Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse

Services

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  Evening shifts Not offered

  A dialysis shift starting after 5 p.m. — useful for patients who work during the day.

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  In-center hemodialysis Not offered

  Hemodialysis performed at the facility, typically three sessions a week.

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  Peritoneal dialysis Offered

  A home-based option that uses the lining of the abdomen to filter blood.

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  Home hemodialysis training Offered

  Trains patients (and care partners) to run hemodialysis at home.

Services as reported to CMS by the facility. Call ahead to confirm — shift schedules and home-training availability can change.

Clinical Outcomes

Where CMS publishes its own comparison — Better than Expected, As Expected, or Worse than Expected — it is shown verbatim. National averages come from CMS's national dialysis file; for measures without a CMS comparison, we show the national average without a verdict.

• Patient survival

  As Expected

  20.5 deaths per 100 patient-years

  National average: 22.2

  Based on 137 patients.

  CMS compares each facility’s patient death rate with what it would expect given the patients it treats. The comparison label is CMS’s own.

• Hospital admissions

  As Expected

  175.4 admissions per 100 patient-years

  National average: 148.0

  Based on 35 patients.

  How often this facility’s patients are admitted to the hospital, adjusted by CMS for patient mix.

• Hospital readmissions

  As Expected

  24.5% of hospital stays followed by an unplanned readmission within 30 days

  National average: 27.2%

  Based on 22 hospital stays.

  Unplanned return trips to the hospital within 30 days of discharge.

Measures and comparison labels are from CMS Dialysis Facility Care Compare. CMS risk-adjusts survival, hospitalization, readmission, and infection measures for patient mix, so facilities treating sicker patients are not penalized for it.