AVERA ST MARYS
801 East Sioux Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501 www.avera.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 St. Mary's mission is to provide healthcare services to Pierre, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera St. Mary's is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera St. Mary's consists of a 50-bed hospital, a 80-bed nursing home, senior living apartments, and one physician clinic in Pierre, South Dakota. The program services offered include primary care, ob/gyn, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, emergency, internal medicine, oncology, podiatry, urology, dermatology, pain management, ENT, speech therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and wound care. Avera St. Mary's provides acute care and long-term healthcare services.Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera St. Mary's Hospital1,550 Acute patient discharges399 Newborn patient discharges9 Swing bed patient discharges51,093 Outpatient visits45 Swing-bed patient days689 Newborn patient days98,803 Clinic visitsAvera Maryhouse21,597 Long-term resident days181 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera St. Mary'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 $1,540,942.Avera St. Mary's 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 St. Mary'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 or persons and institutions. Avera St. Mary'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.

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