Our mission is to help nephrologists and dialysis centers meet their CMS quality of care metrics, reduce unnecessary costs related to emergency room visits and admissions, reduce missed dialysis sessions, and reduce catheter dialysis centers.
Our Motto: We aim to thrill
We will achieve this mission by providing:
- Seamless Access to Maintenance Services. With the same day appointments for emergencies such as clotted accesses and malfunctioning catheters, we aim to resolve emergency issues without delay and resolve all issues for scheduled patients timely.
- Seamless Integration. We see ourselves as a resource in the continuum of care, to make the dialysis unit successful through the ACCESS STRATEGY below.
- Aggressive Vein Mapping & Creation. We are a multidisciplinary team of interventional nephrologists and surgeons working together every day to ensure that we prioritize vein mapping, selection of suitable veins if any and timely creation of new fistulas/grafts. By reducing the catheter rates, the CMS quality metrics will improve, translating into improved revenue for dialysis centers.
Our team is highly skilled with decades of experience in creating and managing dialysis vascular access issues with excellent outcomes. We look forward to your support in establishing this very important service for your patients and will be sharing additional information as we get closer to opening.
The Flatlands Rule of 4 Strategy for New Accesses
1Vein mapping done before dialysis or within four (4) weeks of starting dialysis
2Fistula placement within four (4) weeks of vein mapping
3Assessment for maturation at four (4) weeks
4Fistula usage and catheter removal within four (4) weeks of maturation
Best Practice Goals
- Fistula first, if possible
- Graft second
- Catheter only when fistula and graft cannot be done timely