Fresenius Medical Care North America achieves strongest quality ratings to date

Fresenius Medical Care North America continues to improve clinical quality as measured by the U.S. government’s Five-Star Rating System. More than 94 percent of the company’s dialysis centers were rated three stars and above for clinical quality, with a total of 762 centers achieving the highest five star rating, up from 658 last year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns one to five stars to each dialysis center annually based on a series of measurements around clinical performance and patient outcomes.