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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? | (v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? | (vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? | (vii) Amount of monetary support | |||
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | ||||||






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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||




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| FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1 AND PART III, LINE 1 | MISSION - WE ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, THROUGH A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION AND EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. VISION - SUTTER HEALTH LEADS THE TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF QUALITY, ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY. VALUES - EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY, CARING AND COMPASSION, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION SERVES SACRAMENTO, PLACER, YOLO, SOLANO, YUBA, AND SUTTER COUNTIES WITH COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE. WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALTY SERVICES IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND HAVE A NETWORK OF OVER 1,000 PHYSICIANS LOCALLY AND OVER 3,500 THROUGHOUT THE SUTTER HEALTH SYSTEM. DURING 2013 THE NUMBER OF PATIENT DAYS WAS 312,936. SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL IS CURRENTLY LICENSED FOR 72 ACUTE BEDS. SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: CARDIAC CARE UNIT, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION/VASCULAR LAB, CARDIOPULMONARY SERVICES, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, ENDOSCOPY SERVICES, FULL LABORATORY, HOME HEALTH/HOSPICE, INFUSION CENTER, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, OUTPATIENT/INPATIENT SURGERY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, RADIOLOGY, SENIOR SERVICES, TELEMETRY AND WOUND CARE. SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALTIES, INCLUDING: ANESTHESIOLOGY BARIATRIC SERVICES CARDIOLOGY CARDIAC CATH LAB DENTISTRY DERMATOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ENDOSCOPY EMERGENCY MEDICINE GASTROENTEROLOGY INFUSION THERAPY INTERNAL MEDICINE LABORATORY NEPHROLOGY NEUROLOGY NUCLEAR MEDICINE OUTPATIENT SURGERY OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ONCOLOGY OPHTHALMOLOGY ORAL SURGERY OTOLARYNGOLOGY PALLIATIVE CARE PATHOLOGY PEDIATRICS PLASTIC SURGERY PODIATRY PRIMARY CARE/FAMILY PRACTICE RADIATION ONCOLOGY RADIOLOGY RESPIRATORY THERAPY SOCIAL SERVICES SURGERY TRANSFUSION MEDICINE TELEMETRY UROLOGY WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER WOUND CARE SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL'S MISSION IS: TO SERVE THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF AUBURN AND SURROUNDING FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH PHYSICIANS, PAYORS, OTHER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES AND WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP, SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO ASSURE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR SERVICE AREA IN 2013. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS AS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN ITS SERVICE AREA, SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL HAS BOTH A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY TO AND IMPACT ON, THE SIERRA FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A BROAD RANGE OF MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARE TO A DIVERSE REGION-RANGING FROM SMALL CITIES TO RUGGED, SPARSELY POPULATED WILDERNESS AREAS-THE HOSPITAL IS THE SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE AUBURN AREA. THE HOSPITAL, IN COLLABORATION WITH SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, CREATED A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS COUNCIL (A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY GROUP) IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN PLACER COUNTY. NOTABLE SERVICE ELEMENTS INCLUDE: * SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL IS FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE NOW COLLABORATIVELY OPERATED HEALTH EXPRESS. HEALTH EXPRESS EXPANDED IN 2007 TO PROVIDE LAST RESORT MEDICALLY-RELATED TRANSPORTATION TO ALL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN SOUTH PLACER COUNTY. WE PARTNER WITH PLACER COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY (PCTPA), KAISER AND SENIORS FIRST, PROVIDING 700 RIDES A MONTH. * THE INTERIM CARE PROGRAM (ICP) PROVIDES A TEMPORARY RESPITE PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PATIENTS WHO ARE DISCHARGED FROM SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE PATIENTS WITHOUT HOUSING ALTERNATIVES, A CLEAN AND SAFE PLACE TO HEAL FOR UP TO SIX WEEKS AND COMPREHENSIVE "WRAPAROUND" SERVICES LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PERMANENT HOUSING AND MEDICAL CARE IN 2013 * PROMOTORAS: THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LATINO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER OFFERS PROMOTORAS TO SPANISH SPEAKING PATIENTS WHO NEED TRANSLATION AND OTHER CULTURALLY SENSITIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES. * THE T-3 (TRIAGE, TRANSPORT AND TREATMENT) IS A PIONEERING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO SEEK EMERGENCY ROOM CARE FOR NEEDS THAT ARE BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH PREVENTIVE MEASURES. THIS PROGRAM COULD BE A MODEL FOR THE KIND OF CHANGE BEING CALLED FOR IN VARIOUS HEALTH CARE REFORM PLANS. THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROVIDE THOSE WHO CHRONICALLY USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR NON-EMERGENCY CARE WITH A WAY TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED FROM A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. MOVING THESE PATIENTS FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM IMPROVES THE PATIENTS' HEALTH BY GETTING THEM THE APPROPRIATE CARE IN THE RIGHT SETTING, REDUCES THE WAIT FOR THOSE SEEKING CARE FOR REAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCES COSTS TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. * THE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM LINKS PLACER COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS AND SERVICES. SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL AND SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CONTRACT WITH THE PLACER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN THE HOSPITAL TO CONNECT WITH PATIENTS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND REFERRALS. * THE SENIOR RECREATION AND RESPITE PROGRAM (R & R) IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH MEMORY OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, AND RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS TO ENJOY SOME FREE TIME TO THEMSELVES. THE STAFF IS SUPPORTED BY ITS VALUABLE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS AND COMPLETED BY PERSONAL CARE AIDS. R & R MEETS ONCE A WEEK IN AUBURN, AND FOUR DAYS A WEEK IN LINCOLN. HEALTH EXPRESS PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION FOR PATIENTS WHO NEED TRANSPORT TO AND FROM R & R. * THE SENIOR RESOURCE GUIDE IS A BOOKLET, FREE TO THE PUBLIC, WITH INFORMATION ON A MULTITUDE OF SENIOR SERVICES AVAILABLE IN PLACER COUNTY. THE GUIDE IS UPDATED AND DISTRIBUTED SEMI-ANNUALLY VIA PHYSICIAN OFFICES, SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SENIOR CENTERS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, LIBRARIES, MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES, SENIOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCIES AND MANY OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC PLACES. WE ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE THIS GUIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SENIORS FIRST, THE SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AND THE SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION. ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICES * SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL RESPONDS TO MORE THAN 56,000 INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT VISITS PER YEAR. ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY AND IS LINKED TO THE TRAUMA CENTER AT SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER. * SUTTER AUBURN FAITH PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF HOME HEALTH CARE THROUGH ITS AFFILIATED VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION (VNA), WHICH CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMING THROUGH SUCH OUTREACH EFFORTS AS FLU AND PNEUMONIA CLINICS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS. * SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL HAS A 24-HOUR PER DAY OUTPATIENT HOSPICE PROGRAM (MEDICARE CERTIFIED) WHICH USES A TEAM OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE IN-HOME AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT, PAIN MITIGATION, BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS (INCLUDING A CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT ART PROGRAM) AND CHAPLAINCY ASSISTANCE. INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS IN 1981, AND ASSISTED TODAY BY AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, HOSPICE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE COVERAGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. * THE SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL GUILD IS COMPRISED OF 120 VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE-BOTH WITHIN THE HOSPITAL AND VIA OUTREACH EFFORTS TO THE COMMUNITY-WHICH WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE AFFORDABLE. SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE TO ITS COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, OVER THE YEARS, THE HOSPITAL HAS INITIATED AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES, HEALTH MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, SPECIALIZED SUPPORT GROUPS, HEALTH FAIRS, AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL IS A 52-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN JACKSON, CALIFORNIA APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SACRAMENTO IN AMADOR COUNTY. THE HOSPITAL WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MID-1800S AND BECAME AFFILIATED WITH SUTTER HEALTH IN 1993. AS ONE OF AMADOR COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER, SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL EMPLOYS OVER 386 INDIVIDUALS. THE PATIENTS ARE SERVED BY MORE THAN 125 ACTIVE MEDICAL STAFF PHYSICIANS AND AN ACTIVE AUXILIARY OF MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS. IN ADDITION, SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL IS A UC DAVIS RURAL PRIME SITE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PARTICIPATES IN THE AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES HIGH SCHOOL ROP PROGRAM. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS MEDICARE CERTIFIED AND ACCEPTS MOST PRIVATE INSURANCE PLANS. AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL ALSO DONATES MANY COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE TO ITS COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, OVER THE YEARS, THE HOSPITAL HAS INITIATED AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES, HEALTH MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, SPECIALIZED SUPPORT GROUPS, HEALTH FAIRS, AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITY EFFORT |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING: 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH FAST TRACK SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION PEDIATRIC CENTER SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION WOMEN'S SERVICES FAMILY BIRTH CENTER INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL AND MEDICAL CARE CRITICAL CARE WITH EICU CARDIOLOGY CARDIOPULMONARY SERVICES DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES ENDOSCOPY AND INFUSION SUITE GASTROENTEROLOGY SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION LAB PATIENT SERVICE CENTER NEUROLOGY - A CERTIFIED STROKE CENTER NUCLEAR MEDICINE OPHTHALMOLOGY ORTHOPEDICS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HAND AND SPEECH THERAPY OUTPATIENT DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION FAMILY PRACTICE OFFICES LOCATED IN JACKSON, PIONEER, PLYMOUTH SLEEP DISORDERS CENTER SURGERY SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY PROVIDING COORDINATED, EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL CONTINUOUSLY STRIVES TO IDENTIFY THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND RESPOND BY PROVIDING HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH THE STATED VALUES AND VISION OF THE HOSPITAL. COMMUNITY BENEFIT SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL PARTNERED WITH THE AMADOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPT'S TOBACCO REDUCTION OF AMADOR COUNTY (TRAC) PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE SMOKING CESSATION CLASSES TO THE PUBLIC ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. SUTTER AMADOR PROVIDED THE ADVERTISING, ROOM SPACE, REFRESHMENTS, INCENTIVE AWARDS AND OTHER NEEDS, WHILE TRAC PROVIDED THE CLASS INSTRUCTOR. THE TOBACCO REDUCTION PROGRAM PROVIDED SMOKING CESSATION COURSES AND RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE STOP SMOKING. THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TO SPREAD TOBACCO AWARENESS, PROMOTE HEALTH AND ENCOURAGE AMADOR COUNTY RESIDENTS TO QUIT SMOKING. THE STRATEGY IS TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, TO SPREAD THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF LIVING A TOBACCO FREE LIFE. THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM INCLUDED DONATING CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE, EDUCATOR TIME, REFRESHMENTS AND GIFT CARDS TO PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETED THE CLASS. OUTCOMES: 10 - 15 CLASSES ARE COMPLETED EACH QUARTER. