Avera St Mary's Hospital

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, an 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 Hospital 1,622 Acute patient discharges 438 Newborn patient discharges 96 Swing bed patient discharges 58,782 Outpatient visits 499 Swing-bed patient days 776 Newborn patient days 90,618 Clinic visitsAvera Maryhouse 19,260 Long-term resident days 101 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 $3,290,141.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 of 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.