Sutter Health
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| Sutter Health | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Sacrament, Calif[1] |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Sarah Krevans, President and CEO |
| Year founded: | 1981 |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2016, Sutter Health was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare organization based in Sacramento, California. The Sutter Health network was made up of affiliated hospitals and doctors in over 100 Northern California communities.[2][3]
Mission
According to the organization's website, Sutter Health had the following mission statement:
| “ | We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services.[5][6] | ” |
Background
Sutter Health was established in 1981 as a nonprofit hospital and physician network in Sacramento, California. The organization merged with the San Francisco-based California Healthcare System in 1996.[7][8]
According to Sutter Health's website, a growing number of hospitals and doctors joined the Sutter Health network in order to continue providing healthcare services in the face of rising operating costs and shrinking service payments. As of September 2016, the Sutter Health network operated in more than 100 Northern California communities.[7]
Sutter Health operated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allowed the organization to reinvest its profits in community healthcare services. In 2015, Sutter Health invested $957 million in community benefit programs, including charity care, Medi-Cal participation costs, and community outreach services.[3][9]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
Sutter Health supported the 2016 California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes, which changed the dedicated use of certain fees from hospitals used to draw matching federal money and fund Medi-Cal services. The ballot measure also required a two-thirds majority vote of the California Legislature to end the hospital fee program.[4][10]
“Hospitals see it as a way to provide long-term protection for this agreement [hospital fee/federal matches] and to remove some of the uncertainty in the political process,” Kevin Riggs, spokesman for the Yes on 52 ballot committee, told the Idyllwild Town Crier.[10]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Sutter Health’s ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Sutter Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016) | 2016 | Supported[4] |  Approved
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Leadership
As of September 2016, the following individuals hold leadership positions with Sutter Health:[11]
- Sarah Krevans, President and CEO
- Michael R. Gaulke, Board of directors
- Lisa Gevelber, Board of directors
- Peter Jacobi, Board of directors
- John F. Koster, Board of directors
- Richard M. Levy, Board of directors
- Sharon L. McCollam, Board of directors
- David G. Nasaw, Board of directors
- Robert R. Peabody Jr., Board of directors
- Michael A. Roosevelt, Board of directors
- Todd Smith, Board of directors
- Joan Smith-Maclean, Board of directors
- Barry L. Williams, Board of directors
Recent news
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See also
- California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016)
- California 2016 ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Sutter Health, "Contact us," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Sutter Health, "Sutter Health Northern California Locations," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sutter Health, "Being Not-for-Profit," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 California Fair Political Practices Commission, "November 2016 General Election," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Sutter Health, "Our mission," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sutter Health, "Our history," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Business Entity Detail: Sutter Health," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Sutter Health, Community benefit," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Idyllwild Town Crier, "Prop 52 aims to extend private hospital fees that help fund Medi-Cal," August 25, 2016
- ↑ Sutter Health, "Sutter Health board of directors," accessed Septmber 9, 2016
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