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL PARTNERED WITH THE AMADOR ORAL HEALTH TASK FORCE TO HELP ADDRESS ONE OF THE PRIORITY AREAS OF FOCUS IN AMADOR: PROVIDING UNDERINSURED CHILDREN WITH DENTAL CARE. THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWED THE ORAL HEALTH TASK FORCE TO OFFER TWICE-YEARLY DENTAL SCREENINGS, DENTAL EDUCATION AND FLUORIDE VARNISH TO UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED CHILDREN IN AMADOR COUNTY. AS A RESULT OF THIS EFFORT, 260 UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED KINDERGARTENERS RECEIVED DENTAL SCREENINGS. LACK OF ADEQUATE DENTAL CARE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A MAJOR NEED IN AMADOR COUNTY; THEREFORE, SUPPORT OF THE AMADOR ORAL HEALTH TASK FORCE AND OTHER DENTAL RELATED EFFORTS, IS VITAL IN THE QUEST TO SPREAD ORAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SAH IS WORKING WITH THE AMADOR-TUOLUMNE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (ATCCA) TO PROVIDE INSURANCE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION IN AMADOR COUNTY. WITH THE SUPPORT OF SUTTER AUBURN HOSPITAL AND THE HELP OF A SMALL FEDERAL GRANT, THE ATCCA WILL BE DOING MAJOR OUTREACH TO CONNECT WITH THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION IN AMADOR COUNTY TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH COVERED CALIFORNIA. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL SUPPORTS AMADOR LIFELINE BY FUNDING IN-HOME COMMUNICATOR EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE. FOR 33 YEARS, AMADOR LIFELINE HAS HELPED SENIORS AND OTHERS WITH DISABILITIES, CHRONIC ILLNESSES, IN REHABILITATION OR ON HOSPICE LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR HOMES BY OFFERING MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROGRAM RECENTLY RECEIVES FUNDING FROM SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL TO FUND THE UPGRADE OF COMMUNICATOR EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED IN CLIENTS' HOMES. THE LIFELINE SYSTEM USES A TWO-WAY VOICE COMMUNICATOR AND WATERPROOF PERSONAL HELP BUTTON THAT CAN BE WORN AS A NECKLACE OR WRISTBAND. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT HOME, THE WEARER PRESSES THE BUTTON, SENDING A SIGNAL TO THE LIFELINE RESPONSE CENTER DISPATCHER. THE DISPATCHER EVALUATES THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION AND CALLS EITHER A RESPONDER LISTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S CARE PLAN OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHEN NEEDED. SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF FIVE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATOR UNITS, WHICH WILL REPLACE AGING UNITS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, LIFELINE HAS INTRODUCED A NEW WIRELESS SOLUTION CALLED HOMESAFE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A HOME PHONE LINE. THE DONATION WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF ONE HOMESAFE WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR. AMADOR LIFELINE SERVES BETWEEN 235 - 240 CLIENTS A MONTH, MOST OF WHOM ARE SENIORS. MANNER SAYS THE MAJORITY OF CALLS TO LIFELINE ARE RELATED TO FALLS IN THE HOME. WITHOUT IMMEDIATE HELP AFTER A FALL, ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS MAY SUFFER PAIN, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, OR SECONDARY MEDICAL PROBLEMS LIKE DEHYDRATION, PNEUMONIA, RENAL FAILURE AND PRESSURE ULCERS. THE PROGRAM IS INVALUABLE IN HELPING COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVE SAFELY AT HOME AND PREVENTING HOSPITALIZATIONS. LIFELINE REGULARLY PARTNERS WITH SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO LET SENIORS KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE. MEDICAL ALERT SCAMS ARE AT AN EPIDEMIC LEVEL NATIONALLY, AND LOCALLY, MANY HAVE ALSO FALLEN PREY TO THESE SCAMS. STAFFED BY TWO PROFESSIONALS AND 25 VOLUNTEERS, AMADOR LIFELINE IS THE ONLY LOCAL, NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROGRAM PROVIDING SERVICE EACH DAY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS LIVING SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL IS A TWO-STORY 90,000 SQUARE FOOT ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LICENSED FOR 48 BEDS THAT SERVES THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN DAVIS, DIXON, WOODLAND AND WINTERS. THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN-MOST SECTION OF THE CITY OF DAVIS AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 113 AND COVELL BOULEVARD. AS DAVIS' THIRD LARGEST EMPLOYER, SUTTER DAVIS EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 400 INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK CARE TO THE SICK, THE INJURED AND THOSE RECUPERATING FROM SURGERY PERFORMED IN THE HOSPITAL'S THREE FULLY EQUIPPED OPERATING SUITES. THE PATIENTS ARE SERVED BY A MEDICAL STAFF OF MORE THAN 160; AN ACTIVE AUXILIARY OF MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE AND A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 60 STUDENTS SERVE THE HOSPITAL AS VOLUNTEERS. SUTTER DAVIS IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS MEDICARE CERTIFIED AND ACCEPTS MOST PRIVATE INSURANCE PLANS. AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, SUTTER DAVIS ALSO DONATES MANY COMMUNITY SERVICES. SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO ASSURE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR SERVICE AREA. SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING: CANCER CARE CARDIAC REHABILITATION DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EMERGENCY SERVICES HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE INFUSION CENTER INTENSIVE CARE NUCLEAR MEDICINE FAMILY BIRTH CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS COMMUNICARE: AS WE PREPARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE AND BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE UNDERSERVED. CURRENTLY, LIMITED ACCESS TO CARE REMAINS THE TOP PRIORITY IN THE GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION, AND WHILE SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL FUNDS AND SUPPORTS MANY INITIATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO AMAZING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE INVESTMENTS WE PROVIDE TO COMMUNICARE TO EXPAND CAPACITY AND ACCESS TO CARE REMAIN PARAMOUNT. SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL HAS BEEN A LONGTIME PARTNER WITH COMMUNICARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NETWORK, AS COMMUNICARE MEETS THE NEEDS OF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT YOLO COUNTY AND THE SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL HSA. COMMUNICARE PROVIDES CARE TO SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR REGION. BY CONTINUING TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN THIS IMPORTANT HEALTH CENTER, WE ARE ENSURING THE UNDERSERVED HAVE ACCESS TO CARE AND A MEDICAL HOME. THIS FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) HAS BEEN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED SINCE 1972. COMMUNICARE OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN YOLO COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH FIVE COMMUNITY CLINIC SITES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. COMMUNICARE PROVIDES MORE THAN 20,000 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS EACH YEAR. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF FOUR SERVICE CATEGORIES; ADULT SERVICES, ADOLESCENT SERVICES, FAMILY SERVICES AND INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNICARE HEALTH CENTERS ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A PATIENT CENTERED HEALTH HOME FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WE SERVE REGARDLESS OF THEIR POINT OF ENTRY INTO OUR SYSTEM. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PERINATAL PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TREATING THE ENTIRE INDIVIDUAL. