DaVita Apple Valley Dialysis
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD
31/ 100
FMC - Knox County Kidney Center
Dialysis center · 14 Wood Lake Trail, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
CMS star rating
92/ 100
Excellent
Better than 92% 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
- 14 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 1998-05-11 · CCN 362599
- Rank in Mount Vernon, OH
- #1 of 2 dialysis centers
- Rank in Ohio
- #10 of 300 scored centers
- County
- Knox
- 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 8 of 12 reported measures, worse on 3.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 13 | 20.8 | 22.2 | Better |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 61.1 | 152.6 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 21.1% | 27.5% | 27.2% | Better |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.36 | 0.41 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 1.14 | 1.02 | 0.99 | Worse |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.49 | 1.04 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 76.1% | 54.3% | 57.1% | Better |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 9% | 21.4% | 19% | Better |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 100% | 97% | 97% | Better |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 1% | 1.2% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 20% | 17.7% | 18% | Worse |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 9.8% | 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 FMC - Knox County Kidney Center Medicare-certified?
Yes. FMC - Knox County Kidney Center (CMS Certification Number 362599) has been Medicare-certified since 1998-05-11, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does FMC - Knox County Kidney Center offer?
FMC - Knox County Kidney Center reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd) with 14 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does FMC - Knox County Kidney Center compare to other dialysis centers?
FMC - Knox County Kidney Center scores 92/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 92% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #10 of 300 scored centers in Ohio. CMS gives it 4 out of 5 stars.
Who owns FMC - Knox County Kidney Center?
FMC - Knox County Kidney Center 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 - Knox County Kidney Center or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.