Wellmont Cardiology Services

Programs: Cardiovascular associates was established in 1978 to provide comprehensive cardiovascular services to the northeast tennessee/southwest virginia region. In may 2010, wellmont cardiology services acquired substantially all of the assets of cardiovascular associates to become the region's largest provider of comprehensive cardiovascular services. This physician group provides top-quality cardiovascular services to northeast tennessee, southwest virginia, southeast kentucky and northwest north carolina, as well as areas of west virginia. (con't on schedule o) in 2013, holston valley medical center and bristol regional medical center were two of only 197 hospitals nationwide to receive the american college of cardiology's platinum performance achievement award. This award recognizes the hospitals' commitment to and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies they have reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care outlined by the american college of cardiology. Our mission is to improve the cardiovascular health of our region. It is our vision to deliver high quality, cost-effective heart and vascular care with compassion. Wellmont cardiology services consists of 45 board-certified cardiologists and cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons serving 13 community offices and the seven member hospitals of wellmont health system. We diagnose, treat and manage all aspects of adult cardiovascular disease. Our services include general cardiology, preventive cardiology, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, vascular medicine, structural heart disease, heart failure management, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and advanced cardiovascular imaging. We also serve as a leader in clinical research and teaching institution through the cardiovascular university. We are dedicated to improving our community's access to quality, affordable health care, educating our region's caregivers, improving the health status of our communities, and contributing to the quality of life in the areas we serve. Overall, we returned more than 20,803,889 in benefits to our community. For fiscal year 2017, we had 100,069 outpatient encounters and performed 1,600 inpatient surgical procedures. Regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or ability to pay, wellmont cardiovascular services treats all patients for medically necessary conditions. Recognizing that some patients cannot afford essential medical services, we provided care for indigent patients, writing off 2,874,015 of charges and incurring costs of 1,609,449. Additionally, we provided care to persons covered by medicare, medicaid, tenncare and champus at less than cost. Due to mandated reductions in medicare funding from the balanced budget act and declining reimbursement from tenncare, the shortfall between receipts and the cost of providing care to these patients totaled 16,320,425. It is our obligation to support the causes that improve the quality of life in our region. We sponsored or participated in educational, community- based programs on healthy lifestyles, risk factor identification, diagnosing and treatment options, including continuing education programs for physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. Such initiatives included: -10th annual heart talk -regional healthcare symposium -diabetes expo -diabetes symposium -presentation to medical societies