American Association for Wound Care Management Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263804689
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Kensington, MD, USA
Phone
3015091764
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,000
Expenses
$81,999
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jule Crider (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jule Crider (Executive Director)
  • John Capotorto (Director)
  • Steve Mclaughin (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of A A W C M is to be a proactive champion of wound care and an advocate for its member organizations by enhancing the understanding and acceptance of comprehensive wound healing programs and disjunctive wound healing products and services. Through its efforts, A A W C M also hopes to improve patient awareness of and access to these clinically efficacious and cost effective services.

What it reported doing in 2020

AAWCM advocated on behalf of its members with Novitas and First Coast MACs via meeting and written comments on proposed Wound Care LCDs. On behalf of its members AAWCM made recommendations and sought clarification from CMS on gaps in HBO ICD-10 codes. AAWCM, working with member outside counsel, continued its advocacy with CMS on operational issues related to the Prior Authorization Model. AAWCM with other wound care and hospital organizations to monitor impact of CMS proposals on site neutral. AAWCM provided support for comments offered by other wound care advocacy groups on the OPPS rule, Physician Fee Schedule and Physician Quality Payment Program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -74.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -52.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.