Center for Dialysis Care Westside Home Care LLC
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD
9/ 100
FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake
Dialysis center · 26024 Detroit Road, Westlake, OH 44145
CMS star rating · Patient survey: 5★
90/ 100
Excellent
Better than 90% 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
- 23 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 1999-02-10 · CCN 362609
- Rank in Ohio
- #17 of 300 scored centers
- County
- Cuyahoga
- 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 9 of 15 reported measures, worse on 4.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 17.9 | 20.8 | 22.2 | Better |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 138.3 | 152.6 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 21.4% | 27.5% | 27.2% | Better |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 35.6 | 33.5 | 32.5 | Worse |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0.14 | 0.41 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.85 | 1.02 | 0.99 | Better |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.72 | 1.04 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 52% | 54.3% | 57.1% | Worse |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 22% | 21.4% | 19% | Worse |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 98% | 97% | 97% | About the same |
| Peritoneal dialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.7) | 98% | 94.4% | 92% | 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 |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 1.29 | 1.23 | 1 | Better |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 23.7% | 12.7% | 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)
In-center hemodialysis patient survey (0–100 scores): better than the national average on 6 of 6 reported measures, worse on 0.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney doctors' communication and caring | 89 | 81 | 81 | Better |
| Quality of dialysis center care and operations | 89 | 82 | 81 | Better |
| Providing information to patients | 85 | 81 | 80 | Better |
| Rating of the kidney doctor | 90 | 84 | 84 | Better |
| Rating of the dialysis center staff | 92 | 88 | 87 | Better |
| Rating of the dialysis center | 93 | 89 | 88 | Better |
Based on 33 completed interviews (24% response rate). CMS publishes survey results only for centers with at least 30 completed interviews.
Location
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Frequently asked questions
Is FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake Medicare-certified?
Yes. FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake (CMS Certification Number 362609) has been Medicare-certified since 1999-02-10, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake offer?
FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd), home hemodialysis training with 23 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake compare to other dialysis centers?
FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake scores 90/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 90% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #17 of 300 scored centers in Ohio. CMS gives it 3 out of 5 stars.
Who owns FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake?
FMC - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake 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 - Ohio Renal Care Group Westlake or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.