Essentia Health Facts & Figures

For the year ending June 30, 2020

Statistics

13,284 total employees
- 889 physicians
- 1,165 advanced practitioners
- 3,456 registered nurses & licensed practical nurses
- 7,774 all other staff
69 clinics
13 hospitals
6 long-term care facilities
6 assisted and independent living facilities
5 ambulance services
1 research & education institute
1,623,898 clinic encounters
36,546 surgeries
154,396 hospital emergency room visits
3,852 births
486 hospital average daily census
37,354 total discharges
177,543 total patient days
273,573 teaching hours for future med professionals (suspended student rotations April-June due to COVID-19)
223,732 telehealth visits (includes Virtual Visits, E-visits and telemedicine encounters)

Total revenue	$2.19 billion
Total expenses	$2.16 billion
Operating income	$27.1 million
Nonoperating income	-$43.1 million
Excess of revenue over expenses	-$15.9 million

Cost of providing charity care	$28.6 million
Costs in excess of Medicaid payments	$69.1 million
Medicaid surcharge & MNCare tax	$28.0 million
Community services	$3.4 million
Education and workforce development	$4.3 million
Research	$1.3 million
Total cost of community benefits as defined by the Catholic Health Association (CHA)	$134.7 million
Cost of CHA community benefits as a percent of actual operating expenses	6.2%

Costs in excess of Medicare payments	$150.7 million
Other care provided without compensation (bad debt)	$16.8 million
Discounts offered to uninsured patients	$9.3 million
Taxes and fees	$5.0 million
Total value of community contributions	$316.5 million
Total value of community contributions as a percentage of operating expenses	14.7%