Avera St Luke's

Avera St. Luke's mission is to provide healthcare services to Aberdeen, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera St. Luke's is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera St. Luke's consists of 50 acute beds, 10 inpatient behavioral health beds, an 81 bed nursing home in Aberdeen, SD, a 56 bed nursing home in Eureka, SD, a 2-bed surgical center in Aberdeen, SD, and 17 physician clinics. The physician clinics include primary care, ob/gyn, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, radiation, radiology, oncology, therapy, urology, hematology, psychiatry, pulmonology, nephrology, podiatry, ear nose and throat, pain management, and cardiology. Avera St. Luke's provides acute care and long-term healthcare services. Avera St. Luke's Hospital 3,354 Acute patient discharges 354 Newborn patient discharges 29 Swing bed patient discharges 154,782 Outpatient visits 285 Swing-bed patient days 569 Newborn patient days 142,201 Clinic visits 44,546 Nursing home resident days 124 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera St. Luke'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 $5,152,117.Avera St. Luke's also provides community benefit health activities at less than or at no cost to support those in the area served, see Schedule H. As a member of the Avera Health Network, Avera St. Luke'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. Luke'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.