Inpatient
Services

Benefits to Hospitals:

The relationship with Fresenius Medical Care provides value and comprehensive support for everyone involved in the acute renal patient care, during and after hospitalization. Our streamlined approaches assure that your needs are being met, and that your patients benefit from advanced treatment and protocols. Whether we contract to provide all aspects of your existing inpatient dialysis program or supplement with trained personnel, equipment and back-up support, we can help you provide quality care while containing costs by delivering:

Superior Clinical Programs:

• Regulatory Preparedness
  • National policies and procedures for inpatient services
  • Staff credentials and annual competency verification
  • Internal audits
  • On-site experts during regulatory and credentialing reviews
  • Meeting AAMI water treatment guidelines
• National quality program tailored to inpatient setting
• National and local Medical Director inpatient program physician oversight

Collaborative Hospital Cost Control Efforts:

• Collaborative initiatives to control costs tailored to the hospital, including:
  • Reduction in hospital days: timely discharge process, reduce last day-of-dialysis and re-admissions
  • Efficient treatment scheduling
  • Catheter Reduction initiative
• Bridge Program to transition patients from inpatient to outpatient care

Partnership with Hospital Staff and Physicians:

• Regular business reviews with quality efficiency improvement opportunities
• Dedicated, responsive team: Medical Director, inpatient care team and emergent contact process tailored to the hospital’s needs
• Hospital staff and patient education for modality selection and dialysis preparation (Treatment Options Program™)