Essentia Health

WE ARE CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

ESSENTIA HEALTH IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF CRITICAL ACCESS GROUP, A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS DISSOLUTION ON 11/5/21, BRAINERD LAKES INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM, A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, ST. MARY'S DULUTH CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM DBA ESSENTIA HEALTH EAST, A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, AND INNOVIS HEALTH, LLC DBA ESSENTIA HEALTH WEST, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND IN SUPPORT OF CRITICAL ACCESS GROUP THROUGH 11/5/21, BRAINERD LAKES INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM, ESSENTIA HEALTH EAST, AND ESSENTIA HEALTH WEST AND EACH OF THE TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, ALL OF WHICH ARE ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.ESSENTIA HEALTH IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM SERVING PATIENTS IN MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND NORTH DAKOTA. HEADQUARTERED IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ESSENTIA HEALTH COMBINES THE STRENGTHS AND TALENTS OF 14,000 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 2,000 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS, WHO SERVE OUR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE MISSION OF BEING CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. ESSENTIA HEALTH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY CATHOLIC FACILITIES, IS GUIDED BY THE VALUES OF QUALITY, HOSPITALITY, RESPECT, JOY, JUSTICE, STEWARDSHIP AND TEAMWORK. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS ON ITS MISSION BY HAVING PATIENT-CENTERED FOCUS AT 14 HOSPITALS, APPROXIMATELY 70 CLINICS, SIX LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, TWO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, FOUR INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES, SEVERAL REHABILITATION CENTERS, SEVEN AMBULANCE SERVICES, 24 RETAIL PHARMACIES, HOME HEALTH SERVICES, AND ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. ESSENTIA HEALTH SERVES A PREDOMINANTLY RURAL POPULATION WHOSE MEDIAN INCOMES GENERALLY FALL BELOW AVERAGES OF THE STATES WHERE THEY LIVE. THE PRESENCE OF OUR CLINICS AND HOSPITALS ENSURES THAT PEOPLE WITH FEW ECONOMIC RESOURCES DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE AN HOUR OR MORE TO RECEIVE BASIC (AND IN SOME CASES LIFESAVING) MEDICAL CARE. THE LEGAL ENTITIES COMPRISING ESSENTIA HEALTH FILE SEPARATE FORM 990'S.AT FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, ESSENTIA HEALTH'S CONSOLIDATED TOTAL REVENUE WAS $2,616,554,000 AND CONSOLIDATED INCOME FROM OPERATIONS WAS $79,469,000.ESSENTIA HEALTH'S HOSPITALS HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,202 LICENSED BEDS WHICH PROVIDED OVER 201,000 HOSPITAL PATIENT DAYS AND NEARLY 791,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022. THE CLINICS HAD NEARLY 1.8 MILLION ENCOUNTERS DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, ESSENTIA HEALTH PROVIDED TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF OVER $165 MILLION WHICH INCLUDED COSTS OF PROVIDING CHARITY CARE, COSTS IN EXCESS OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS, MEDICAID SURCHARGE, MINNESOTACARE TAX, COMMUNITY SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSION EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.