Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital is an integrated multi-specialty clinic and hospital. The facility is licensed for 45 beds. In addition to providing traditional hospital services, the facility has a surgery center, full complement of imaging services, a 24-hour emergency department, outpatient rehabilitation services, and outpatient clinic services. The facility employs over 700 people, including over 60 healthcare providers. The organization has over 250,000 patient encounters each year, including emergency visits, surgeries, births, home health and clinic visits. Grand Itasca serves the patient regardless of the person's ability to pay. During the calendar year, the system provided $1,635,916 of charity care, $1,211,251 of discounts to the uninsured and absorbed $15,058,028 of unpaid Medicare and Medicaid costs. Grand Itasca also paid $1,946,894 in payments for Minnesota Care Tax and Medicaid Surcharges, which were used to fund care for the indigent and underinsured. Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital is part of Fairview Health Services. Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning, nonprofit, integrated health system providing exceptional health care across the full spectrum of health care services. Founded in 1906, Fairview serves the twelve-county Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area, as well as communities throughout greater Minnesota and portions of Northern Iowa and Western Wisconsin and is one of the most comprehensive and geographically accessible systems in Minnesota. Fairview, the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Physicians approved an agreement which became effective in late 2018 (the "M Health Fairview Agreement"). While the parties maintain their separate governance, the M Health Fairview Agreement further integrated operations across the clinical delivery system and enhances research and education by creating a joint clinical enterprise among the parties. The M Health Fairview Agreement brings together not only UMMC and its related service lines, but also Fairview's other hospitals, primary care clinics, and other services. All are part of a shared care delivery system that is led by a single structure that includes academic physician leadership. The goal of the joint clinical enterprise is to create a nationally renowned academic health system. This care system was united under a single brand, M Health Fairview, which is inclusive of the Fairview Hospitals and Clinics Fairview owns and operates the following hospitals: UMMC, M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital, M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital, M Health Fairview Lakes Medical Center, M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center, Fairview University Medical Center - Mesabi ("Range"), Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital, M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital, M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital and M Health Fairview Bethesda Hospital. As of December 31, 2022, the Fairview System Hospitals had a total of 3,529licensed beds and 1,824 staffed beds. Fairview operates their more than 80 primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Metro Area, greater Minnesota and western Wisconsin. These clinics offer services in over 70 medical specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, heart care, cancer care, otolaryngology, transplant care, and orthopedics. As of December 30, 2022, Fairview owned all or a portion of seven ambulatory surgery centers located in the Metro Area. Through its mission and its role as an anchor institution, Fairview is in a unique position to be a catalyst for progress and change. Fairview continues to invest heavily in the health and wellness of its communities in which it operates. This commitment includes education, training, community programs and research, as well as significant investments in care delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed persistent health inequities for communities of color and has exacerbated racial disparities. Communities of color experienced statistically higher rates of COVID-19, including higher rates of hospitalization and death. To reduce the impact on Black, Indigenous, or people of color ("BIPOC"), vaccinations must be accessible, free and provided within a trusted space with appropriate language and cultural considerations. Fairview has led a multi-cultural mobile vaccination program for the past 15 years, which excels at reaching BIPOC communities facing barriers to immunization. Based on this established and successful model, Fairview was able to quickly adapt and partner with public health agencies for its COVID-19 response, including testing and vaccination clinics. Further, Fairview's longstanding relationship with local public health agencies and community partners has allowed Fairview to provide staffing, coordination, and outreach for a remarkable program called the Minnesota Immunization Network Initiative (MINI). MINI is a collaboration led by Fairview and supported by over 150 community partners, works to reduce barriers to vaccinations for communities experiencing health disparities. MINI provides flu, COVID, Mpox and other immunizations free of charge to community members aged six months and older. More than 110,000 influenza and almost 60,000 COVID vaccines have been administered. The MINI clinics are hosted in community-based locations such as local churches, mosques, temples, schools, community centers, public high rises, libraries, food pantries, and homeless shelters. The clinics are hosted by the local partner who provides the space, promotion, and serves as a trusted messenger for community members. Fairview provides the vaccine and clinical team - including interpreters and support staff - and information about other local community resources. Vaccinations are provided at no charge to participants, ages six months and older. The past several years, MINI clinics have expanded their reach to include other services such as blood pressure screening and cardiovascular health education, free dental varnish treatments, oral health education and opioid overdose prevention education. Services are often provided in conjunction with MINI vaccination clinics or on their own. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MINI program leveraged over 15 years of experience providing mobile clinical services in diverse settings to respond to the urgent public health crisis. MINI launched a large scale, low barrier testing initiative in partnership with Saint Paul Ramsey County Public Health and the Minnesota Department of Health. This collaboration enabled thousands of community members to receive a free COVID-19 test in convenient, trusted community spaces. In total, MINI supported 47 testing events and administered almost 20,000 tests. Once the COVID-19 vaccine became available, MINI immediately pivoted to providing COVID-19 vaccinations. To date, MINI has provided 1,250 community based COVID vaccination clinics and given over 59,000 vaccinations. MINI is also supporting Mpox outreach response efforts and launched a Mpox vaccination effort in October of 2022.