Wakemed

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2009 to Sep 30, 2010

Signed

Aug 11, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.7

Gross Receipts

$1,335,557,233

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

HEART SERVICES - WakeMed's heart and vascular program is one of the largest and most well respected in NC. Last year, more than 29,000 cardiovascular procedures were conducted for nearly 14,000 patients in the WakeMed system. Procedures included surgery, cardiac catherizations and electrophysiology and thousands of others were treated medically as in and outpatients throughout the system. The 2008 State of the County Health Report indicated heart disease as the second leading cause of death in Wake County. Additionally, the county's Health Assessment identified management of chronic disease of paramount importance to Wake County residents' overall health. WakeMed's Heart Center has made significant strides in programs and services aiming to reduce heart disease and diabetes and improve patients' understanding of disease management. The Wake Heart Center provides a comprehensive continuum of care for the cardiac patient from education and prevention to diagnosis, intervention, surgery, cardiac rehabilitation and on-going disease management for heart failure. Free education programs are offered regularly for our patients, their family members and the community to complement our comprehensive care services. Our intentions are to teach patients about their risk factors for heart disease and encourage healthy behaviors through lifestyle changes, thus building a foundation for a healthier population. WakeMed Mobile Critical Care Services provides critical care transport via ground and air servicing. Serving approximately 1,000 critically ill patients each month, it is the busiest inter-facility ground transport service in the state. Each year, WakeMed's Heart Center provides free health screenings including cholesterol screenings, blood pressure checks, vascular screenings and stroke assessments throughout the community. These screenings are designed to be a secondary prevention activity to detect early onset of disease and illness. WakeMed conducts training for the program CPR Anytime at multiple locations in Wake County, and provides CPR Anytime kits throughout the community at more than a 70 percent discounted cost. Last fiscal year, WakeMed treated 13,896 patients in our Heart Center; of these, 8,148 were insured under Medicare, 938 were insured under Medicaid and 444 of these patients were uninsured.

Activity 3

EMERGENCY SERVICES - Access to affordable health care continues to be a critical challenge facing Wake County's residents. One of the many ways WakeMed has improved access for Wake County residents is through our multiple locations and physicians offices throughout the community. Over the past couple of years, WakeMed has opened stand alone emergency departments, which are geographically spread throughout the county, increasing convenient access to emergency care for patients. WakeMed is among the top three volume providers of emergency care in NC. Its four adult emergency departments are located throughout Wake County. Our Children's Emergency Department in Raleigh is the only Children's ED in the county. WakeMed's Raleigh Campus is also home to Wake County's only Level I Trauma Center, the highest designation awarded to trauma centers in NC. Our Trauma Service includes five adult intensive care units and a pediatric intensive care unit as well as a comprehensive acute, inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitation program. WakeMed's emergency and trauma services treat all patients who present seeking medical care, regardless of their ability to pay. In FY10, 191,600 patients were treated in WakeMed's Emergency Departments; of these patients 30,965 were insured under Medicare; 50,827 of these patients were insured under Medicaid; and 39,583 of these patients were uninsured. Nearly 47 percent of all patients seen in our EDs are either Medicaid or uninsured resulting in WakeMed providing care for more than 80 percent of the county's uninsured and Medicaid patients.

Filer

EIN

56-6017737