Care Compare

OVERVIEW

The Care Compare website can help you compare dialysis facilities and choose the one that is right for you. If you are a patient or someone helping a patient make decisions about his or her health care, the Care Compare website can help you...

• Locate a dialysis facility

• Review the services and performance of facilities (includes star ratings)  

• Learn more about kidney disease and dialysis

• Learn more about Medicare coverage of dialysis and transplantation

HOW TO USE CARE COMPARE

1. Go to https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/.

2. Select a state, county, city, zip code, or name of a facility.

3. Select the facilities about which you would like more information. If you select more than one facility, you will be able to compare the information on all you choose.

4. You have the option of viewing general information, best treatment practices, and/or hospitalizations and deaths. You can then compare the percentage of patients who receive adequate dialysis and manage anemia, as well as patient survival information.

SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION RESOURCES

• Professionals

  • Medicare Compare Professional Resource

  • Medicare Compare Professional Resource Job Aide

  • User Feedback

• Patients

  • Patient Resources 

  • Patient Resource (Spanish)

  • User Feedback