ESSENTIA HEALTH: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: ESSENTIA HEALTH (EIN 20-0360007)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2013-05-03
IRS object ID: 201311239349300856
Schema version: 2011v1.5
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-05-03T13:36:35-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ERNST & YOUNG US LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	41 S HIGH ST 1100 HUNTINGTON CTR	AddressLine1
City	COLUMBUS	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	43215	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200360007	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Essentia Health	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of Name	% ROBERT NORMAN	InCareOfName
Name Control	ESSE	NameControl
Phone	2187868376	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	502 E 2nd St	AddressLine1
City	Duluth	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55805	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Robert Norman	Name
Title	CFO	Title
Date Signed	2013-05-01	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6142327414	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Peter Person MD	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	502 E 2nd St	AddressLine1
City	Duluth	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55805	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	76671369	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.essentiahealth.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2003	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MN	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	We are called to make a healthy difference in people's lives.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	18	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	-756	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	-1274	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	0	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	978146	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	20534336	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	73839952	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	2840532	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1849953	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	468647	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	23843515	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	76668051	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	13850	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	231318	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	314600	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	2349470	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year	57199457	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	22693168	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	59780245	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	1150347	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	16887806	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	100741801	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	128318534	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	56417384	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	70276715	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	44324417	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	58041819	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	WE ARE CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	13504289	Expense
Grants	231318	Grants
Revenue	73839952	Revenue
Description	See schedule O	Description
Total Program Service Expense	13504289	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	true	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	true	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	true	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	true	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	true	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Info In Schedule O Part V	X	InfoInScheduleOPartV
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	589	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	true	ForeignFinancialAccount
Name Of Foreign Country	CJ	NameOfForeignCountry
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	18	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ROBERT NORMAN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2187863178	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	502 E 2ND ST	AddressLine1
City	Duluth	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55805	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVII

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (37 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	FormerFormer
Richard Blair
Board Chair	4.0	X	X	40000	0	0
Laura Boehlke-Bray MD
Board Director	60.0	X		31300	275713	30461
Terrence Clark MD
Board Director	60.0	X		0	196788	41201
Lori Collard
Board Vice Chair	2.0	X	X	25600	0	0
Joel Haugen MD
Board Director	60.0	X		11350	292006	39177
Neal Hessen
Board Director	2.0	X		37750	1600	0
Sister Kathleen Hofer
Board Secretary	60.0	X	X	0	0	0
Lauren Larsen
Board Director thru 5/12	2.0	X		25000	0	0
Walter Leino MD
Board Director	2.0	X		15000	0	0
Sister Beverly Raway
Board Director thru 12/11	1.0	X		0	0	0
James Seitz
Board Director	2.0	X		15000	0	0
Sister Clare Marie Trettel
Board Director	2.0	X		0	0	0
Sister Claudia Riehl
Board Director thru 9/11	1.0	X		0	0	0
Dean Ager
Board Director	2.0	X		25000	0	0
James Anderson
BOARD VICE CHAIR	2.0	X	X	15600	0	0
Peter Dunphy MD
Board Director	60.0	X		15000	321194	19636
Theresa Gunnarson MD
Board Director	60.0	X		15000	477967	55917
Michael Sheldon MD
Board Director	60.0	X		18850	297372	40559
SISTER LOIS ECKES
BOARD DIRECTOR	1.0	X		0	0	0
DAVID GADDIE
BOARD DIRECTOR	2.0	X		8200	0	0
RICHARD ZIEGLER PHD
BOARD DIRECTOR	2.0	X		0	0	0
Peter Person MD
Chief Executive Officer	60.0		X	0	1439889	751215
Robert Norman
Chief Financial Officer	60.0		X	0	626789	135575
Gregory Glasner MD
President & CMO, West Region	60.0			0	612656	96602	X
Carl Heltne MD
Chief Medical Officer	60.0			0	585454	46223	X
Daniel McGinty
Senior VP, Development	60.0			0	555436	125720	X
Kevin Pitzer
CAO, West Region	60.0			0	484748	72246	X
John Smylie
Chief Operating Officer	60.0			0	781020	113712	X
Michael Mahoney
Vice President, Public Policy	60.0			0	286234	57651	X
Teresa O'Toole
CAO & CLO	60.0			0	540240	35223	X
Thomas Prusak
President, Central Region	60.0			0	457351	116645	X
David Boran MD
CMO, Central Region	60.0			0	284394	27265	X
Thomas Patnoe MD
President/CMO, East	60.0			0	712273	104333	X
DANIEL NIKCEVICH MD
ASSOCIATE CMO	60.0			600	686865	50198	X
Maribeth Olson
SMMC COO	0.0			0	395008	31385		X
Rocklon Chapin
SMDCMC COO	0.0			0	444640	59943		X
Michael Metcalf
CAO, East Region	60.0			0	526817	88755		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	299250	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	11282454	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	2139642	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

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EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
PO BOX 88314	MILWAUKEE	WI	53288	SOFTWARE MAINT SRVCS	6858875
HY TEC CONSTRUCTION OF BRAINERD INC
PO BOX 621	BRAINERD	MN	56401	CONSTRUCTION/DESIGN	6143836
MAX GREY CONSTRUCTION INC
PO BOX 689	HIBBING	MN	55746	CONSTRUCTION SERVICE	3068416
LAKE SUPERIOR LAUNDRY
PO BOX 488	SUPERIOR	WI	54880	LAUNDRY SERVICES	2338745
H T KLATZKY ASSOCIATES
1511 E SUPERIOR ST	DULUTH	MN	55812	HLTHCARE MKTG SRVCS	1833465

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	103	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Related Organizations	478146	RelatedOrganizations
All Other Contributions	500000	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	978146	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	SUPPORT REVENUE	Description
Business Code	541610	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	73839952	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	73839952	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	73839952	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	993125	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	-756	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$993,881	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	860146	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	3318	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Other	860146	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	856828	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$856,828	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Related Or Exempt Function Income	73839952	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	-756	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$1,850,709	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	231318	Total
Program Services	231318	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1192926	Total
Management And General	1192926	ManagementAndGeneral

