FMC - Silver Spring
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD✓ Evening shift
95/ 100
Holy Cross Hospital
Dialysis center · Renal Dialysis Unit, 1500 Forest Glen Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
CMS star rating
10/ 100
Poor
Better than 10% of US centers
At a glance
- Operator
- Independent · Non-profit
- Dialysis options
- ✓ In-center hemodialysis✓ Peritoneal dialysis (PD)✗ Home hemodialysis training
- Evening shift
- Yes, a shift starts after 5 pm
- Stations
- 14 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 1981-01-01 · CCN 212310
- Rank in Silver Spring, MD
- #5 of 5 dialysis centers
- Rank in Maryland
- #149 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 3 of 12 reported measures, worse on 8.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 19.4 | 21.2 | 22.2 | Better |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 41 | 115.3 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 48.5% | 24.2% | 27.2% | Worse |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 1.16 | 0.9 | 0.99 | Worse |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 1.07 | 1.01 | 1.04 | About the same |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 42.3% | 55.1% | 57.1% | Worse |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 35% | 19% | 19% | Worse |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 24% | 94.5% | 97% | Worse |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 27% | 2.2% | 1% | Worse |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 12% | 15.7% | 18% | Better |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 0.59 | 0.91 | 1 | Worse |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 11% | 18.4% | 16.5% | Worse |
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 Holy Cross Hospital Medicare-certified?
Yes. Holy Cross Hospital (CMS Certification Number 212310) has been Medicare-certified since 1981-01-01, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does Holy Cross Hospital offer?
Holy Cross Hospital reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd) with 14 dialysis stations. It runs a shift that starts after 5 pm.
How does Holy Cross Hospital compare to other dialysis centers?
Holy Cross Hospital scores 10/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (poor), better than 10% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #149 of 166 scored centers in Maryland. CMS gives it 1 out of 5 stars.
Who owns Holy Cross Hospital?
Holy Cross Hospital is independently owned, not part of a dialysis chain and is a non-profit facility.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Dialysis Facility Compare and ICH-CAHPS (2026-09-29). Dialysis Scorecard is not affiliated with Holy Cross Hospital. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.