SACRED HEART HEALTH SERVICES
501 Summit, Yankton, SD 57078 www.averasacredheart.com

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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 Sacred Heart's mission is to provide healthcare services to Yankton, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera Sacred Heart is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera Sacred Heart consists of a 99-bed hospital and a 187-bed nursing home, congregate housing facility and a hospice house in Yankton, SD, a 23-bed critical access hospital and a 47-bed nursing home in Creighton, NE, and 15 physician clinics. The physician clinics include primary care, ob/gyn, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, internal medicine, radiation, radiology, oncology, podiatry, therapy, dialysis, behavioral health, and palliative care. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera Sacred Heart Hospital2,758 Acute inpatient discharges561 Newborn patient discharges50 Swing bed patient discharges87,661 Outpatient visits274 Swing-bed patient days1,412 Newborn patient days25,602 Clinic visitsAvera Sacred Heart Majestic Bluffs291 Long term care patient discharges64,107 Long-term care resident daysAvera Creighton Hospital (CAH)102 Acute inpatient discharges56 Swing bed patient discharges12,248 Outpatient visits740 Swing-bed patient days18,530 Clinic visitsAvera Creighton Care Centre15 Long term care patient discharges16,637 Long-term care resident daysAvera Sacred Heart 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 $2,709,166.Avera Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart 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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