St Benedict Health Center

Avera St. Benedict Health Center's (Avera St. Benedict) mission is to provide healthcare services to Parkston, Tripp and Lake Andes, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera St. Benedict is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera St. Benedict consists of a 25-bed critical access hospital, a 49-bed nursing home, a 25-bed assisted living center and three provider-based clinics. Services offered by Avera St. Benedict include primary care, emergency, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, podiatry surgery, cardiac rehab, pain management, pharmacy, behavioral health, laboratory, imaging, telemedicine, wellness center, speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Avera St. Benedict provides acute care and long-term healthcare services.Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera St. Benedict Hospital 394 Acute patient discharges 52 Newborn patient discharges 133 Swing bed patient discharges 20,585 Outpatient visits 1,119 Swing-bed patient days 88 Newborn patient days 21,676 Clinic visitsAvera Bormann Manor 16,947 Nursing home resident days 40 Long Term Care patient dischargesAvera St. Benedict 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 $254,998.Avera St. Benedict 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. Benedict 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 or persons and institutions. Avera St. Benedict 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.