Avera St Anthony's Hospital

Avera St. Anthony's mission is to provide healthcare services to O'Neill, Nebraska residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera St. Anthony's is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera St. Anthony's consists of a 25-bed critical access hospital in O'Neill, Nebraska and 6 clinics. The program services offered include primary care, emergency, telemedicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, podiatry surgery, cardiac rehab, pain management, OB, chemotherapy, radiology, sleep lab, dialysis, speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, lab and pharmacy. Avera St. Anthony's provides acute care and long-term healthcare services. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera St. Anthony Hospital641 Acute patient discharges150 Newborn patient discharges90 Swing bed patient discharges36,877 Outpatient visits721 Swing-bed patient days219 Newborn patient days29,675 Clinic visitsAvera St. Anthony'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 $618,988.Avera St. Anthony'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. Anthony'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. Anthony'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.