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ST. Mary's duluth clinic health system, dba essentia health east, is organized and 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 its supported organizations as listed on schedule a of form 990, all of which are organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986. Essentia health east serves as the operational parent of the essentia health entities operating within the east region that serve a regional population in minnesota and wisconsin.the legal entities comprising essentia health east file separate form 990s. Essentia health east does not have any revenues or expenses not already reported on those 990s.essentia health east's hospitals and clinics employ approximately 6,600 full time equivalents. The hospitals had a total of 901 licensed beds which provided nearly 159,000 hospital patient days and 452,000 outpatient visits during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2024. The clinics had nearly 1.3 million encounters during the same time period.during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2024, essentia health east's hospitals and clinics provided total community benefits of $147.5 million which included costs of providing charity care, costs in excess of medicaid payments, medicaid surcharge, minnesotacare tax, community building activities and services, health professionals education, and research.essentia health is the parent organization of an integrated health system that includes this organization and all entities that are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by essentia health (collectively, the "system or "essentia health").