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	758062	Total
Management And General	758062	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	141597	Total
Program Services	36	ProgramServices
Management And General	141561	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	189954	Total
Program Services	139109	ProgramServices
Management And General	50845	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	66931	Total
Program Services	139	ProgramServices
Management And General	66792	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	378806	Total
Management And General	378806	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	686680	Total
Management And General	686680	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10000	Total
Management And General	10000	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	202250	Total
Management And General	202250	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8487232	Total
Program Services	1821165	ProgramServices
Management And General	6666067	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	672231	Total
Program Services	627176	ProgramServices
Management And General	45055	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	335594	Total
Program Services	79164	ProgramServices
Management And General	256430	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	508000	Total
Program Services	262718	ProgramServices
Management And General	245282	ManagementAndGeneral

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20866	Total
Management And General	20866	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	414750	Total
Program Services	180931	ProgramServices
Management And General	233819	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	263794	Total
Program Services	118317	ProgramServices
Management And General	145477	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1310620	Total
Management And General	1310620	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	41566	Total
Management And General	41566	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
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RECRUITMENT	790011	752041	37970
PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL ACCTS	477925		477925
UBI TAXES	5518	5518

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

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Total	223804	Total
Program Services	61303	ProgramServices
Management And General	162501	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	59780245	Total
Program Services	13504289	ProgramServices
Management And General	46275956	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	913056	BOY
EOY	3181787	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6172989	BOY
EOY	34414171	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3254977	BOY
EOY	818886	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	602578	BOY
EOY	1048044	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	36246	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1807	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4350	BOY
EOY	34439	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	447891	BOY
EOY	433939	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26273093	BOY
EOY	29215617	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	62412552	BOY
EOY	58532818	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	660315	BOY
EOY	638833	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	100741801	BOY
EOY	128318534	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19799766	BOY
EOY	37870567	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31264154	BOY
EOY	30572760	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5235000	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	118464	BOY
EOY	1833388	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	56417384	BOY
EOY	70276715	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	44324417	BOY
EOY	58041819	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	44324417	BOY
EOY	58041819	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	100741801	BOY
EOY	128318534	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	16887806	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-3170404	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	X	SupportingOrganization509a3
Supporting Org509a3 Type3 Func Int	X	SupportingOrg509a3Type3FuncInt
Certification Checkbox	X	CertificationCheckbox
Contrib By Controlling Individual	false	ContribByControllingIndividual
Contribution By Related Party	false	ContributionByRelatedParty
Contrib By35 Controlled Entity	false	ContribBy35ControlledEntity

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformation (28 entries)

EINEIN	Type Of OrganizationTypeOfOrganization	Listed In Governing DocListedInGoverningDoc	Supported Organization NotifiedSupportedOrganizationNotified	Organized In USOrganizedInUS	AmountAmount
BRAINERD LAKES INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM
371532145	0	false	true	true	$0
BRAINERD MEDICAL CENTER INC
371532148	03	false	true	true	$1,397,962
BRIDGES MEDICAL CENTER
200479568	03	false	true	true	$251,559
CLEARWATER VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC
820497771	03	false	true	true	$682,118
CRITICAL ACCESS GROUP
261219624	0	true	true	true	$812,193
ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER THRU 10111
820227163	03	false	true	true	$0
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
410695602	03	false	true	true	$5,603,238
ST MARY'S EMS
411805811	09	false	true	true	$72,340
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC
820226453	03	false	true	true	$680,233
ST MARY'S REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER
411620386	03	false	true	true	$2,741,160
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC
261175213	03	true	true	true	$9,743,491
MIDWEST MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY INC
411674021	09	false	true	true	$337,717
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
411878730	03	false	true	true	$13,146,834
PINE MEDICAL CENTER
411884597	03	false	true	true	$670,688
POLINSKY MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER
410691275	03	false	true	true	$326,253
ST MARY'S DULUTH CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM
411836633	0	true	true	true	$0
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR
411811073	03	false	true	true	$1,624,981
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
410695604	03	false	true	true	$13,133,659
THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD
410883623	03	false	true	true	$6,248,140
DIVINE MEDICAL SERVICES THRU 10111
202773717	03	false	true	true	$0
DL SURGERY CENTER
263837203	03	false	true	true	$4,472
ST MARY'S INNOVIS HEALTH
262861321	03	false	true	true	$132,570
MINNESOTA VALLEY HEALTH CENTER INC
410837659	03	false	true	true	$451,390
FIRST CARE MEDICAL SERVICES
410706143	03	false	true	true	$764,441
ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH
271291124	04	false	true	true	$118,438
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION
271984704	07	false	true	true	$120,985
GRACEVILLE HEALTH CENTER
410726173	03	false	true	true	$294,738
NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
410841441	03	false	true	true	$420,645

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Supported Orgs	28	TotalNumberOfSupportedOrgs
Sum Of Amounts	59780245	SumOfAmounts
General Explanation	The supported organizations listed in Part I Line 11h that have a "No" box checked are not specifically listed in Essentia's articles of incorporation Article XI. However, Essentia's articles state that Essentia 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 the tax-exempt entities identified as supported organizations in their respective articles of incorporation.	GeneralExplanation
General Explanation	The amount of support includes Essentia Health's functional expenses which are incurred for the benefit of Essentia Health's supported organizations.	GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbying
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbying
Total Lobbying Expenditures		TotalLobbyingExpenditures
Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures		OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures
Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures		TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures
Lobbying Nontaxable		LobbyingNontaxableAmount
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableAmount
Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx		TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx
Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx		TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	true	MailingsMembers
Mailings Members	$0	MailingsMembersAmount
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$132,241	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	true	OtherActivities
Other Activities	$10,000	OtherActivitiesAmount
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	142241	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Schedule C, Part II-B	Identifier
Explanation	Lobbying Activity Explanation: Essentia Health employs one full-time in-house public policy individual and during 2012 contracted with one consultant firm to monitor state legislative activities of interest dealing fully with Health and Human Services issues. Essentia Health's public policy activities occur on a multi state and national level. Essentia Health public policy activities included in person, telephonic, electronic communication and information relay with legislators and staff, administrative officials, government agencies and departments on both the state and federal levels. The primary issues of interest and concern include: Critical Access Hospital designation Physician and Hospital Services Reimbursement Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Policies Disproportionate Share Hospital Funding Sole Community Hospital Status and Funding Graduate Medical Education/Indirect Medical Education Funding Health Information Technology Funding and Privacy Issues State and Federal Health Care Reform State and Federal Shared Savings Demonstration Projects Medicare Reimbursement for Rehab Facilities Medicare 340B Prescription Drug Discount Program Nurse Licensure Compact Nurse Staffing Ratios Electronic Medical Record Interoperability Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Audits (RAC) Health Information Exchange Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) State Children's Health Insurance Program Workforce Issues Public Health Initiatives Community Benefits	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts
Current Year Minus3 Years		CurrentYearMinus3Years
Land		Land

