Davita Jacksonville South Dialysis Center
A dialysis facility in Jacksonville, Florida 32258
14965 Old St Augustine Rd Unit 114, Jacksonville, Florida 32258. (904) 880-9494.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 14, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s star rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 16 dialysis stations
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 14, 2026: a standard inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 19, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 14, 2026: standard inspection2 deficiencies
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Manage Volume Status
The inspectors’ words, 387 words
“POC-MANAGE VOLUME STATUS CFR(s): 494.90(a)(1) The plan of care must address, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Dose of dialysis. The interdisciplinary team must provide the necessary care and services to manage the patient’s volume status; This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 35966 Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure that the dialysis treatment was administered according to the physician’s prescribed dialysate flow rate (DFR) for 3 of 6 in-center hemodialysis patients (Patients #1, #4, and #5). The findings include: 1. Review of Patient #1’s treatment records on 1/13/26 revealed a physician’s order dated 12/9/25 for a DFR of 800 mL/min. A review of the dialysis treatment record from 12/9/25 showed the DFR was run at 500 mL/min between 6:30am and 9:26am. The nurse comment stated “patient taking Midodrine now; asymptomatic; DFR lowered for symptom management; pt took pain medication before tx as well; monitoring closely.” Interview with the Senior Manager of Clinical Services on 1/13/26 at 1:15 PM confirmed there was no physician order to adjust the DFR for symptom management. 2. Review of Patient #4’s treatment records on 1/13/26 revealed a physician’s order dated 12/22/25 for a DFR of 500 mL/min. A review of the dialysis treatment record from 12/22/25 showed the DFR was run at 600 mL/min between 10:01 AM and 11:01 AM. At 11:01 AM the DFR was increased to 800 mL/min until the end of treatment at 11:30 AM. The nurse comment stated “DFR changed frequently due to machine alarming high conductivity; biomed notified”. 3. Review of Patient #5’s treatment records on 1/13/26 revealed a physician’s order dated 12/24/25 for a DFR of 500 mL/min. A review of the dialysis treatment record for 12/24/25 showed the DFR was run at 800 mL/min between 6:01 AM and 6:31 AM. The DFR was lowered to 700 mL/min at 6:31 AM until 7:31 AM. The DFR was lowered again at 7:31 AM to 600 mL/min through the end of treatment at 9:23 AM. The nurse comment stated “dfr increased due to conductivity alarms.” 4. During an interview on 1/13/26 at 12:30 PM, the Senior Manager of Clinical Services confirmed the treatments for Patients #4, and #5 were not run according to the physician’s prescribed DFR orders and stated DFR is not to be adjusted for conductivity issues.”
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Poc Completed/Signed By Idt & Patient
The inspectors’ words, 225 words
“POC-COMPLETED/SIGNED BY IDT & PT CFR(s): 494.90(b)(1) The patient’s plan of care must- (i) Be completed by the interdisciplinary team, including the patient if the patient desires; and (ii) Be signed by the team members, including the patient or the patient’s designee; or, if the patient chooses not to sign the plan of care, this choice must be documented on the plan of care, along with the reason the signature was not provided. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 35966 Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure that the patient plan of care was signed by the required interdisciplinary team (IDT) members for 2 of 8 patient care plans reviewed (Patients #3 and #5). The findings include: 1. A review of Patient #3’s medical records on 1/13/26 revealed an individualized comprehensive plan of care dated 12/1/25. The plan lacked the signature of the Registered Nurse member of the interdisciplinary team. 2. A review of Patient #5’s medical records on 1/13/26 revealed an individualized comprehensive plan of care dated 11/18/25. The plan lacked the signature of the Registered Nurse member of the interdisciplinary team. 3. During an interview on 1/13/26 at 11:30am, the Facility Administrator confirmed that the plans of care for Patients #3 and #5 had not been signed by the nurse as part of the interdisciplinary team process.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | Standard inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified dialysis facility, certified or last recertified on Feb 6, 2009.
- Run for profit.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- Chain: DaVita.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for dialysis facilities.
- None of the deficiencies cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated monthly.
What does it offer?
- Offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training.
- Doesn’t offer a shift starting at 5 p.m. or later.
- 16 dialysis stations.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for dialysis facilities.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility and Patient survey (ICH CAHPS) - Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Part of the DaVita chain, as CMS lists it.
- CMS publishes no owners file for dialysis facilities, so no other owner is named.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
How do patients fare?
- CMS rates it 3 of 5 stars (Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2024).
- Compared by CMS with what it expects for the facility’s patients: patient survival, as expected; hospital admissions, as expected; readmissions to hospital, as expected; blood transfusions, worse than expected; emergency department visits, as expected; emergency department visits within 30 days of a hospital stay, as expected; bloodstream infections, as expected; patients dialysing through a fistula, as expected; patients put on a kidney transplant waitlist in their first year of dialysis, as expected; patients on a kidney transplant waitlist, as expected.
- CMS gives no CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “Too few completed survey responses to report.”
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility and Patient survey (ICH CAHPS) - Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Star ratingCMS’s star rating for dialysis facilities, 1 to 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the facility’s in-center hemodialysis patients (ICH CAHPS), 1 to 5 | Not rated |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 34 dialysis facilities CMS lists in Duval County, 33 have a star rating from CMS: 1 rated 5 of 5, 2 rated 4 of 5, 8 rated 3 of 5, 11 rated 2 of 5, 11 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 3 of 5.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for dialysis facilities, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says it has no dialysis inspection reports after February 19, 2026, while it moves to a new system: a later inspection is not shown yet.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for dialysis facilities.
- CMS publishes no owners file for dialysis facilities: the chain it lists is the only owner named.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility (23ew-n7w9).
Released Jul 15, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (ICH CAHPS) - Facility (59mq-zhts).
Released Jul 15, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies (ESRD_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the facility
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