FMC - Salem South
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD✓ Evening shift
68/ 100
DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis
Dialysis center · 270 E State Street, Suite 110, Alliance, OH 44601
CMS star rating
17/ 100
Poor
Better than 17% of US centers
At a glance
- Operator
- DaVita · For-profit
- Dialysis options
- ✓ In-center hemodialysis✓ Peritoneal dialysis (PD)✗ Home hemodialysis training
- Evening shift
- No shift starting after 5 pm reported
- Stations
- 20 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2004-06-02 · CCN 362669
- Rank in Ohio
- #228 of 300 scored centers
- County
- Stark
- ESRD Network
- Network 9 (for grievances and help changing centers)
Patient outcomes and quality of care
CMS quality measures: better than the national average on 4 of 11 reported measures, worse on 6.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 22.2 | 20.8 | 22.2 | About the same |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 135.6 | 152.6 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 25.8% | 27.5% | 27.2% | Better |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 57.3 | 33.5 | 32.5 | Worse |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0 | 0.41 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 1.59 | 1.02 | 0.99 | Worse |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.96 | 1.04 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 54.2% | 54.3% | 57.1% | Worse |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 22% | 21.4% | 19% | Worse |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 0.45 | 1.23 | 1 | Worse |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 3.8% | 12.7% | 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 DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis Medicare-certified?
Yes. DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis (CMS Certification Number 362669) has been Medicare-certified since 2004-06-02, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis offer?
DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd) with 20 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis compare to other dialysis centers?
DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis scores 17/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (poor), better than 17% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #228 of 300 scored centers in Ohio. CMS gives it 2 out of 5 stars.
Who owns DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis?
DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis is operated by DaVita 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 DaVita Alliance Community Dialysis or DaVita. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.