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	10880	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	664	Depreciation
Book Value	10216	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovements

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	25366	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1143	Depreciation
Book Value	24223	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildings
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	34439	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Financial Derivatives FinancialDerivatives

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	3264659	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	F	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterests

Other Securities OtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	POOLED INVESTMENT FUND	Description
Book Value	25950958	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	F	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	29215617	TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	INVESTMENT IN TAX-EXEMPT ORG	Description
Book Value	58532818	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	F	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Program Related	58532818	TotalOfBookValueProgramRelated
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
NON CURRENT SWAP LIABILITY	$1,513,726
GRANTS PAYABLE TO RELATED ORGS	$319,662

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	1833388	TotalOfAmounts

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Schedule D, Part X	Identifier
Explanation	ASC 740 footnote: Essentia Health has adopted Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes (formerly known as FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Tax - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes). The adoption of this interpretation had no material impact on the consolidated financial statements and therefore, Essentia Health's consolidated financial statements for fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 no longer includes an ASC 740 footnote.	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

RegionRegion	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	77291620
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Investments	19452256
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	7760	SELF INDEMNITY
Central America and the Caribbean	Program Services	5161650	SELF INDEMNITY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Amount Spent	101913286	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	101913286	TotalAmountSpent
Transfer To Foreign Corp	true	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	true	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	true	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
SMDC MEDICAL Center
502 E 2ND ST	Duluth	MN	55805	411878730	501(c)(3)	112671	Program Support
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC
3000 32ND AVE	FARGO	ND	58103	261175213	501(C)(3)	45813	Program Support
MILLER DWAN FOUNDATION
502 E 2ND ST	DULUTH	MN	55805	237396466	501(c)(3)	30000	Program Support
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
208 S LASALLE ST	CHICAGO	IL	60604	135613797	501(C)(3)	15000	Program Support
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
8317 ELDERBERRY RD	MADISON	WI	53717	410724036	501(C)(3)	14500	Program Support

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	5	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	Procedures for monitoring grants: Essentia Health's management reviews the grant activity by reviewing and documenting each expenditure request and approving the expense.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	X	FirstClassOrCharterTravel
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	true	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	true	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (22 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Gregory Glasner MD
0	544870	0	64264	0	3522	0	71162	0	25440	0	709258	0	0
Carl Heltne MD
0	583474	0	0	0	1980	0	24500	0	21723	0	631677	0	0
Daniel McGinty
0	362304	0	126001	0	67131	0	99559	0	26161	0	681156	0	65442
Peter Person MD
0	898669	0	305760	0	235460	0	714204	0	37011	0	2191104	0	231933
Robert Norman
0	407163	0	141928	0	77698	0	79658	0	55917	0	762364	0	75455
Kevin Pitzer
0	361792	0	118227	0	4729	0	69786	0	2460	0	556994	0	0
John Smylie
0	576400	0	197084	0	7536	0	82569	0	31143	0	894732	0	0
Laura Boehlke-Bray MD
31300	272506	0	2600	0	607	0	24500	0	5961	31300	306174	0	0
Terrence Clark MD
0	195488	0	0	0	1300	0	20003	0	21198	0	237989	0	0
Joel Haugen MD
11350	269688	0	22060	0	258	0	21235	0	17942	11350	331183	0	0
Michael Mahoney
0	215004	0	49057	0	22173	0	45364	0	12287	0	343885	0	21236
Teresa O'Toole
0	376736	0	118272	0	45232	0	24500	0	10723	0	575463	0	41650
Thomas Prusak
0	341993	0	106548	0	8810	0	91747	0	24898	0	573996	0	0
David Boran MD
0	278305	0	0	0	6089	0	12250	0	15015	0	311659	0	0
Maribeth Olson
0	120443	0	41278	0	233287	0	20135	0	11250	0	426393	0	30589
Thomas Patnoe MD
0	536822	0	174761	0	690	0	72023	0	32310	0	816606	0	0
Rocklon Chapin
0	35986	0	0	0	408654	0	41008	0	18935	0	504583	0	0
Peter Dunphy MD
15000	314643	0	0	0	6551	0	12250	0	7386	15000	340830	0	0
Theresa Gunnarson MD
15000	471894	0	5713	0	360	0	24500	0	31417	15000	533884	0	0
Michael Sheldon MD
18850	293433	0	3849	0	90	0	21334	0	19225	18850	337931	0	0
Michael Metcalf
0	393711	0	128521	0	4585	0	60619	0	28136	0	615572	0	0
DANIEL NIKCEVICH MD
600	679751	0	6244	0	870	0	24500	0	25698	600	737063	0	0

