2018-05-09T11:02:32-05:00 2017-06-30 390859910 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP 1650 Market Street Suite 4500 Philadelphia PA 191037341 990 2016-07-01 232007832 The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education WRIG 5703432383 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor Scranton PA 18503 dr linda thomas-hemak president/ceo physician 5703432383 2018-05-08 1 Julius C Green CPA P00350393 2159720701 X 148.75.180.72 2018-05-08 20:50:51 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 45D50D8E3994CEF8BF8842BFE43A81B55B26F885 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X Dr Linda Thomas-Hemak 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor Scranton PA 18503 26463631 0 X thewrightcenter.org X 1976 PA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN SPECIALTY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. 13 12 300 13 0 0 10737249 12730219 13582150 13617127 192879 101243 0 0 24512278 26448589 0 0 0 0 16381841 17026396 0 0 0 8059800 9656403 24441641 26682799 70637 -234210 7330072 9421134 2861727 4885449 4468345 4535685 X The mission of The Wright Center is to continuously improve education and patient care in a collaborative spirit to enhance outcomes, access and affordability. 0 0 13007207 WCGME CONDUCTS A GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS FUNDED THROUGH THE federal government's HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ("HRSA") - ADMINISTERED TEACHING HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM. HRSA TEACHING HEALTH CENTER GME FUNDING IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE NEW PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TO ADDRESS PROVIDER SHORTAGE MISDISTRIBUTION AND HEALTH DISPARITIES. 9999194 13617127 THE WRIGHT CENTER FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (WCGME) IS A COMMUNITY-BASED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM OFFERING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR PRIMARY CARE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS AND CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS THROUGH AFFILIATIONS WITH THE WRIGHT CENTER MEDICAL GROUP, CMS FUNDED HOSPITALS, THE REGIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL (VA) IN NEPA, AND ALSO FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NATIONALLY. RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ARE TRAINED IN SEPARATE THREE -YEAR PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION. FUNDING IS PROVIDED TO THE CONSORTIUM DIRECTLY BY THE VA AND BY THE HOSPITALS WHICH ARE FUNDED BY MEDICARE. RESIDENTS/FELLOWS DIRECT EXPENSES, AND FACULTY AND EDUCATION SUPPORT, for residents and fellows are provided by wcgme. 218909 THE WRIGHT CENTER FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (WCGME) RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE HRSA PRIMARY CARE TEACHING ENHANCEMENT (PCTE) PROGRAM. WCGME, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A.T. STILL UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF OSTEPATHIC MEDICINE IN ARIZONA (ATSU-SOMA), ARE AUGMENTING TRAINING ACROSS THE PRIMARY CARE CONTINUUM BY INTEGRATING AUTHENTIC, TEAM-BASED, PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION WITHIN NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (chc)TRAINING SITES SEEKING TO ULTIMATELY IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR HIGHLY VULNERABLE AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. WCGME'S PUBLIC SERVICE MISSION IS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE EDUCATION AND PATIENT CARE IN A COLLABORATEIVE SPIRIT TO ENCHANCE OUTCOMES, ACCESS, AND AFFORDABILITY. VIA THIS PROJECT, WCGME AND ATSU-SOMA ARE CREATING ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE DIDACTICS, CONTEXTUAL CLINICAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS, AND LEADERSHIP COURSES TO PREPARE TRAINEES FOR PRACTICE IN CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN THE NATIONAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. 26519 5600 THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) IS A PROGRAM WITHIN WCGME. THE MISSION OF THE IRB IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH. THE IRB PROMOTES ETHICAL RESEARCH TO ENSURE THAT THE RISKS OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT NEVER OUTWEIGH THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. THE BOARD CONSISTS OF PHYSICIANS, EDUCATORS, LARGER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MEDICAL ADMINISTRATORS WHO MEET REGULARLY. 22262 The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (WCGME) was awarded a school based health center capital development grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). THIS GRANT PROVIDED $500,000 OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND EQUIPMENT FUNDING OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD TO CREATE FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS (SBHCS) WITHIN FIVE SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF THE NORTH POCONO SCHOOL DISTRICT. The GRANT ENDED IN 2015 AND CURRENT EXPENSES CONSIST OF DEPRECIATION. 