Avera McKennan

Avera McKennan's mission is to provide healthcare services to Sioux Falls, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera McKennan is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera McKennan consists of a 572-bed hospital, a 53-bed heart hospital and a 114-bed nursing home in Sioux Falls, SD. Major service lines include oncology, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, neonatology, emergency and trauma, critical care including EICU, radiology and diagnostic imaging, psychiatry, pulmonary, orthopedics, neurology, cardiology and gastroenterology. Transplant services include solid organ (kidney, liver, and pancreas) and bone marrow transplant.Program service statement continued on Schedule O.Avera McKennan owns or leases rural critical hospitals and a nursing home in South Dakota including a 25-bed critical access hospital and a 42-bed nursing home in Gregory, SD, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Milbank, SD, a 23-bed critical access hospital in Dell Rapids, SD, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Flandreau, SD, an 11-bed critical access hospital in Miller (Hand County), SD and an 11-bed critical access hospital in Rock Rapids, IA. Services offered by the rural critical access hospitals include radiology and imaging, colonoscopy and endoscopy, therapy and rehabilitation, 24-hour emergency care, chemotherapy, orthopedics, cardiovascular testing, surgery, dialysis and obstetrics.In addition, Avera McKennan provides clinical care, secondary and primary, through physician clinics in South Dakota, Northwest Iowa, Southwest Minnesota and Northeastern Nebraska. The physician clinics provide primary care and urgent care, and specialties such as cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, internal medicine, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, ob/gyn, oncology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, orthopedics, pain management, psychiatry, pulmonology, general surgery, and vascular services. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera McKennan Hospital25,087 Acute patient discharges1,918 Newborn patient discharges427,544 Outpatient visits3,697 Newborn patient days1,097,966 Clinic visitsAvera Heart Hospital2,433 Acute patient discharges10,388 Outpatient visits64,512 Clinic visitsAvera Prince of Peace34,777 Long-term care resident days346 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera Gregory Hospital (CAH)297 Acute patient discharges91 Swing bed patient discharges11,051 Outpatient visits784 Swing-bed patient days15,731 Clinic visitsAvera Rosebud Country Care Center10,067 Long-term care resident days27 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera Milbank Hospital (CAH)285 Acute patient discharges41 Newborn patient discharges87 Swing bed patient discharges20,588 Outpatient visits59 Newborn patient days665 Swing-bed patient days28,762 Clinic visitsAvera Dell Rapids Hospital (CAH)119 Acute patient discharges50 Swing bed patient discharges9,999 Outpatient visits518 Swing-bed patient days14,098 Clinic visitsAvera Flandreau Hospital (CAH)173 Acute patient discharges16 Swing Bed patient discharges11,311 Outpatient visits166 Swing-bed patient days9,157 Clinic visitsAvera Hand County Hospital (CAH)194 Acute patient discharges48 Swing Bed patient discharges11,282 Outpatient visits343 Swing-bed patient days9,084 Clinic visitsAvera Merrill Pioneer Hospital (CAH) 113 Acute patient discharges28 Swing Bed patient discharges8,806 Outpatient visits280 Swing-bed patient days6,227 Clinic visitsAvera McKennan 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 $78,274,659.Avera McKennan 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 McKennan 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 McKennan 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.