Organizations Filed Purposes:
Avera is a health ministry rooted in the Gospel. Our mission is to make a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services guided by Christian values.
Promotion of Health
Avera St. Luke's mission is to provide healthcare services to Aberdeen, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera St. Luke's is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera St. Luke's consists of 43 acute beds, 6 ICU beds, 10 inpatient psych beds, an 81 bed nursing home in Aberdeen, SD and a 56 bed nursing home in Eureka, SD, a 10-bed surgical center in Aberdeen, SD, and 20 physician clinics. The physician clinics include primary care, ob/gyn, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, radiation, radiology, oncology, therapy, neurology, urology, hematology, psychiatry, neonatology, gastroenterology, and cardiology. Avera St. Luke's provides acute care and long-term healthcare services. Avera St. Luke's Hospital4,073 Acute patient discharges461 Newborn patient discharges211 Swing bed patient discharges130,877 Outpatient visits1,936 Swing-bed patient days881 Newborn patient days163,124 Clinic visits47,304 Nursing home resident days106 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera St. Luke's maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges forgone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy and equivalent service statistics. The amount of charges foregone, based on established rates, were $6,905,029.Avera St. Luke's also provides community benefit health activities at less than or at no cost to support those in the area served, see Schedule H. As a member of the Avera Health Network, Avera St. Luke's upholds the vision of the Presentation and Benedictine Sisters to work through collaboration to provide quality, effective health ministry and to improve the healthcare of individuals and our communities through a regionally integrated network of persons and institutions. Avera St. Luke's engages in activities designed to improve the health of individuals and communities in response to a calling to heal the sick, the elderly, and the oppressed.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Brandon Fites | Orthopedic Surgeon | 40 | $1,426,606 |
| Richard Conklin | Oncologist | 40 | $1,299,294 |
| Christopher Larson | General Surgeon | 40 | $1,272,967 |
| Sushell Gundewar | Cardiology | 40 | $1,251,978 |
| Roger Werth | General Surgeon | 40 | $1,220,398 |
| Garret Wobst Mddirector | Hyperbaric Treatment, Surgery, & Podiatry | 40 | $463,796 |
| Adam Lefebvre Md | Director/Anesthesiology | 40 | $461,609 |
| Lyle Biegler Md | Director/Family Medicine | 40 | $413,173 |
| Tom Snyder | VP Long Term Care | 40 | $190,352 |
| Will Flettformer | Secretary/Treasurer | 0 | $0 |
| Jim Breckenridge | CFO Avera Health; Sec/Treas | 0.1 | $0 |
| Todd Forkel | President & CEO | 40 | $0 |
| Sr Pam Donelan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sr Marietta Kerkvliet | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Heidi Golz | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Diana Reynen | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Carmen Meyer | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Marshall Lovrien | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Dick Inman | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Kleinknecht | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sr Kathleen Ann Bierne | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sr Mary Kay Panowicz | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Seyer | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Fouberg | Chair | 1 | $0 |
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