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a	Benefits provided: During tax year 2011, charter travel was used on occasion by two board directors, one officer and six key employees for travel between Essentia Health's Corporate office in Duluth, MN and Essentia Health's supported organizations. Many of Essentia Health's supported organizations are located in rural areas which do not have direct commercial flights available. Charter travel ensures efficient use of Essentia Health's board directors' and employees' time. The use of charter travel is not treated as taxable compensation to these individuals as all travel was business related.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a	Severance payment: Former key employee, Maribeth Olson, a former employee of related organization Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center, received payment totaling $169,344 in tax year 2011 related to her termination. The termination terms are from May 7, 2011 until May 7, 2012. Ms. Olson will receive pay totaling $302,031 related to her termination. Former key employee, Rocklon Chapin, a former employee of related organization Essentia Health Duluth, received payment totaling $274,800 in tax year 2011 related to his termination. The termination terms are from January 31, 2011 until July 31, 2012. Mr. Chapin will receive pay totaling $501,019 & benefits totaling $10,009 related to his termination. The other individual listed as former in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a remains employed within Essentia Health and its subsidiaries and is not receiving a termination payment.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b	Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan: Amounts related to participating in a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan are reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column C, and amounts related to receiving payment from a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan are reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B (iii). The following individuals listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a received payment from a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan during the year: Peter Person, MD (Essentia Health East) $231,933 Robert Norman (Critical Access Group) $75,455 John Smylie (Essentia Health East) $0 Teresa O'Toole (Essentia Health East) $41,650 Daniel McGinty (Critical Access Group) $65,442 Thomas Prusak (Critical Access Group) $0 Gregory Glasner, MD (Essentia Health West) $0 Kevin Pitzer, (Essentia Health West) $0 Michael Mahoney (Essentia Health East) $21,236 Thomas Patnoe, MD (Essentia Health East) $0 Michael Metcalf (Essentia Health East) $0 Maribeth Olson (Essentia Health East) $30,589 Rocklon Chapin (Essentia Health East) $0 Critical Access Group's nonqualified retirement plan is offered to Critical Access Group executives. There is a minimum two year vesting date, benefits are subject to income taxes upon vesting, and benefits are payable from Critical Access Group's general assets. Essentia Health East's nonqualified retirement plan is offered to designated Essentia Health East's executives. There is a minimum two year vesting date, benefits are subject to income taxes upon vesting, and benefits are payable from Essentia Health East's general assets. Essentia Health West's nonqualified retirement plan is offered to designated Essentia Health West's executives. There is a minimum two year vesting date, benefits are subject to income taxes upon vesting, and benefits are payable from Essentia Health West's general assets.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI (4 entries)

Issuer EINIssuerEIN	CUSIP NumberCUSIPNumber	Date IssuedDateIssued	Issue PriceIssuePrice	Description Of PurposeDescriptionOfPurpose	DefeasedDefeased	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuer	Pool FinancingPoolFinancing
CASS COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA
456002205	148047AU7	2010-02-25	59573111	2008A REOFFERED BONDS (SEE SCH O)	false	false	false
WI HEALTH AND EDUCATION FACILITIES AUTHORITY
391337855	97710BSD5	2010-02-25	12854722	2008B REOFFERED BONDS (SEE SCH O)	false	false	false
MN AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
416007162	6049202H0	2010-02-25	165717405	2008C REOFFERED BONDS (SEE SCH O)	false	false	false
MN AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
416007162	6049202M9	2010-06-25	109535000	2010 BONDS (SEE SCH O)	false	false	false

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII (4 entries)

Amount RetiredAmountRetired	Total ProceedsTotalProceeds	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceeds	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpenditures	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceeds	Year Of Subst CompletionYearOfSubstCompletion	Current RefundingCurrentRefunding	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefunding	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMade	Adequate Books And Recds MaintaindAdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind
0	3872252	0	0	3872252	2010	true	false	true	true
0	835557	0	0	835557	2010	true	false	true	true
396825	10771632	123454	0	10648178	2010	true	false	true	true
849254	16377291	63167	5747832	10566292	2011	true	false	false	true

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII (4 entries)

Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedProperty	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangements	Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd PrprtyMngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreements	Post Issuance Compliance ProcdrsPostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs
false	false	false	false	true
false	false	false	false	true
false	false	false	false	true
false	false	false	false	true

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV (4 entries)

Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiled	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssue	Hedge Identified In Books And RecdsHedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGIC	Business Name Line1NameOfGICProvider/BusinessNameLine1	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvested	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebate
0
false	false	false	false	0	false	false
0
false	false	false	false	0	false	false
0
false	false	false	false	0	false	false
0
false	true	false	false	0	false	false

Form990 Schedule K Part VI Form990ScheduleKPartVI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	See Schedule O	Identifier
Return Reference	0	ReturnReference

