ESRD NETWORK 6 2011 ANNUAL REPORT

Impact of the Southeastern Kidney Council’s Goal 1Accomplishments on Patient Care in Network 6It is essential to keep the patient central throughout all projects and activities that theSoutheastern Kidney Council conducts with patients and providers. The CMS goal of the rightcare for every person every time and the Southeastern Kidney Council mission of improving thelives of people with or at risk of ESRD by promoting and advancing quality of care guide us inthis effort. Comparing December 2010 outcomes to December 2011 (source: FF Dashboarddata and Lab Data Collection Report):• 55.4% of people dialyzing with an AVF, CMS March 2012 Goal for Network 6,achieved November 2011 (Figure 11)• 1,570 more AVF in use (Figure 12)• 1,481 more AVF in place (Figure 13)• 6.7% more facilities reaching the CMS goal of 66% (Figure 14)• 733 fewer catheters in use (Figure 19)• 452 fewer long-term (90-days) catheters in use (Figure 20)• 80% of Network 6 Adequacy focused facilities met the goal of 90% of peopleachieving URR of 65% or better (Figure 23)• 7.6% increase in Network-level URR data from 88.2% in 2006 to 95.8% in 2011.(Figure 24)• 24.4% increase in the number of patients vaccinated against Hepatitis B over thepast 3 years (Figure 27)• 31.7% increase in the number of patients vaccinated against Pneumococcal overthe past 3 years (Figure 27)• 0.8% increase in the number of patients vaccinated against Influenza over thepast 3 years (Figure 27)P a g e | 51