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS ARE PROVIDED TO ALL CLIENTS ENTERING OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, MEDICALLY SUPERVISED DETOXIFICATION SERVICES ARE OFFERED FOR OPIATE AND STIMULANT WITHDRAWAL. ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT DISEASE AND PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. COMMUNICARE HEALTH CENTERS PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. COMMUNICARE HEALTH CENTERS REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS FOUNDING PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT, AND TO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES FROM ANNUAL EXAMS TO PEDIATRIC IMMUNIZATIONS TO TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC DISEASES. OVER THE YEARS, COMMUNICARE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND SERVICES TO INCLUDE DENTAL, EYE CARE AND PERINATAL PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BY INVESTING IN COMMUNICARE AND SUPPORTING THIS TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATION'S GROWTH AND INNOVATIVE EFFORTS, WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE PRIORITY NEEDS IN EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL WAYS. DAVIS FARMER'S MARKET: SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL BECAME THE MAJOR SPONSOR FOR THE DAVIS FARMERS MARKET WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EATING FARM-FRESH, LOCAL FOODS AND GOOD HEALTH. IN ADDITION, SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL ALSO SUPPORTS THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS LOCALLY GROWN FARM-FRESH FOODS INTO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS. ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICES * 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES - OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED AND EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR MOST EMERGENCY NEEDS AROUND THE CLOCK. * BIRTHING CENTER- THE SELF-CONTAINED BIRTHING CENTER HAS SIX LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOMS AND 12 POSTPARTUM ROOMS, AS WELL AS ITS OWN DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES AND OPERATING SUITE. ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING METHODS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE SUCH AS WATER BIRTHS, MIDWIVES AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER DOULA PROGRAM. * INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS STAFFED BY SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSES AND DIRECTED BY A BOARD-CERTIFIED CRITICAL CARE INTERNIST FOR AROUND-THE-CLOCK MONITORING OF THE EXTREMELY ILL. * THE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE AT SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL PROVIDES OUR PATIENTS WITH COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC, REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES. OUR RECENTLY RENOVATED CARDIAC REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT BOOSTS A 12 CHANNEL TELEMETRY SYSTEM AND A GYM WITH CARDIORESPIRATORY EMPHASIS - INCLUDING TREADMILLS, ELLIPTICAL WALKERS, NEUTEPS, BIKES, STRENGTH AND STRETCH TRAINING, AND BALANCE SYSTEM. USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH AVAILABLE, OUR CARING STAFF PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH EXERCISE AND PREVENTION. * CANCER CARE - AS A SATELLITE CARE CENTER OF SUTTER CANCER CENTER IN SACRAMENTO, SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL GIVES LOCAL PATIENTS THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE QUALITY CARE, CLOSE TO HOME. OUR RECENTLY EXPANDED INFUSION CENTER PROVIDES INFUSION THERAPY, INCLUDING CHEMOTHERAPY, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS, INJECTIONS AND PATIENT EDUCATION. WE COORDINATE SERVICES WITH OUR LOCAL ONCOLOGISTS AND CANCER SURGEONS TO MAKE SURE PATIENTS WITH CANCER DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO RECEIVE GOOD CARE. * VAUGHN RESOURCE CENTER/CRONAN MEDICAL LIBRARY - PROVIDER AND COMMUNITY-BASED VIDEOTAPES, BROCHURES AND HANDOUTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS INFORMATION CENTER. COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS PROVIDE LOCAL RESOURCES FOR SUPPORT GROUPS AND SERVICES; A DATABASE UPDATED MONTHLY WITH FOUR YEARS OF HARD-TO-FIND MEDICAL INFORMATION FROM PERIODICALS, PAMPHLETS AND REFERENCE BOOKS; AND ACCESS TO PROVIDER AND PATIENT EDUCATION INCLUDING BIBLIOMED REFERENCE LIBRARY, MEDICAL HOUSE CALLS AND CLINICAL REFERENCE SYSTEM - ADULT HEALTH ADVISOR. THE RESOURCE CENTER IS STAFFED WEEKDAYS BY VOLUNTEERS. PHONE AND MAILING SERVICE IS AVAILABLE. * SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL AUXILIARY - VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE MANY HOURS OF SERVICE TO THE HOSPITAL EACH YEAR THROUGH DIRECT PATIENT CONTACT SERVICES TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL VOLUNTEER ROLES SUCH AS WORKING AT THE INFORMATION DESK AND GIFT SHOP. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER OF SACRAMENTO (HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION) GENERAL DESCRIPTION SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO (SMCS) HAS TWO ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL CAMPUSES, SUTTER GENERAL AND SUTTER MEMORIAL, AND HAS PROVIDED HEALTH CARE TO RESIDENTS OF SACRAMENTO SINCE 1923. SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO ALSO INCLUDES SUTTER CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRY, PROVIDING PSYCHIATRIC, MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES SINCE 1958. WITH 723 LICENSED BEDS, SMCS IS NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. PATIENT SERVICES SERVICES AT BOTH SUTTER GENERAL AND SUTTER MEMORIAL CAMPUSES INCLUDE: 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, SURGERY, RESPIRATORY THERAPY, INTENSIVE CARE, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, REHABILITATION, CARDIOPULMONARY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, LABORATORY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE SERVICES. IMPROVING FACILITIES AND ACCESS SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER SACRAMENTO'S MISSION STATEMENT IS: TO EXIST TO PROVIDE PRIMARY, TERTIARY AND A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES TO MEET THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA AND THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND TO BE THE PROVIDER OF CHOICE TO OUR PATIENTS, PARTNER OF CHOICE TO PHYSICIANS AND PAYORS, AND THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE TO OUR STAFF. THE SUTTER HEALTH NETWORK OF PHYSICIANS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS WILL INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER TEN YEARS TO REBUILD, REPLACE AND EXPAND MUCH OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE. LOCALLY, PLANS (OR COMPLETED PROJECTS) INCLUDE: * CONSTRUCTION OF A 10-STORY WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CAMPUS AT OUR MIDTOWN CAMPUS. OPENING IN 2015, IT WILL FEATURE NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, THE LATEST LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AND A HELISTOP. A THREE-STORY SPANNING STRUCTURE WILL SEAMLESSLY LINK THE NEW WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CENTER TO SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL. * TOTAL