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (12 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part III, Line 4	Program service accomplishments: 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, Brainerd Lakes Integrated Health System dba Essentia Health Central, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System dba Essentia Health East, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, and Innovis Health dba Essentia Health West, a Delaware limited liability company and in support of Critical Access Group, Essentia Health Central, 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 supports regional leaders in the development and advancement of business, clinical and financial models for the delivery of high-quality and cost-effective health care. The regional leaders provide integrated health care delivery through their physician group practices, ambulatory and outpatient centers, acute care hospitals and community, rural and critical access hospitals. The organizations Essentia Health supports (the "Supported Organizations") include 16 hospitals and more than 60 clinics in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Idaho with several located in rural areas that have limited access to other healthcare options. These Supported organization file separate Form 990's. At fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, Essentia Health's Supported Organizations' consolidated total revenue was $1,545,086,000 and consolidated income from operations was $31,726,000. These hospitals and clinics employ over 10,200 full time equivalents. The hospitals have a total of 1,098 licensed beds which provided over 177,000 hospital patient days and over 502,000 outpatient visits during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. The clinics had over 1.7 million encounters during the same time period. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, Essentia Health's Supported Organizations provided total community benefits of over $94.7 million which included costs of providing charity care, costs in excess of Medicaid payments, Medicaid surcharge, MinnesotaCare tax, community services, subsidized health services, education, research, and cash and in-kind donations.
Form 990, Part V, Line 1a	1099 Reporting: Beginning in 2011, vendor payments and Form 1099's were processed through Essentia Health on behalf of certain supported organizations.
Form 990, Part V, Line 1c	No Gaming (Gambling) Winnings
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b	Member with right to approve governing body decisions: The Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association ("BSBA") also has certain reserved powers over all Catholic facilities within Essentia Health. BSBA's reserved powers are as follows: Mission. Authority to approve the mission, purpose and vision statements for Catholic facilities and entities within the System. Adherence to Ethical Religious Directives (ERDs). Authority to approve the methods, policies and procedures pertaining to the adherence of Catholic facilities and entities within the System to the ERDs, and to require the use of religious symbols, distinguishing elements and prayers. Official Catholic Directory. Authority to request the listing of qualified entities and facilities within the System in The Official Catholic Directory, subject to the approval of applicable Catholic authorities. Catholic Health Association. Authority to require Catholic facilities and entities within the System to join the membership of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Alienation of Stable Patrimony or Ecclesiastical Goods. Authority to approve alienation of either stable patrimony or other ecclesiastical goods in the System if such goods involved in a specific transaction approved by Essentia Health pursuant to Section 2.8(g) or 2.8(h) of the Affiliation Agreement have a dollar value equal to or greater than 70% of the amount established from time to time that requires approval from the Holy See. Amendments. Authority to approve any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of this corporation that would alter the number of Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery of Duluth or Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association board of director members serving as members of this corporation's board of directors; authority to approve any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Supported Organizations, as well as the Catholic Subsidiaries (as defined in the Affiliation Agreement), which could materially affect such entity's identity as a Catholic institution, including without limitation any amendment that would alter the number of Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery of Duluth or Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association board of director members serving as members of such entity's board of directors; and authority to cause Essentia Health to make amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Supported Organizations, as well as the Catholic Subsidiaries, which amendments Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association in good faith are necessary to preserve such entity's identity as a Catholic institution. Mission Effectiveness. Authority to approve annual plans and evaluations relating to mission effectiveness and chaplaincy for the Catholic facilities and entities within the System. Mergers and Dissolution. Subject to the approval of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery of Duluth, authority to approve a proposed merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, or the disposition of all or substantially all the assets.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11a	Form 990 review process: The 2011 Form 990 including all schedules was reviewed by Essentia Health's management and governing body on March 13th, 2013 prior to filing with the Internal Revenue Service. Each current director of the governing body received a copy of the 2011 Form 990. Essentia Health's Chief Financial Officer led the review of the form and schedules and any questions were discussed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Monitoring and enforcing Conflict of Interest policy: Interested persons annually disclose relationships which might lead to a conflict of interest by completing a conflict of interest disclosure form. Interested persons include any person in a position to exercise substantial influence over the organization. It includes but is not limited to any director, officer, management, employee, or committee member of Essentia Health or any of its affiliates. Essentia is responsible for the annual distribution of conflict of interest forms and review of disclosures for the governing bodies of Essentia and Essentia Operating Members and for senior management employees of Essentia. Transactions with parties with whom a conflict of interest exists may be undertaken only if all of the following are observed: the conflict of interest is fully disclosed; the interested person with the conflict of interest doesn't participate in the approval of such transactions; if practical or appropriate, a competitive bid or comparable valuation is obtained; and the board or committee of the board has determined that the transaction is in the best interest of the organization. Disclosure by any interested person other than a board or committee member should be made to the Chief Executive Officer (or if she/he is the one with the conflict, then to the board chair), who will bring the matter to the attention of the board or an appropriate committee of the board. Disclosure involving board or committee members should be made to the board chair (or if she/he is the one with the conflict, then to the board vice chair), who will bring these matters to the board or an appropriate committee of the board. The board or committee of the board will determine whether a conflict exists and if so, whether the contemplated transaction may be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable to Essentia or its affiliate(s). The decision of the board or a duly constituted committee of the board on these matters will be at its sole discretion, and its concern must be the welfare of Essentia and its affiliate(s) and the advancement of its purposes. The decision of the board is final. If the board determines a conflict does not exist, the interested person may proceed with the transaction; however, he/she will not be eligible to vote on related issues should they arise. If the board determines a conflict does exist, the interested person will be notified of the decision regarding whether the contemplated transaction will be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15 A&B	Process for determining compensation: The Executive Compensation Committee of Essentia Health's board of directors is authorized to fulfill the board's responsibilities regarding executive compensation consistent with