48781 5600 23274091 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 23 0 1 300 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 12 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 PA X Suzanne M Fletcher CPA SENIOR VP OF FINANCE 5703432383 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor Scranton PA 18503 Joseph Ferrario Chairman 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Perry Vice Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DR LINDA THOMAS-HEMAK President/CEO/Physician 40.00 25.00 X X 545801 0 53335 Dr Randall Brundage Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Douglas Coslett DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Linda Famiglio DirecTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Gavin Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Hanley DireCTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Kearney director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Michael Kondash Director/ex-officIO/non-voting 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Douglas Lawrence DireCTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARLON PREATE DIRECTOR 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Mary Sewatsky Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Robert Wright DireCTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Mrykalo Vice President of Finance 40.00 0.00 X 130755 0 34303 Dr Jignesh Sheth SVP Clinical Ops/Physician 3.00 62.00 X 285442 0 44240 Brian Ebersole SVP Mission Delivery 44.00 11.00 X 203497 0 42861 Dr Julio Ramos DIO/VP of Academic Affairs/Physician 25.00 30.00 X 168995 0 4844 Dr Wasique Mirza Program Dir for Internal Medicine 13.00 12.00 X 172874 0 5253 Dr William Dempsey Program Director/Physician 10.00 45.00 X 245911 0 40202 Dr Timothy Burke Program Director for AOA/Physician 20.00 35.00 X 233955 0 26639 Dr Mladen Jecmenica Faculty/Assoc Program Dir/Physician 9.00 46.00 X 223672 0 17991 Dr Bojana Milekic Associate Program Director/Physician 10.00 45.00 X 198581 0 9899 Dr Susan Baroody Faculty/Physician 10.00 45.00 X 194848 0 16567 Marlene Karam DIO/VP of Academic Affairs/Physician 40.00 0.00 X 59181 0 24224 2663512 0 320358 23 1 1 0 Wilkes-Barre Academic Medicine 575 North River Street WilkesBarre PA 18764 PHYSICIAN FACULTY 352929 THE PRESCRIPTION CENTER INC 310 ADAMS AVENUE SCRANTON PA 18503 COMMUNITY PHARMACY FOR 340B SERVICES 299886 AT Still University 800 W Jefferson Street Kirksville MO 63501 GME oversight 271035 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC PO Box 1166 Harrisburg PA 17108 Legal Consultation 129596 4 12730219 12730219 residency program rev 611710 9809637 9809637 hospital reimbursement - clinic 611710 3801890 3801890 IRB and research fees 611710 5600 5600 13617127 101098 101098 15187 15042 145 145 145 26448589 13617127 0 101243 X 902004 500277 401727 13365422 11953201 1412221 460959 303414 157545 1229530 996801 232729 1068481 886609 181872 60431 60431 58286 58286 36189 36189 15187 15187 2906841 2779310 127531 77522 40590 36932 306630 148446 158184 106206 800 105406 156677 156677 103808 76752 27056 300808 267324 33484 137971 44083 93888 786799 764590 22209 Learning Environmts-THC 4223440 4223440 dues and memberships 128949 121899 7050 Training Costs 99535 66131 33404 recruitment expense 72549 33155 39394 78575 67269 11306 26682799 23274091 3408708 0 200 200 1041655 366673 175284 1672776 818386 1140136 55059 33050 868105 695742 235370 172363 4220253 4603903 783865 1432033 7330072 9421134 2848227 4870698 13500 14751 2861727 4885449 X 4468345 4535685 4468345 4535685 7330072 9421134 -234210 301550 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 2772245 8481277 13367962 10737249 12730219 48088952 6870262 9846306 11585449 13582150 13617127 55501294 9642507 18327583 24953411 24319399 26347346 103590246 0 0 0 103590246 191172 133801 109103 131327 101098 666501 191172 133801 109103 131327 101098 666501 10480 5226 15706 9833679 18471864 25067740 24450726 26448444 104272453 0.99350 0.99190 0.00640 0.00800 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12, Explanation of Other Income: resident License Verifications - 2013 Amount: $ 941. 2014 Amount: $ 1,737. credit card rewards - 2013 Amount: $ 3,379. 2014 Amount: $ 3,489. 941 Overpayment - 2013 Amount: $ 6,160. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21789 0 1 14400 36189 0 Part II-B, Line 1: The Wright Center (TWC) engaged lobbying firm, Keller McIntyre & Associates (KM), to assist TWC in pursuing its government relations objectives. KM is a liaison for TWC to relevant federal agencies and aims to arrange meetings with Members of Congress, congressional staff, and agency decision-makers to advance THE MISSION DIRECTED initiatives of TWC. KM and TWC work collectively to determine the objective of this outreach and, in partnership with TWC, KM plans and implementED government relations strategies designed to accomplish TWC's federal initiatives. This engagement with KM concluded in January 2017. 868105 695742 172363 172363 bonds 2116530 F equity 2487373 F 4603903 457(b) investments 585169 F Other 846864 C 1432033 X 26750139 301550 301550 26448589 0 26448589 26682799 0 26682799 0 26682799 Part X, Line 2: The Organization accounts for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing a recognition threshold of more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authority. Measurement of the tax uncertainty occurs if the recognition threshold has been met. Management determined that there were no tax uncertainties that met the recognition threshold in 2017 and 2016. X X X X X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DR LINDA THOMAS-HEMAK President/CEO/Physician 466203 0 79598 0 0 0 35225 0 18110 0 599136 0 0 0 Daniel Mrykalo Vice President of Finance 130755 0 0 0 0 0 26618 0 7685 0 165058 0 0 0 Dr Jignesh Sheth SVP Clinical Ops/Physician 274627 0 10815 0 0 0 35225 0 9015 0 329682 0 0 0 Brian Ebersole SVP Mission Delivery 198308 0 5189 0 0 0 31227 0 11634 0 246358 0 0 0 Dr Julio Ramos DIO/VP of Academic Affairs/Physician 138995 0 30000 0 0 0 0 0 4844 0 173839 0 0 0 Dr Wasique Mirza Program Dir for Internal Medicine 172354 0 0 0 520 0 5253 0 0 0 178127 0 0 0 Dr William Dempsey Program Director/Physician 233025 0 5446 0 7440 0 28526 0 11676 0 286113 0 0 0 Dr