Between our four primary care clinics, 36-bed acute care 501(c)(3) hospital and Wellspring facility, Sauk Prairie Healthcare has been providing quality care to the more than 40,000 patients in our service area for 66 years. We know the responsibility we have as leaders in driving community health and ensuring everyone has equal access to quality care. 

One way we show this is through our support of the Good Neighbor Clinic, a free, primary care clinic established in 1999 by the late Dr. Haakon Carlson. Dr. Carlson was a practicing physician of Sauk Prairie Hospital, and in retirement it became his mission to serve individuals in the community with no medical insurance. His mission carries on to this day. In addition to leasing clinic space at a reduced cost to the Good Neighbor Clinic, Sauk Prairie Healthcare provided more than $239,000 in free medical services to the clinic’s patients in 2021. 

In 2017, that number was $143,389, and our forecasted support this year is $283,000—almost double the amount we provided five years ago.