Essentia's mission, values and tax-exempt status, and the Executive Compensation Committee's Charter. The Executive Compensation Committee meets at least twice annually to carry out its responsibilities, which include, but are not limited to, establishing, reviewing and modifying, as appropriate, reasonable compensation and benefits for Essentia's Chief Executive Officer and his direct reports which are paid by related organizations. The Executive Compensation Committee engages qualified independent compensation advisors to provide objective and impartial comparative data and to express opinions on total compensation reasonableness. The Executive Compensation Committee may request its independent advisors to: monitor comparability data and marketplace trends; make appropriate recommendations regarding salary ranges; and periodically review the market competitiveness of Essentia executive compensation packages. Prior to establishing or adjusting executive compensation, the Executive Compensation Committee will obtain and rely upon appropriate data as to comparability of the proposed compensation or adjustments. The Executive Compensation Committee will adequately document the basis for its determination concurrently with making those determinations. The Executive Compensation Committee minutes will include: the terms of the approved compensation and the date approved; the Executive Compensation Committee members present during the review, discussion and approval of the proposed compensation and those who voted on the proposed compensation; identification of the comparability data obtained and relied upon by the Executive Compensation Committee and how the data was obtained; any actions by a member of the Executive Compensation Committee having a conflict of interest; and documentation of the basis for the determination. The year this process was last undertaken for Essentia's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Development, Chief Operating Officer, Vice President, Public Policy and Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Legal Officer; East Region's President/Chief Medical Officer; West Region's President/Chief Medical Officer and Chief Administrative Officer; and Central Region's President and Chief Medical Officer was 2010.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Availability of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements to the public: Essentia Health makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Essentia Health is part of Essentia Health's consolidated financial statements which are included in Essentia Health's annual report posted on Essentia Health's web site.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a, Column B	Hours Devoted to related organizations: The following individuals listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a also devoted time each week to related organizations: Lori Collard: approximately 5 hours Neal Hessen: approximately 16 hours James Anderson: approximately 8 hours David Gaddie: approximately 10 hours Peter Person, MD is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health's Chief Executive Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Laura Boehlke-Bray, MD is employed by The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. 100% of her time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health East and related organizations. Terrance Clark, MD is employed by The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health East and related organizations. Joel Haugen, MD is employed by Essentia Health West. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health West and related organizations. Sister Kathleen Hofer is employed by Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center as Essentia Health's Senior Vice President, Benedictine Sponsorship. 100% of her time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Peter Dunphy, MD is employed by Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health Central and related organizations. Theresa Gunnarson, MD is employed by The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. 100% of her time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health East and related organizations. Michael Sheldon, MD is employed by Essentia Health West. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health West and related organizations. Robert Norman is employed by Critical Access Group as Essentia Health's Chief Financial Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Teresa O'Toole is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health's Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer. 100% of her time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. John Smylie is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health's Chief Operating Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Gregory Glasner, MD is employed by Essentia Health West as the Essentia Health West's President and Chief Medical Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Carl Heltne, MD is employed by The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. as Essentia Health's Chief Medical Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Daniel McGinty is employed by Critical Access Group as Essentia Health's Senior Vice President, Development. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Kevin Pitzer is employed by Essentia Health West as Essentia Health West's Chief Administrative Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Michael Mahoney is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health's Vice President, Public Policy. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Thomas Patnoe, MD is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health's East's President and Chief Medical Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Thomas Prusak is employed by Critical Access Group as Essentia Health Central's President. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. David Boran, MD is employed by Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic as Essentia Health Central's Chief Medical Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Daniel Nikcevich, MD is employed by The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. as Essentia Health's Associate Chief Medical Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations. Michael Metcalf is employed by Essentia Health Duluth as Essentia Health East's Chief Administrative Officer. 100% of his time is spent furthering the purpose of Essentia Health and related organizations.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24a	Other Expenses: Affiliate expenses allocation of $42,369,810 represents the portion of Critical Access Group, Essentia Health Central, Essentia Health West and Essentia Health East compensation ($42,305,405) and miscellaneous operating expenses ($64,405) related to Essentia Health, a supporting organization of Critical Access Group, Essentia Health Central, Essentia Health West, and Essentia Health East and allocated directly to Essentia.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 5	Other Changes in Net Assets: The total amount of other changes in net assets includes: Net Asset transfer with related organizations; reallocated Balance Sheet items to more appropriate companies $2,182,963 Note Receivable Write-Off ($500,000) Unrealized gain on trading securities and swaps ($4,533,705) Deferred Grant Revenue from Related Organization ($319,662) Total amount of other changes in net assets: ($3,170,404)
Schedule K	Additional information/comments relating to the reporting of liabilities by related organizations: Essentia Health has an Obligated Group created under the Master Indenture which is composed of the following Members: Essentia Health, Critical Access Group, Essentia Health East, Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center, Essentia Health Duluth, Essentia Health Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center, Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior, Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic, Essentia Health Central, St. Mary's Innovis Health, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. and Essentia Health West (the "Obligated Group Members" or the "Members of the Obligated Group"). The Members of the Obligated Group are jointly and severally obligated on all indebtedness evidenced or secured by Notes issued under the Master Indenture. The Series 2008A reoffered bonds are secured by Notes issued under the Master Indenture. Essentia Health is the conduit borrower of the Series 2008A reoffered bonds and has recorded a portion of the bond liability on its balance sheet. The Obligated Group Members, Essentia Health West, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., and Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, are indirect beneficiaries of the Series 2008A reoffered borrowing and have recorded the bond liability on their balance sheets which are consolidated