facebook tracking FMC Bay Minette, Bay Minette, AL: 3-Star Dialysis Center

FMC Bay Minette

FMC Bay Minette is a Medicare-certified dialysis center in Bay Minette, AL, certified since 1999. In the October 2026 CMS release it has 3 stars for cms star rating; the Alabama average is 2.6. CMS rates it better than expected for bloodstream infections.

Address2505 Hand Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507
OwnershipFor-profit
ChainFresenius Medical Care
Dialysis stations18
Medicare certifiedOctober 1999
CountyBaldwin
CMS Certification Number012597

Services

In-center hemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis

CMS star rating

3 of 5

CMS's 1-5 star rating for dialysis centers, built from patient survival, hospital admissions, readmissions, transfusions, infections and other outcomes, adjusted for how sick each center's patients are. The average for rated dialysis centers in Alabama is 2.6 stars.

Outcomes compared with what CMS expected

Patient survivalDeaths among the center's patients, compared with what CMS expected given how sick they were.
As expected
Hospital admissionsHow often patients were admitted to a hospital, compared with what CMS expected.
As expected
Readmissions after a hospital stayHow often patients went back into the hospital within 30 days of leaving it.
As expected
Bloodstream infectionsBloodstream infections among hemodialysis patients, compared with what CMS expected.
Better than expected
Emergency department visitsEmergency department visits that did not lead to an admission, compared with what CMS expected.
As expected

Verdicts are CMS's own, comparing this center's patients with what CMS expected given how sick they were. Lower is better for hospital admissions, readmissions after a hospital stay, bloodstream infections, emergency department visits. Medians are of every dialysis center CMS reports a figure for.

Day-to-day care

Patients on a kidney transplant waitlistShare of the center's patients who are on a waitlist for a kidney transplant.
17% U.S. median 15% · AL 10%
Adults getting enough dialysis (hemodialysis)Share of adult hemodialysis patients whose Kt/V, a measure of how well dialysis clears waste, was at least 1.2.
99% U.S. median 98% · AL 98%
Adults with a long-term catheterShare of adult patients dialyzing through a catheter for 90 days or more. A fistula or graft carries less risk of infection.
11% U.S. median 18% · AL 13%
Adults with high calciumShare of adult patients with serum calcium above 10.2 mg/dL.
2% U.S. median 1% · AL 1%

Lower is better for adults with a long-term catheter, adults with high calcium. Medians are of every dialysis center CMS reports a figure for.

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Source: CMS Dialysis Facility Compare (Provider Data Catalog dataset 23ew-n7w9). October 2026 release. This site is not affiliated with FMC Bay Minette or with CMS. Report a problem with this page.