DaVita East Brunswick Dialysis
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD
100/ 100
FMC East Brunswick
Dialysis center · 1020 State Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
CMS star rating
98/ 100
Excellent
Better than 98% 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
- 19 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2019-12-16 · CCN 312699
- Rank in East Brunswick, NJ
- #2 of 2 dialysis centers
- Rank in New Jersey
- #15 of 185 scored centers
- County
- Middlesex
- ESRD Network
- Network 3 (for grievances and help changing centers)
Patient outcomes and quality of care
CMS quality measures: better than the national average on 13 of 15 reported measures, worse on 0.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 13.4 | 19.7 | 22.2 | Better |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 86.4 | 148.9 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 25.5% | 27.2% | 27.2% | Better |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 21 | 26.8 | 32.5 | Better |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0 | 0.37 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.99 | Better |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.86 | 0.85 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 59.4% | 58.7% | 57.1% | Better |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 18% | 14.4% | 19% | About the same |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 100% | 96.8% | 97% | Better |
| Peritoneal dialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.7) | 100% | 96.7% | 92% | Better |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 2% | 2.4% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 13% | 13.9% | 18% | Better |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: Better than Expected | 2.8 | 1.57 | 1 | Better |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: Better than Expected | 41.7% | 22.2% | 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
Approximate location (ZIP code center). Open in Google Maps
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Frequently asked questions
Is FMC East Brunswick Medicare-certified?
Yes. FMC East Brunswick (CMS Certification Number 312699) has been Medicare-certified since 2019-12-16, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does FMC East Brunswick offer?
FMC East Brunswick reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd) with 19 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does FMC East Brunswick compare to other dialysis centers?
FMC East Brunswick scores 98/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 98% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #15 of 185 scored centers in New Jersey. CMS gives it 5 out of 5 stars.
Who owns FMC East Brunswick?
FMC East Brunswick 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 East Brunswick or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.