DaVita Greater Charleston Dialysis
✓ In-center✓ PD✓ Home HD✓ Evening shift
25/ 100
Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County
Dialysis center · 951 Dunbar Village, Dunbar, WV 25064
CMS star rating · Patient survey: 2★
5/ 100
Poor
Better than 5% 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
- 25 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2009-09-01 · CCN 512533
- Rank in West Virginia
- #34 of 38 scored centers
- County
- Kanawha
- 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 4 of 14 reported measures, worse on 7.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 22.9 | 21.2 | 22.2 | About the same |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 186 | 162.4 | 148 | Worse |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 33.9% | 29.3% | 27.2% | Worse |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 24.2 | 46 | 32.5 | Better |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0.41 | 0.37 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.99 | About the same |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 0.84 | 1.1 | 1.04 | Better |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 39.6% | 48.3% | 57.1% | Worse |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 44% | 32.3% | 19% | Worse |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 91% | 97.4% | 97% | Worse |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 1% | 0.9% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 20% | 19.2% | 18% | Worse |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 1.7 | 1.18 | 1 | Better |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 8.3% | 9.5% | 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)
In-center hemodialysis patient survey (0–100 scores): better than the national average on 0 of 6 reported measures, worse on 2.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney doctors' communication and caring | 68 | 81 | 81 | Worse |
| Quality of dialysis center care and operations | 75 | 84 | 81 | Worse |
| Providing information to patients | 79 | 81 | 80 | About the same |
| Rating of the kidney doctor | 80 | 85 | 84 | About the same |
| Rating of the dialysis center staff | 83 | 89 | 87 | About the same |
| Rating of the dialysis center | 84 | 90 | 88 | About the same |
Based on 32 completed interviews (24% response rate). CMS publishes survey results only for centers with at least 30 completed interviews.
Location
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21/ 100
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Fresenius Medical Care Hawks Nest
✓ In-center
2/ 100
Frequently asked questions
Is Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County Medicare-certified?
Yes. Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County (CMS Certification Number 512533) has been Medicare-certified since 2009-09-01, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County offer?
Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd), home hemodialysis training with 25 dialysis stations. It does not report a shift starting after 5 pm.
How does Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County compare to other dialysis centers?
Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County scores 5/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (poor), better than 5% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #34 of 38 scored centers in West Virginia. CMS gives it 1 out of 5 stars.
Who owns Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County?
Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County 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 Fresenius Medical Care Kanawha County or Fresenius Medical Care. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.