with Essentia Health. The Series 2008B reoffered bonds are secured by Notes issued under the Master Indenture. The Obligated Group Members: The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., Essentia Health and Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior are the conduit borrowers of the Series 2008B reoffered bonds. The conduit borrowers, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd. and Essentia Health, have recorded a portion of the bond liability on their balance sheets which are consolidated with Essentia Health. The Obligated Group Members, Essentia Health West and Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, are indirect beneficiaries of a portion of the Series 2008B reoffered borrowing and have recorded a portion of the bond liability on their balance sheets which are consolidated with Essentia Health. The Series 2008C reoffered bonds are secured by Notes issued under the Master Indenture. The Obligated Group Members: Essentia Health East, Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., Essentia Health, and Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center, Inc. are the conduit borrowers of the Series 2008C reoffered bonds. The conduit borrowers, Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, Essentia Health, and The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., have recorded a portion of the bond liability on their balance sheets which are consolidated with Essentia Health. The Obligated Group Member, Essentia Health West is an indirect beneficiary of a portion of the Series 2008C reoffered borrowing and has recorded a portion of the bond liability on its balance sheet which is consolidated with Essentia Health. The Series 2010 bonds are secured by Notes issued under the Master Indenture. The Obligated Group Members: The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., Essentia Health, Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, Essentia Health East, Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center and Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes are the conduit borrowers of the Series 2010 bonds. The conduit borrowers, The Duluth Clinic, Ltd., Essentia Health, Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, and Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes, have recorded a portion of the bond liability on their balance sheets which are consolidated with Essentia Health. The Obligated Group Member, Essentia Health West is an indirect beneficiary of a portion of the Series 2010 borrowing and has recorded a portion of the bond liability on its balance sheet which is consolidated with Essentia Health. SCHEDULE K, PART I, COLUMN (F) DESCRIPTION OF PURPOSE: SERIES 2008A REOFFERED: Reoffer Series 2008 A-1 and A-2 bonds issued March 4, 2008 to refinance a portion of the acquisition of certain assets of Essentia Health West in connection with the affiliation of Essentia Health with Essentia Health West. SERIES 2008B REOFFERED: Reoffer Series 2008 B-1 bonds issued March 4, 2008 to refund Series 1999B bonds issued May 18, 1999 for construction projects and equipment purchases in Superior, WI and various Duluth Clinic locations in northwestern Wisconsin. SERIES 2008C REOFFERED: Reoffer Series 2008 C-5 and 2008 C-4A bonds issued March 4, 2008 to refund Series 2004 bonds issued March 19, 2004 for various acquisitions, construction projects, capital improvements and equipment purchases in Duluth, Brainerd, and Detroit Lakes, MN and refund Series 1999A bonds issued May 18, 1999 for various acquisitions, construction projects, capital improvements and equipment purchases in Brainerd, Detroit Lakes and Duluth, MN and various Duluth Clinic sites in northern Minnesota. SERIES 2010: Refund Series 1993C and 1993E bonds issued January 15, 1993 and refund Series 2008 C-3 and 2008 C-4B bonds issued March 4, 2008 to partially refund Series 2004 bonds issued March 19, 2004 for various acquisitions, construction projects, capital improvements and equipment purchases in Duluth, Brainerd, and Detroit Lakes, MN and various Duluth Clinic sites in northern Minnesota and finance various construction projects, capital improvements and equipment purchased in Brainerd, Detroit Lakes and Duluth, MN and various Duluth Clinic sites in northern Minnesota. SCHEDULE K, PART II, LINE 3 Issue Price: Series 2008A Reoffered, Series 2008B Reoffered, Series 2008C Reoffered, and Series 2010 were issued by the Essentia Health Obligated Group. The issue price listed in Essentia Health Schedule K Part I Column (e) represents the Essentia Health Obligated Group's total borrowing. SCHEDULE K, Part II, Lines 3 through 12 Proceeds: Series 2008A Reoffered, Series 2008B Reoffered, Series 2008C Reoffered, and Series 2010 were issued by the Essentia Health Obligated Group. A portion of the Series 2008A Reoffered, Series 2008B Reoffered, Series 2008C Reoffered, and Series 2010 borrowing were allocated to Essentia Health, an Essentia Health Obligated Group Member. The proceeds listed in Essentia Health Schedule K Part II Lines 3 through 12 represent Essentia Health's allocated portion of the proceeds. SCHEDULE K, Part V Procedures to undertake corrective action: Written procedures to ensure that violations of federal tax requirements are timely identified and corrected through the voluntary closing agreement program have been subsequently adopted.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (28 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivities	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSection	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatus	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Controlled OrgControlledOrg
Brainerd Lakes Integrated Health System
2024 S 6th St	Brainerd	MN	56401	371532145	Support ORG	MN	501(C)(3)	11 II	Essentia	true
Brainerd Medical Center Inc
2024 S 6th St	Brainerd	MN	56401	371532148	Clinic	MN	501(C)(3)	3	BLIHS	true
Bridges Medical Center
201 9th St W	Ada	MN	56510	200479568	Clinic/Hosp	MN	501(C)(3)	3	Innovis	true
Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics INC
301 Cedar	Orofino	ID	83544	820497771	Clinic/Hosp	ID	501(C)(3)	3	CAG	true
Divine Medical Services THRU 10111
709 N Lincoln	Jerome	ID	83338	202773717	Emerg SrVCS	ID	501(C)(3)	3	SBFMC	true
DL Surgery Center
1027 Washington Ave	Detroit Lakes	MN	56501	263837203	ASC	MN	501(C)(3)	3	CAG	true
Critical Access Group
503 E 3rd St Ste 400	Duluth	MN	55805	261219624	SUPPORT ORG	MN	501(C)(3)	11 II	Essentia	true
St Benedict's Fam Med CNTR THRU 10111
709 N Lincoln	Jerome	ID	83338	820227163	Clinic/Hosp	ID	501(C)(3)	3	CAG	true
St Joseph's Medical Center
523 N 3rd St	Brainerd	MN	56401	410695602	CLINIC/HOSP	MN	501(C)(3)	3	BLIHS	true
St Mary's EMS
1027 Washington Ave	Detroit Lakes	MN	56501	411805811	EMERG SRVCS	MN	501(C)(3)	9	SMRHC	true
St Mary's Hospital & Clinics Inc
PO Box 137	Cottonwood	ID	83522	820226453	CLinic/Hosp	ID	501(C)(3)	3	CAG	true
St Mary's Innovis Health
1027 Washington Ave	Detroit Lakes	MN	56501	262861321	Clinic	MN	501(C)(3)	3	Innovis	true
St Mary's Regional Health Center
1027 Washington Ave	Detroit Lakes	MN	56501	411620386	Clinic/Hosp	MN	501(C)(3)	3	Innovis	true
Innovis Health LLC
3000 32ND AVE	Fargo	ND	58103	261175213	Clinic/Hosp	DE	501(C)(3)	3	Essentia	true
Midwest Medical Equipment & Supply Inc
4418 Haines Rd	Duluth	MN	55811	411674021	Medical Equip	MN	501(C)(3)	9	SMMC	true
SMDC Medical Center
502 E 2nd St	Duluth	MN	55805	411878730	Clinic/Hosp	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMDCHS	true
Pine Medical Center
109 Court Ave S	Sandstone	MN	55072	411884597	Hospital/Nurs	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMDCHS	true
Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center
530 E 2nd St	Duluth	MN	55805	410691275	Clinic	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMMC	true
St Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System
407 E 3rd St	Duluth	MN	55805	411836633	Support ORG	MN	501(C)(3)	11 II	Essentia	true
St Mary's Hospital of Superior
3500 Tower Ave	Superior	WI	54880	411811073	Clinic/Hosp	WI	501(C)(3)	3	SMMC	true
St Mary's Medical Center
407 E 3rd St	Duluth	MN	55805	410695604	Hospital	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMDCHS	true
The Duluth Clinic Ltd
400 E 3rd St	Duluth	MN	55805	410883623	Clinic	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMDCHS	true
First Care Medical Services
900 Hilligross Blvd SE	Fosston	MN	56542	410706143	Clinic/Hosp	MN	501(C)(3)	3	Innovis	true
Minnesota Valley Health Center
621 S 4th St	Le Sueur	MN	56058	410837659	Hospital/Nurs	MN	501(C)(3)	3	CAG	true
Essentia Institute of Rural Health
502 E 2nd St	Duluth	MN	55805	271291124	Research	MN	501(C)(3)	4	Essentia	true
Essentia Health Foundation
502 E 2nd St	Duluth	MN	55805	271984704	Foundation	MN	501(C)(3)	7	ESSENTIA	true
Northern Pines Medical Center
5211 Hwy 110	Aurora	MN	55705	410841441	Hospital/Nurs	MN	501(C)(3)	3	SMDCHS	true
Graceville Health Center
115 West Second St	Graceville	MN	56240	410726173	Clinic/Hosp	MN	501(C)(3)	3	Innovis	true

