Wakemed

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011

Signed

Nov 15, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$1,316,811,525

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Heart services - wakemed's heart and vascular program is not only the largest, but one of the most well respected in cardiovascular programs in north carolina. Last year, more than 25,000 cardiovascular procedures were conducted for nearly 13,536 in and out patients cases 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. Heart disease remains the second leading cause of death in wake county. Additionally, the county's 2010 health assessment identifies 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 wakemed 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 1,300 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 performed 25,742 procedures in the heart center; of these 15,210 (60%) were insured under medicare, 1,700 (6.6%) were insured under medicaid and 444 (4.2%) 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 full service, 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 five 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 north carolina. 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 fy11, 210,030 patients were treated in wakemed's emergency departments; of these patients 34,438 (16.4%) were insured under medicare; 50,827 (26%) were insured under medicaid; and 45,796 (22%) were uninsured. Over 48% 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. A sixth emergency department opened january 9, 2012 which will serve the growing north western portion of wake county as well as eastern durham county. All of the stand alone locations serve areas which are otherwise underserved by dedicated medical services.

Filer

EIN

56-6017737