Essentia Health Facts & Figures

For the year ending June 30, 2018

Statistics

14,418 total employees
- 937 physicians
- 1,094 advanced practitioners
- 4,139 registered nurses & licensed practical nurses
- 8,248 all other staff
74 clinics
15 hospitals
7 long-term care facilities
6 assisted and independent living facilities
5 ambulance services
1 research & education institute
1,734,655 clinic encounters
40,391 surgeries
167,469 hospital emergency room visits
4,098 births
509 hospital average daily census
41,584 total discharges
185,724 total patient days
417,131 teaching hours for future med professionals
4,697 telehealth visits

Total revenue	$2.07 billion
Total expenses	$2.06 billion
Operating income	$11.0 million
Nonoperating income	$90.2 million
Excess of revenue over expenses	$101.2 million

Cost of providing charity care	$17.7 million
Costs in excess of Medicaid payments	$81.4 million
Medicaid surcharge & MNCare tax	$25.2 million
Community services	$4.7 million
Education and workforce development	$6.0 million
Research	$1.4 million
Cash and in-kind donations	$525,000
Total cost of community benefits as defined by the Catholic Health Association (CHA)	$136.9 million
Cost of CHA community benefits as a percent of actual operating expenses	6.7%

Costs in excess of Medicare payments	$177.6 million
Other care provided without compensation (bad debt)	$14.7 million
Discounts offered to uninsured patients	$15.4 million
Taxes and fees	$5.8 million
Total value of community contributions	$350.4 million
Total value of community contributions as a percentage of operating expenses	17.1%