Form990 Schedule R Part III Form990ScheduleRPartIII

Name Of Related Org NameOfRelatedOrg

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PMC-Gateway Imaging LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	109 Court Ave S	AddressLine1
City	Sandstone	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55072	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	261634764	EIN
Primary Activity	Imaging ServiCES	PrimaryActivity
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileState

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Predominant Income Type	N/A	PredominantIncomeType
Share Of Total Income	0	ShareOfTotalIncome
Share Of EOY Assets	0	ShareOfEOYAssets
Code V	$0	CodeVAmount
Percentage Ownership	0.00000	PercentageOwnership

Form990 Schedule R Part IV Form990ScheduleRPartIV (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressForeign/AddressLine1	CityAddressForeign/City	Province Or StateAddressForeign/ProvinceOrState	CountryAddressForeign/Country	Postal CodeAddressForeign/PostalCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivityPrimaryActivity	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountry	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Type Of EntityTypeOfEntity	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncome	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssets	Percentage OwnershipPercentageOwnership	Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState
Essentia Health Insurance Services SPC
Buckingham Sq 720 W Bay Rd PO 69	Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands	CJ	KY1-1102	000000000	Insurance	CJ	NA	Foreign Corp	-1437343	42267648	1.00000
East Range Clinics Ltd
					410909915	Clinics		NA	C CORP			0.00000	910 6th Ave N	Virginia	MN	55792	MN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	true	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	true	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	true	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	true	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (62 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionType	Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved	Method Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
Critical Access Group
O	705244	actual costs
Critical Access Group
R	1992326	actual costs
Brainerd Medical Center Inc
P	449396	actual costs
St Joseph's Medical Center
P	1418466	actual costs
Bridges Medical Center
K	343476	actual costs
Bridges Medical Center
P	103133	actual costs
Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics Inc
p	256485	actual costs
St Mary's Hospital & Clinics Inc
p	254809	actual costs
FIRST CARE MEDICAL SERVICES
p	101269	actual costs
GRACEVILLE HEALTH CENTER
K	389556	actual costs
GRACEVILLE HEALTH CENTER
P	63123	actual costs
MINNESOTA VALLEY HEALTH CENTER
P	200613	actual costs
ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER
p	197343	actual costs
ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER
q	502496	actual costs
ST MARY'S REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER
K	3413688	actual costs
ST MARY'S REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER
P	2922298	actual costs
ST MARY'S REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER
Q	169520	actual costs
Innovis Health LLC
O	24955250	actual costs
Innovis Health LLC
P	5016829	actual costs
Northern Pines Medical Center
R	3229734	actual costs
SMDC Medical Center
R	256804	actual costs
ESSENTIA HEALTH INSURANCE SERVICES SPC
C	478146	actual costs
ESSENTIA HEALTH INSURANCE SERVICES SPC
P	3608478	actual costs
ESSENTIA HEALTH INSURANCE SERVICES SPC
Q	5161650	actual costs
CRITICAL ACCESS GROUP
P	314999	actual costs
CRITICAL ACCESS GROUP
N	354390	actual costs
ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH
P	74940	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
P	11099806	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
O	7573532	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
K	17236884	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
Q	517684	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
N	36617537	actual costs
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER
B	112671	actual costs
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
P	1322664	actual costs
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
O	429101	actual costs
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
K	16539036	actual costs
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
Q	915405	actual costs
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
N	1024956	actual costs
THE DULUTH CLINIC
P	621629	actual costs
THE DULUTH CLINIC
O	351892	actual costs
THE DULUTH CLINIC
K	7743672	actual costs
THE DULUTH CLINIC
Q	91364	actual costs
THE DULUTH CLINIC
N	393432	actual costs
PINE MEDICAL CENTER
P	100225	actual costs
PINE MEDICAL CENTER
K	576888	actual costs
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR
P	133811	actual costs
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR
K	1977888	actual costs
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR
Q	79557	actual costs
NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
P	94288	actual costs
NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
K	319848	actual costs
POLINSKY MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER
K	388740	actual costs
MIDWEST MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY
K	268944	actual costs
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC
K	12291960	actual costs
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC
Q	494144	actual costs
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC
N	3011503	actual costs
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
O	102616	actual costs
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
K	6779544	actual costs
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
Q	238892	actual costs
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
N	853199	actual costs
BRAINERD MEDICAL CENTER Inc
O	3004912	actual costs
BRAINERD MEDICAL CENTER Inc
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BRAINERD MEDICAL CENTER Inc
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Form990 Schedule R Part VII Form990ScheduleRPartVII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SCHEDULE R, PART 11, COLUMN (A)	Identifier
Explanation	Name: In 2011, many Essentia entities adopted a doing business as name as part of a system-wide rebranding strategy using the Essentia brand. Legal Name; Doing Business As Name: Brainerd Lakes Integrated Health System; Essentia Health Central Brainerd Medical Center, Inc.; Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic Bridges Medical CenteR; Essentia Health Ada First Care Medical ServiceS; Essentia Health Fosston Graceville Health Center; Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital Innovis Health, LLC; Essentia Health West Midwest Medical Equipment & Supply Inc.; Essentia Health Medical Equipment and Supplies Northern Pines Medical Center; Essentia Health Northern Pines Pine Medical Center; Essentia Health Sandstone Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center; Essentia Health Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center SMDC Medical Center; Essentia Health Duluth St. Joseph's Medical Center; Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System; Essentia Health East St. Mary's Hospital of Superior; Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior St. Mary's Medical CenteR; Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center St. Mary's Regional Health Center; Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes	Explanation