HEART CENTER OF METRO WEST INC
99 LINCOLN ST, FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES BY PROVIDING CLINICALLY SUPERIOR, COST EFFECTIVE AND COORDINATED HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CURE OF HUMAN DISEASE; AND TO CONDUCT AND CARRY ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY AND ENGAGE IN ALL SERVICES, RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ANCILLARY THERETO, EITHER ALONE OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH HOSPITALS, CLINICS OR OTHER MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, CORPORATIONS, FIRMS OR INDIVIDUALS, AND TO RENDER SAID PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR TO HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND/OR SIMILAR MEDICAL CENTERS OR FACILITIES AND TO PROFESSIONALLY OVERSEE SAME, ALL SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND IN ADDITION, TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR PHYSICIANS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

PROMOTING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE AND HEALTH

CLINICAL SERVICES: HCMW PHYSICIANS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOLOGY CONSULTATIVE SERVICES FOR ALL MANNER OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PRE-SURGICAL EVALUATION, SECOND OPINION CONSULTATIONS AND ONGOING FOLLOW-UP FOR EXISTING PATIENTS IN THE METROWEST BOSTON AREA, WITHOUT REGARD TO ABILITY TO PAY. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, HCMW HAD 73,609 CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: CARDIOLOGY CONSULTATION FOR OUT PATIENTS AND IN PATIENTS, CARDIAC CATH LAB, CARDIAC REHAB SERVICES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SERVICES, WOMEN'S CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS TESTING, NUCLEAR IMAGING, STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, PACEMAKER AND DEFIBRILLATOR CLINIC ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC AND CHOLESTEROL CLINIC. FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 09/30/2019, HCMW RECORDED $423,527 OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE.

MEDICAL EDUCATION: CARDIOLOGISTS FROM HCMW ENGAGE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF TEACHING AND TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS. AS PART OF THESE ACTIVITIES, DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS RETURN, HCMW CARDIOLOGISTS DEVOTED SIGNIFICANT TIME TO CARDIAC CARE UNIT ROUNDS AND CARDIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS AS WELL AS PROVIDING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND LECTURES. THE HEART CENTER INCURRED EXPENSES AMOUNTING TO $195,738, ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RECEIVED REVENUES OF $223,700 DURING THIS PERIOD.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: CARDIOLOGISTS FROM HCMW ENGAGE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF TEACHING AND TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS. EACH YEAR HCMW COORDINATES A CARDIOLOGY LECTURE SERIES WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ON A VARIETY OF CARDIAC ISSUES. FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, HCMW PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATED IN A COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES WHERE A BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL SCREENING WAS PROVIDED. HCMW ALSO HOLDS AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) SUPPORT GROUP AT LEAST TWICE PER YEAR FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE ICD IMPLANTS. DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, (WOMEN & HEART DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH), THE HCMW PHYSICIANS AND STAFF WORK TOGETHER, PARTNERING WITH THE YMCA, TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF HEART DISEASE ISSUES. THE EXPENSES FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ARE MINIMAL AND NOT ALLOCABLE. HOWEVER THE DOCTORS DONATE THEIR TIME.

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