St Luke's Hospital of Duluth

Organizational commitment to providing community benefit: a. Our mission is to serve as a leading provider of quality healthcare services in our local community and the surrounding region of northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan. As the federally designated regional trauma center for this region, St. Luke's provides critical access to high quality acute healthcare services.b. St. Luke's recognizes its responsibility to the community by providing financial support to community organizations; offering educational programs, outreach programs, and supporting the community through employee volunteer efforts and donations. We support the lake superior community health center and the health care access office. In 2023, St. Luke's donated more than 6,500 hours to enrich the healthcare of the community, including serving on boards of the Minnesota homecare association, united way, and other non-profit organizations in our community.c. St. Luke's serves a disproportionate share of medicare and medicaid patients. Through our patient assistance program, we provide full or partially subsidized services to individuals and families who are unable to pay. At admission and through patient handbooks, patients are given information to contact St. Luke's financial counselors for information on our financial assistance programs. Information is also available on our website. Also, St. Luke's provides medical transport services at less than cost to our patients in the region. During 2023, there were 10,607 admissions, 56,033 patient days, 53,600 emergency/urgent care visits, 155,228 outpatient registrations and 677,217 clinic visits.

Organizational description for tax exemption:st. Luke's is a not-for-profit, community-based, non-denominational Hospital, governed by a volunteer board of directors. Our medical staff is open to all qualified physicians and allied health professionals. St. Luke's emergency department serves patients regardless of ability to pay. St. Luke's research department, the whiteside institute for clinical research, participates in investigational drug protocols that are non-funded or under-funded.st. Luke's is a clinical training site for many healthcare students. In addition to medical students and residents, we provide clinical training for students in nursing, physical medicine, radiology, respiratory, lab, medical assistant, occupational therapy, physician assistant, dietetics, social work, medical record coding, paramedic, health unit coordinator, surgical technology, anesthesia, and pharmacy. We contributed to scholarship funds for medical students at the university of Minnesota, Duluth school of medicine and nursing students at the college of St. scholastica and lake superior college.other education activities reach tens of thousands of people through community education and outreach, health screenings, support groups, and other community services. Our speakers bureau offered programs at no charge to thousands more. Topics presented included men's health, women and breast cancer, children's nutrition, mental health issues, cardiac issues, fall prevention, first aid, diabetes, eye and lung issues, and infection control. We also offered tours to dozens of community and school groups, made medical supplies/equipment donations to community and medical relief organizations, donated newspaper advertising space for the junior league of Duluth, participated in the community coalition for fall prevention and offered brochure printing services to a local medical professional group. Annually, we provide rent-free, hundreds of hours of free meeting space for community groups, such as lyme disease support group, mothers of multiples and the ostomy club, and organizations such as the Minnesota homecare association, the boy scouts, and the college of St. scholastica.we offer support groups to the community, including:- heart-to-heart support group- parkinson's disease- look good, feel good group (through the american cancer society)- cancer information and support group- ostomy club- breast cancer support group- diabetes support group (sponsored by St. luke's, Duluth diabetes center, and the Duluth family practice center)- insulin pump support group (sponsored by St. Luke's Duluth diabetes center, and the Duluth family practice center)- celiac support group (sponsored by St. Luke's and St. mary's/duluth clinic)we participate in medicaid, medicare, champus, tricare, and other government-sponsored health care programs.