AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE
525 North Foster Street, Mitchell, SD 57301 www.averaqueenofpeace.org

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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 Queen of Peace's mission is to provide healthcare services to Mitchell, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera Queen of Peace is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera Queen of Peace consists of 42 acute beds, 8 ICU beds and an 84-bed nursing home in Mitchell, SD, a 16-bed critical access hospital in Wessington Springs, SD, a 6-bed critical access hospital in De Smet, SD and 12 physician clinics. The physician clinics include primary care, ob/gyn, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, internal medicine, radiation, radiology, oncology, dermatology, therapy, ophthalmology and optometry. They provide acute care and long-term healthcare services. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera Queen of Peace Hospital1,505 Acute patient discharges468 Newborn patient discharges116 Swing Bed patient discharges100,963 Outpatient visits1,036 Swing-bed patient days991 Newborn patient days53,843 Clinic visitsAvera Brady Health and Rehabilitation137 Long Term Care patient discharges28,692 Long-term care resident days8,623 Assisted living patient daysAvera Westkota Memorial Medical Center (CAH)61 Acute patient discharges21 Swing Bed discharges3,869 Outpatient visits19 Swing-bed patient daysAvera De Smet Memorial Hospital (CAH)49 Acute patient discharges24 Swing Bed patient discharges10,694 Outpatient visits24 Swing-bed patient daysAvera Queen of Peace 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 $3,365,450. Avera Queen of Peace also provides community benefit health activities at less than or at no cost to support those in the area serviced, see Schedule H. As a member of the Avera Health Network, Avera Queen of Peace 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 Queen of Peace 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.

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