Fresenius Kidney Care Boice-Willis
A dialysis facility in Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801
1422 Meadowbrook Rd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801. (252) 316-4237.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s star rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency 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 May 8, 2025: a standard inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
May 8, 2025: standard inspection1 deficiency
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Assess B/P & Fluid Management Needs
The inspectors’ words, 494 words
“PA-ASSESS B/P, FLUID MANAGEMENT NEEDS CFR(s): 494.80(a)(2) The patient’s comprehensive assessment must include, but is not limited to, the following: Blood pressure, and fluid management needs. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 38766 Based on policy review, medical record review, and staff interviews, the facility staff failed to notify a nurse of a change in a patient ’ s blood pressure during hemodialysis treatments in one (1) of eight (8) sampled in-patient records review (Patient #8). Findings included: A review on 05/08/2025 of the facility’s policy titled “Intradialytic Hypotension” published 07/01/2024 revealed, “... Definition... Patient’s pre-tx [treatment]sitting SBP [systolic blood pressure] >/= [greater or equal to] 101 and </= [lesser or equal to] 109 mmHg [millimeters of mercury] AND has a 20 mmHg drop during the treatment... Policy... Staff, patient and/or care partner will report intradialytic hypotension episodes to the nurse in charge... Treating Hypotension on Hemodialysis... 3. Notify the nurse in charge...” An open medical record review on 05/08/2025 for Patient #8 revealed the patient was admitted to the facility on 03/09/2024 for ICHD treatment. The patient’s order summary revealed special attention indicated, “If the patient becomes symptomatic and/or PB drops below 90 systolic, call physician for orders.” A review of the patient’s treatment Flowsheet on 04/16/2025 revealed that hemodialysis treatment was provided to the patient from 0648 through 1017 for 3 hours and 29 minutes. The review revealed the patient’s pre-treatment blood pressure was 157/83. The review revealed a BP checked at 0650, indicating a reading of 139/82 with a comment by the PCT, “Resting comfortably; Treatment initiated without problem...” At 0744 (54 minutes later), the PCT documented a BP of 143/78; at 0801 (17 minutes later), a BP of 109/48; and at 0811 (10 minutes later), a BP of 109/48 with a comment by the PCT, “access visible, green AMP light, denies complaints.” At 0827 (16 minutes later), the PCT documented a BP of 111/36; at 0857 (30 minutes later), the BP was 109/63; at 0917 (20 minutes later), the BP was 124/55; at 0947 (30 minutes later) the BP was 121/66; at 1002 (15 minute later), the BP was 81/52; and at 1004 (2 minutes later) the BP was 79/46 and the PCT made a comment that “50 cc NS given due to pt hypotension.” The record review revealed no documentation of the nurse’s notification of the drop in the patient’s blood pressure during the treatment. An interview on 05/08/2025 at 1030 with the CM revealed that the expectation was for the PCT to have notified the nurse to assess and document the findings in the patient’s chart. An interview on 05/08/2025 at 1050 with PCT #3 revealed that if a patient experienced a drop in blood pressure during treatment, the staff was required to notify the nurse immediately. The PCT added that a Patient Care Technician (PCT) was permitted to administer normal saline but still had the responsibility to inform the nurse. The interview confirmed these findings.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Standard inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified dialysis facility, certified or last recertified on Dec 4, 2020.
- 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: Fresenius Medical Care.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Dialysis Facility (ESRD) 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
What does it offer?
- Offers in-center hemodialysis.
- Doesn’t offer peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training and 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 Fresenius Medical Care 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; 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 4 dialysis facilities CMS lists in Edgecombe County, 4 have a star rating from CMS: 1 rated 5 of 5, 1 rated 4 of 5, 1 rated 3 of 5, 1 rated 2 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 3 of 5.
CMS, Dialysis Facility - Listing by Facility. Released Jul 15, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Star rating |
|---|---|
| Fmc Bma of East Rocky Mount | 2 |
| Fmc Edgecombe Home Dialysis | 5 |
| Fresenius Medical Care - Tarboro | 4 |
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 30, 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 30, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the facility
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Paid listing
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