009-07-15 · CCN 212660
- Rank in Silver Spring, MD
- #1 of 5 dialysis centers
- Rank in Maryland
- #9 of 166 scored centers
- County
- Montgomery
- ESRD Network
- Network 5 (for grievances and help changing centers)
Patient outcomes and quality of care
CMS quality measures: better than the national average on 12 of 15 reported measures, worse on 1.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 21.9 | 21.2 | 22.2 | About the same |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 110.3 | 115.3 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 30.6% | 24.2% | 27.2% | Worse |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 13.6 | 26.5 | 32.5 | Better |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0 | 0.35 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.76 | 0.9 | 0.99 | Better |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.94 | 1.01 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 66.5% | 55.1% | 57.1% | Better |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 13% | 19% | 19% | Better |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 99% | 94.5% | 97% | Better |
| Peritoneal dialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.7) | 100% | 91.3% | 92% | Better |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 0% | 2.2% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 16% | 15.7% | 18% | Better |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 1.13 | 0.91 | 1 | Better |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 21.9% | 18.4% | 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
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Frequently asked questions
Is FMC - Silver Spring Medicare-certified?
Yes. FMC - Silver Spring (CMS Certification Number 212660) has been Medicare-certified since 2009-07-15, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does FMC - Silver Spring offer?
FMC - Silver Spring reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd), home hemodialysis training with 12 dialysis stations. It runs a shift that starts after 5 pm.
How does FMC - Silver Spring compare to other dialysis centers?
FMC - Silver Spring scores 95/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 95% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #9 of 166 scored centers in Maryland. CMS gives it 4 out of 5 stars.
Who owns FMC - Silver Spring?
FMC - Silver Spring 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 FMC - Silver Spring or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.