Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic (BMC)

Essentia Health Brainerd pharmacy operates six retail pharmacies serving both patients and non-patients of Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic and Essentia Health baxter Specialty Clinic. The pharmacy filled approximately 245,000 prescriptions during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2023.

Brainerd Medical Center, Inc., dba Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic, is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. More specifically, Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic operates a Medical Clinic that provides professional and other Health care services, including charitable care to persons unable to pay. Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic employs approximately 50 full time equivalents including physicians who provide services in gynecology, obstetrics, sleep lab and outpatient treatment. Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic had nearly 5,000 encounters during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2023. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2023, Essentia Health Brainerd Specialty Clinic provided the following community benefits: $60,000 in charity care, $2 million costs in excess of medicaid payments, and $58,000 in Health profession education.