Timothy Burke Program Director for AOA/Physician 225650 0 7275 0 1030 0 15007 0 11632 0 260594 0 0 0 Dr Mladen Jecmenica Faculty/Assoc Program Dir/Physician 212190 0 4542 0 6940 0 13839 0 4152 0 241663 0 0 0 Dr Bojana Milekic Associate Program Director/Physician 189072 0 6749 0 2760 0 5784 0 4115 0 208480 0 0 0 Dr Susan Baroody Faculty/Physician 191912 0 2936 0 0 0 12521 0 4046 0 211415 0 0 0 Marlene Karam DIO/VP of Academic Affairs/Physician 58205 0 0 0 976 0 21874 0 2350 0 83405 0 0 0 Part I, Line 4b CERTAIN EXECUTIVES ARE COVERED BY A 457(B) NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. AMOUNTS AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ON SCHEDULE J ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C). Part I, Line 7 Employees of The Wright Center (TWC) are eligible for an annual, performance-based bonus contingent upon successful performance evaluations. Employees are required to be active within the organization's Plan. Do. Study. Act. (PDSA) quality improvement tracker tool to be eligible to receive a bonus. The Payout amount of employees' bonuses directly correlates to individual performance evaluation scores. TWC employees in a probationary status or involved in a performance improvement plan (PIP) are ineligible. The 2016 performance bonus ranged between 0-4% of base salary and amounted to an overall total of 3% of total base salaries. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2 THE WRIGHT CENTER FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION ("GME") HAS AFFILIATIONS AND OPERATIONAL INTEGRATION WITH THE WRIGHT CENTER MEDICAL GROUP, PC (EIN: 23-2772504) AND COMMUNITY HEALTH HUB (EIN: 27-3582779), WCGME IS A COMMON PAY AGENT FOR W-2 REPORTING OF ALL THREE ENTITIES. GME REPORTS ALL EMPLOYEES ON ITS FORM W-3; HOWEVER, EACH AFFILIATE HAS EMPLOYEES FTE ALLOCATED TO AND TIME TRACKED PROVIDING SERVICES TO EACH ENTITY. PER IRS INSTRUCTIONS, EMPLOYEES INCLUDED ON PART V, LINE 2A, are those deemed to be the FTE equivalent of employees allocated to this organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 Provisions WERE MADE to amend the Bylaws WHICH INCLUDEs QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS AND THE NUMBER & ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION. ITS MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, MEDICAL EDUCATORS, EXPERTS, AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND CLINICAL LEARNING VENUES. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO AND OTHER KEY ADMINISTRATORS FOR REVIEW, INPUT AND APPROVAL. COPIES OF THE FORM 990 ARE THEN PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW, THE FORM 990 IS SIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO AND FILED WITH THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c A conflict of interest questionnaire is completed annually by the board members and officers of the corporation. potential conflicts, if any, are disclosed and reviewed by the board. education on conflicts of interest is provided to the board annually. Compliance with the policy is monitored by the board secretary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PERFORMS A FORMAL ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S PERFORMANCE, EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION PACKAGE. INDEPENDENT COMPARABLE SURVEY DATA IS OBTAINED. THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION IS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY SUBSTANTIATED AND NOTED IN THE COMMITTEE MINUTES. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BASED UPON THE DUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOTH PRESIDENT/CEO AND PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ROLES OF THE POSITION. COMPENSATION OF KEY EXECUTIVES IS DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. DATA FROM THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER NETWORK WEBSITE, MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (MGMA), AND OTHER NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SOURCES IS USED TO PROVIDE COMPARABLE SALARY RANGES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING ALL EXECUTIVES. AN ORGANIZATIONAL WIDE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS BY AN EXTERNAL VENDOR IS PERFORMED ON A REGULAR BASIS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AS WELL AS FORM 990, ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT DURING BUSINESS HOURS AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICES WITH COPIES PROVIDED TIMELY UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g other professional fees: Program service expenses 2,770,895. Management and general expenses 10,271. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,781,166. consultant fees: Program service expenses 8,415. Management and general expenses 8,282. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,697. service contract expense: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 108,978. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 108,978. THE WRIGHT CENTER MEDICAL GROUP PC 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor Scranton PA 18503 232772504 NONDISCRIMINATORY MEDICAL CARE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC & teaching PA 501(c)(3) Line 10 N/A 0 Community Health Hub 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor scranton PA 18503 273582779 ENSUREs ACCESS TO high quality PRIMARY HEALTHCARE FOR THE ne pa COMMUNITY PA 501(c)(3) Line 10 N/A 0 THE WRIGHT CENTER ALLIANCE 111 N Washington Ave 1st Floor scranton PA 18503 812982874 supporting organization PA 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I N/A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0