REMODELING OF THE SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS INCLUDING SPECIALIZED OPERATING ROOMS AND CATH LABS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND TRANSPLANT SERVICES. EXPANDED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE DEDICATED SERVICES FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. * SUTTER CAPITOL PAVILION, A NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES CENTER, OPENED IN 2010. THE NEW BUILDING IS CONNECTED TO THE ENTIRE SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO CAMPUS BY A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER 28TH STREET. * A MULTI-LEVEL PARKING GARAGE, THE SUTTER COMMUNITY GARAGE, OPENED IN 2008 AND PROVIDES 1,100 PARKING SPACES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | FACILITIES WITHIN SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL IS AN ACUTE CARE FACILITY LICENSED AS A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. A MAJOR TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER, IT HOUSES 306 BEDS. SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL PROVIDES GENERAL ACUTE MEDICAL CARE AND SURGICAL SERVICES, SUB ACUTE CARE, AND SPECIALTY SERVICES IN NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC, SPINE, DIABETES AND ONCOLOGY CARE. OTHER AREAS OF CARE INCLUDE LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, UROLOGY, TELEMETRY, RESPIRATORY, DIALYSIS AND 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN ADDITION, SUTTER CANCER CENTER, ADJACENT TO SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA. SUTTER GENERAL'S SUB ACUTE UNIT PROVIDES SHORT TERM, STEP-DOWN ACUTE CARE WITH PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, SPEECH AND RESPIRATORY REHABILITATION, IV THERAPY AND WOUND CARE. SUTTER GENERAL HOSPITAL OFFERS SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT GROUPS AS PART OF ITS HEALTH CARE SERVICES. HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AT SUTTER GENERAL INCLUDE: COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; EICU; EXPANDED EPILEPSY PROGRAM; GLIASITE; PROCEDURE TO TREAT BRAIN CANCER; TELEMETRY UNIT; NEW LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ENHANCED NUCLEAR MEDICINE CAPABILITIES; EXPANDED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; AND 3-DIMENSIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY. SUTTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS A 348-BED ACUTE CARE FACILITY LICENSED AS A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. ANOTHER MAJOR TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER, IT PROVIDES GENERAL ACUTE MEDICAL CARE AND SURGICAL SERVICES, WITH SPECIALTY SERVICES IN CARDIAC CARE, MATERNITY, NEONATAL PEDIATRICS, AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION. HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AT SUTTER MEMORIAL INCLUDE: LASER ABLATION SURGERY FOR EPILEPSY AND BRAIN LESIONS; OUTPATIENT CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CLINIC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB; PEDIATRIC LIFESTYLES PROGRAM; INTERVENTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL UNIT; BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR CARDIAC PATIENTS; AND VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE PROGRAM. SUTTER CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRY IS A 69-BED ACUTE BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL THAT TREATS ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN. IT ALSO OFFERS A CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFING TEAM TO HELP EMPLOYEES OF BUSINESSES COPE AFTER A TRAUMATIC OR VIOLENT EPISODE. SUTTER HEALTH EAP RESOURCES OFFERS CONFIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT, COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES OF LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES. SUTTER CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRY OFFERS THE ONLY INPATIENT EATING DISORDER PROGRAM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS NEW PROGRAM IS A SIX-BED SPECIALIZED TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR EATING DISORDER PATIENTS. SUTTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (SIMR): CLINICAL INVESTIGATION IS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT LINK IN COORDINATING THE LATEST ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM THESE ADVANCES AND REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION AND QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE SERVICES, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PROVIDE A CLINICAL SETTING FOR OUR PHYSICIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTED BY A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION SERVICE AREA IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTHCARE TO ITS PATIENTS, AND THE SUTTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORTS THIS COMMITMENT BY PROVIDING RESEARCH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SIMR HAS A HISTORY OF OVER FIVE DECADES OF COMMITMENT TO MEDICAL RESEARCH. SIMR HAS GAINED RECOGNITION FOR ITS INVESTIGATIVE STUDIES IN THE AREAS OF HEART, CANCER, ORTHOPEDICS, RESPIRATORY, NEUROLOGY, GI/GU AND MANY OTHER AREAS OF MEDICINE. SIMR'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CONDUCT RESEARCH IN A CLINICAL SETTING BY PROVIDING MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO THE PRIVATE PRACTITIONER. AT SIMR, SUTTER INVESTIGATORS RECEIVE SUPPORT IN FIVE AREAS. RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: SIMR IS THE REGIONAL OVERSIGHT FOR ALL RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THE SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION. SINCE 1996 SIMR'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION (ORA) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSISTING, GUIDING AND FACILITATING THIS RESEARCH. THE ORA SERVES AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE REVIEW, ADMINISTRATION, REPORTING AND MONITORING OF ALL RESEARCH ACTIVITY CONDUCTED AT SUTTER AFFILIATES WITHIN THE REGION WHICH INCLUDE SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER (SUTTER GENERAL AND MEMORIAL HOSPITALS, AND SUTTER CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRY), SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL, SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL, SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, SUTTER SOLANO, SUTTER YUBA CITY AND SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION. RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES: SIMR PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO SUTTER CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS. THE SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE A GRANTS PROGRAM THAT FUNDS MERITORIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS INITIATED BY THEM. THE FUNDS TO FINANCE THESE GRANTS COME FROM DONATIONS AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS MADE TO SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION. SINCE 1989, SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION AND SIMR HAVE FUNDED 40 RESEARCH PROJECTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND CONSULTATION FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS, QUALITY INDICATOR STUDIES, CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES STUDIES. CLINICAL TRIALS PROGRAM: THE SIMR CLINICAL TRIALS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT FOR BRINGING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT SUTTER HEALTH AND CLINICAL TRIAL SPONSORS TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN INNOVATIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAM OFFERS A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS WHO WISH TO OFFER THEIR PATIENTS THE LATEST INVESTIGATIVE TREATMENT MODALITIES. WE OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CLINICAL RESEARCH AT SUTTER SITES INCLUDING SERVICES SUCH AS EXPERIENCED CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATORS, REGULATORY PREPARATION, CONTRACT PREPARATION, STUDY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BILLING COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE AUDITING. THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW TREATMENT MODALITIES, THE COMMUNITY IS PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE LATEST INNOVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN PATIENT CARE AND TREATMENT. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1991, THOUSANDS OF SUTTER PATIENTS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT MODALITIES OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. LABORATORY RESEARCH AND TRAINING: THE SIMR RESEARCH AND TRAINING LABORATORY PROVIDE FULLY EQUIPPED AND STAFFED SURGICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING FACILITIES. THE LABORATORY PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN AREAS THAT INCLUDE CARDIOLOGY, CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, GENERAL SURGERY, NEONATOLOGY, PULMONARY MEDICINE, THORACIC SURGERY AND UROLOGY. EVERY YEAR, DOZENS OF MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES UTILIZE THE LABORATORY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND HUNDREDS OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH AND TRAINING INVOLVING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. THE SIMR LABORATORY CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS AREAS OF SUPPORT AND BROADEN THE SPECTRUM OF SERVICES PROVIDED THE LABORATORY IS HIGHLY ACCREDITED AND HAS A NATIONAL REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE. SUTTER HEALTH CENTRAL AREA INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (IRC): SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION (SHSSR) IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTHCARE TO ITS PATIENTS. THE IRC SUPPORTS THIS COMMITMENT BY PROVIDING RESEARCH REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO SUTTER-ALIGNED RESEARCHERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE IRC IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY MANDATED BY FEDERAL LAW TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED WITHIN INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED WITH SHSSR. THE IRC'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS THE PROTECTION OF SUBJECTS FROM UNDUE RISK AND FROM DEPRIVATION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. AS SUCH THE IRC CONDUCTS REVIEW FOR RESEARCHERS AND ALL RESEARCH ACTIVITY CONDUCTED AT SUTTER AFFILIATES WITHIN THE SHSSR SERVICE AREA AND EDEN MEDICAL CENTER, A SUTTER AFFILIATE. OVER THE YEARS, THE IRC HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED HUNDREDS OF NEW RESEARCH PROTOCOLS COVERING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DISEASE AND HEALTHCARE ISSUES. CANCER CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR AREA OF RESEARCH WITH NUMEROUS ADULT STUDIES, MOST FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE THROUGH ITS COOPERATIVE PROJECTS RESEARCH PROGRAM. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN 2013, SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO(SMCS) PROVIDED $3 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF CHARITY CARE AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. A COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD WORK TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ALLOCATE SMCS COMMUNITY BENEFIT DOLLARS VIA A COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM. BELOW ARE A FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO HAS PARTNERED WITH OVER THE YEARS: * INTERIM CARE PROGRAM/ICP+ * T-3 PROGRAM (TRIAGE, TRANSPORT, TREATMENT) * T3+ * ED NAVIGATOR PROGRAM * SERIAL INEBRIATE PROGRAM ONE EXAMPLE OF A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IS THE INTERIM CARE PROGRAM (ICP). THE ICP IS A COLLABORATIVE OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND IS A RESPITE CARE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS. THE FOUR LOCAL HOSPITALS AND THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO PROVIDE ON-GOING FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM. THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES 18 BEDS IN A DESIGNATED WING OF THE SHELTER WHERE CLIENTS HAVE THREE MEALS A DAY AND A SAFE, CLEAN PLACE TO RECOVER FROM THEIR HOSPITALIZATIONS. THE WING IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, HAS SIX ROOMS - EACH WITH THREE HOSPITAL BEDS, AND A PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO STORE THEIR MEDICATIONS AND WOUND CARE SUPPLIES. ANOTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, WELLSPACE HEALTH, FORMERLY THE EFFORT, PROVIDES ON-SITE NURSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT CLIENTS IN THEIR RECUPERATION AND HELP THEM MOVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. THE WELLSPACE CASE MANAGER LINKS CLIENTS WITH ENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY, HOUSING WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDES DISABILITY APPLICATION ASSISTANCE. PATIENTS ARE REFERRED FROM THE HOSPITALS TO THE INTERIM CARE PROGRAM WHEN THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH TO GO HOME, BUT NEED ON-GOING REST AND FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT. PATIENTS COME FOR VARIOUS REASONS INCLUDING A WOUND THAT NEEDS TO HEAL, RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY, OR INJURY FROM AN ACCIDENT. CLIENTS CAN STAY IN THE PROGRAM UP TO SIX WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION. SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO IS ALSO A PROUD, FOUNDING PARTNER OF T3 (TRIAGE, TRANSPORT AND TREATMENT), A PIONEERING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO SEEK EMERGENCY ROOM CARE FOR NEEDS THAT ARE BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH PREVENTIVE MEASURES. THIS PROGRAM COULD BE A MODEL FOR THE KIND OF CHANGE BEING CALLED FOR IN VARIOUS HEALTH CARE REFORM PLANS. THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROVIDE THOSE WHO CHRONICALLY USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR NON-EMERGENCY CARE WITH A WAY TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED FROM A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. MOVING THESE PATIENTS FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM IMPROVES THE PATIENTS' HEALTH BY GETTING THEM THE APPROPRIATE CARE IN THE RIGHT SETTING, REDUCES THE WAIT FOR THOSE SEEKING CARE FOR REAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCES COSTS TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. IN LATE 2013, SMCS IMPLEMENTED T3+, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES INTENSE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED FROM AN INPATIENT SETTING. SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO PROVIDES THE SERIAL INEBRIATE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES HEALTH, SAFETY AND HOUSING NEEDS OF CHRONIC HOMELESS ADULTS LIVING ON THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO. SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER SACRAMENTO'S NAVIGATOR PROGRAM PARTNERED WITH SACRAMENTO SELF HELP HOUSING TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO ENABLE SELF-SUFFICIENCY. MANY GRADUATES HAVE REGAINED HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE SIP PROGRAM, INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, TAKEN TO DETOX CENTERS OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS MORE THAN 25 TIMES IN A 12-MONTH TIME-FRAME. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (SRMC) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1952 AND AFFILIATED WITH SUTTER HEALTH IN MAY 1993. IN THE MID-90S, SUTTER HEALTH CONSTRUCTED A 315,000-SQUARE-FOOT, 172-BED FACILITY IN THE NORTHEAST AREA OF ROSEVILLE, APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. THE HOSPITAL, WHICH HAS EXPANDED TO 328 BEDS, PROVIDES RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN PLACER AND NORTHEASTERN SACRAMENTO COUNTIES WITH COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE. THE FACILITY HAS AN EXPANDED HELIPAD ONSITE FOR QUICK ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL'S LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER. OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE AT SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INCLUDE: INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGERY OBSTETRICS AND PERINATAL CARE NEO NATAL INTENSIVE CARE PEDIATRICS ONCOLOGY FAMILY BIRTH CENTER RESPIRATORY THERAPY SUTTER REHABILITATION INSTITUTE LABORATORY CARDIOPULMONARY SERVICES ACUTE REHABILITATION MEDICAL LIBRARY ACCESS SUTTER CANCER CENTER HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE CARE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES TELEMETRY PASTORAL CARE LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION CARDIAC REHABILITATION SENIOR SERVICES DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING HOME INFUSION THERAPY IV THERAPY CRITICAL CARE SUB-ACUTE UNIT SOCIAL SERVICES TRAUMA NEURO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT 24-HOUR EMERGENCY TREATMENT NUCLEAR MEDICINE (NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED) BARIATRIC SERVICES WOUND CARE CENTER SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS: TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER STRIVES CONTINUOUSLY TO IDENTIFY THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND RESPOND BY PROVIDING WELLNESS, PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE AND RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH THE STATED VALUES AND VISION OF THE HOSPITAL. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS IN SOUTH PLACER COUNTY. THE HOSPITAL IN COLLABORATION WITH SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL, HAS CREATED A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE (A SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY GROUP) IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN PLACER COUNTY. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY SRMC INCLUDE: * SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER IS PARTNER OF THE NOW COLLABORATIVELY OPERATED HEALTH EXPRESS. HEALTH EXPRESS EXPANDED IN 2007 TO PROVIDE LAST RESORT MEDICALLY-RELATED TRANSPORTATION TO ALL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN SOUTH PLACER COUNTY. * THE INTERIM CARE PROGRAM (ICP) PROVIDES A TEMPORARY RESPITE PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PATIENTS WHO ARE DISCHARGED FROM SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE PATIENTS WITHOUT HOUSING ALTERNATIVES, A CLEAN AND SAFE PLACE TO HEAL FOR UP TO SIX WEEKS AND COMPREHENSIVE "WRAPAROUND" SERVICES LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PERMANENT HOUSING AND MEDICAL CARE. * PROMOTORAS: THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LATINO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SRMC OFFERS PROMOTORAS TO SPANISH SPEAKING PATIENTS WHO NEED TRANSLATION AND OTHER CULTURALLY SENSITIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES. * THE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM LINKS PLACER COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS AND SERVICES. SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AND SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL CONTRACT WITH THE PLACER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN THE HOSPITAL TO CONNECT WITH PATIENTS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND REFERRALS. * THE T-3 (TRIAGE, TRANSPORT AND TREATMENT) IS A PIONEERING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO SEEK EMERGENCY ROOM CARE FOR NEEDS THAT ARE BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH PREVENTIVE MEASURES. THIS PROGRAM COULD BE A MODEL FOR THE KIND OF CHANGE BEING CALLED FOR IN VARIOUS HEALTH CARE REFORM PLANS. THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROVIDE THOSE WHO CHRONICALLY USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR NON-EMERGENCY CARE WITH A WAY TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED FROM A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. MOVING THESE PATIENTS FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM IMPROVES THE PATIENTS' HEALTH BY GETTING THEM THE APPROPRIATE CARE IN THE RIGHT SETTING, REDUCES THE WAIT FOR THOSE SEEKING CARE FOR REAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCES COSTS TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. * WELLSPACE HEALTH, FORMERLY THE EFFORT, IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING PREVENTIVE CARE, TREATMENT FOR MINOR ILLNESSES OR INJURIES, AND MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE PLACER COUNTY MCE MEMBERS, UNINSURED OR MEDI-CAL. THE WELLSPACE HEALTH MEDICAL TEAM INCLUDES FAMILY PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS. THANKS TO INVESTMENTS FROM SRMC, A WELLSPACE HEALTH CLINIC IS NOW LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF SRMC AT MOB 5. * THE ED NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AT SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS WITH PRIMARY CARE AND OTHER NECESSARY HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES. * THE SENIOR RECREATION AND RESPITE PROGRAM (R & R) IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH MEMORY OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, AND RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS TO ENJOY SOME FREE TIME TO THEMSELVES. THE STAFF IS SUPPORTED BY ITS VALUABLE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS AND COMPLETED BY PERSONAL CARE AIDS. R & R MEETS ONCE A WEEK IN AUBURN, AND FOUR DAYS A WEEK IN LINCOLN. * THE SENIOR RESOURCE GUIDE IS A BOOKLET, FREE TO THE PUBLIC, WITH INFORMATION ON A MULTITUDE OF SENIOR SERVICES AVAILABLE IN PLACER COUNTY. THE GUIDE IS UPDATED AND DISTRIBUTED SEMI-ANNUALLY VIA PHYSICIAN OFFICES, SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SENIOR CENTERS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, LIBRARIES, MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES, SENIOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCIES AND MANY OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC PLACES. WE ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE THIS GUIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SENIORS FIRST, SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, THE SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION, SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL AND THE SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. * SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PARTNERS WITH OAKMONT HIGH SCHOOL ON THE OAKMONT HEALTH CAREERS ACADEMY, A THREE-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING AND PREPARING FOR CAREERS IN HEALTH CARE. STUDENTS IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR EXPERIENCE CAREER OPTIONS THROUGH JOB-SHADOWING PROFESSIONALS AT SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER IN MANY AREAS OF HEALTH CARE, FOLLOWED BY A MONTH OFF A HANDS-ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCE ROTATION. STUDENTS IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR PARTICIPATE IN A 100-HOUR INTERNSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING. OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES THE HOSPICE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984 TO PROVIDE MEDICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT NO COST BEYOND WHAT INSURANCE, MEDICARE OR OTHER PROVIDERS PAY. THE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT ART GROUP GREW OUT OF HOSPICE IN 1993 TO EXTEND EXISTING BEREAVEMENT SERVICES FOR ADULTS TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN. IN 1987, THE HOSPITAL OPENED ITS PASTORAL CARE DEPARTMENT WITH A FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN TO WORK IN COORDINATION WITH THE HOSPITAL'S SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM. SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER IS AN ACTIVE PARTNER WITH THE SAFE KIDS COALITION OF PLACER COUNTY, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL HEALTH CARE AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE AGENCIES IN PLACER COUNTY. ITS GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF INJURY RELATED TO MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AND ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY, NETWORKING, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND EVALUATION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER (SSMC) IS A 102 LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA, BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITY IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND PROVIDES A FULL-RANGE OF GENERAL, EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL/SURGICAL SPECIALTIES. THE CARE TEAM AT SSMC INCLUDES 290 STAFF MEMBERS, 690 EMPLOYEES AND 100 VOLUNTEERS. SSMC AFFILIATED WITH SUTTER HEALTH IN 1984 ENSURING THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING AND IMPROVING HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. MISSION STATEMENT WE ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, THROUGH A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION AND EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. HOSPITAL SERVICES SSMC'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED 24-HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK BY BOARD-CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL PHYSICIANS AND NURSES WHO SPECIALIZE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ADULT AND PEDIATRIC. SSMC IS ONE OF THE ONLY FACILITIES IN THE AREA WITH A HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE FOR ACCESS TO TRANSFER PATIENTS TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE WHEN REQUIRED. ON AVERAGE, SSMC DELIVERS NEARLY 700 BABIES EACH YEAR AND SUPPORTS NEW FAMILIES THROUGH ITS FAMILY BIRTHING CENTER, PRIVATE LABOR/DELIVER/RECOVERY (LDR) SUITES AND A VARIETY OF PRENATAL CLASSES. IN ADDITION TO THE ACUTE CARE FACILITY, SSMC OPERATES A CANCER CENTER, FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON CANCER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACOS). COMPREHENSIVE CANCER SERVICES INCLUDE CHEMOTHERAPY, INFUSION THERAPY, LABORATORY AND PATHOLOGY, GENETIC TESTING, PAIN MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION THERAPY. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SSMC'S SOCIAL WORK SERVICE AND CARE COORDINATORS PLAY KEY ROLES IN HELPING PATIENTS LOCATE THE NECESSARY SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR CARE AFTER HOSPITALIZATION. SSMC'S SURGICAL SERVICES ARE PERFORMED ON BOTH AN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT BASIS AND INCLUDE THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN SUCH AREAS AS CARDIAC, ORTHOPEDIC, GENERAL VASCULAR, ENDOSCOPIC AND OPHTHALMIC SURGERY. OTHER HOSPITAL SERVICES INCLUDE: INPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, LABORATORY, DIETARY AND INFUSION THERAPY. CANCER SERVICES AVAILABLE INCLUDE PREVENTION, SCREENING, EDUCATION, LECTURES, THE CANCER RESOURCE LIBRARY, AND TREATMENT INCLUDING PROGRAMS SUCH AS RADIATION THERAPY, INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY, RESPIRATORY GAITING, CHEMOTHERAPY, INFUSION AND THE PATIENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES A NURSE NAVIGATOR TO GUIDE CANCER PATIENTS THROUGH THEIR TREATMENT AND HEALING PROCESS. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS SSMC PARTNERS WITH LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA'S NORTH VALLEJO CLINIC TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE IN VALLEJO FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION-THE LOW-INCOME, UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED. PRIMARY CARE ACCESS LOWERS THE COST OF HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AS NON-URGENT CONDITIONS CAN NOW BE TREATED EARLY, BEFORE THEY ESCALATE INTO MORE SERIOUS ILLNESSES. SSMC IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SOLANO COALITION FOR BETTER HEALTH. THE COALITION IS COMPRISED OF MAJOR HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS, ETC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES IN SOLANO COUNTY. SSMC SUPPORTS COALITION EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SYSTEM. THIS OUTREACH SYSTEM PROVIDES OUTREACH WORKERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES WHO HELP THE COMMUNITY ACCESS HEALTH SERVICES AND ASSIST RESIDENTS IN LEADING HEALTHIER LIVES. THE TRANSITIONAL CARE PROGRAM (TCP): THE TCP PROVIDES A PLACE TO DISCHARGE AND CONNECT HOMELESS PATIENTS, WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS, WITH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. SSMC, ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, OFFER FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO THE SOLANO COALITION FOR BETTER HEALTH AND THE BENICIA COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION, TO PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM TO SOME OF SOLANO COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. THIS PROGRAM LINKS HOMELESS ADULTS TO VITAL COMMUNITY SERVICES WHILE GIVING THEM A PLACE TO HEAL, AS WELL AS MEDICAL FOLLOW UP AND CASE MANAGEMENT. THE CLIENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE TCP ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD BE DISCHARGED TO THE STREET OR CARED FOR IN AN INPATIENT SETTING ONLY. IN ADDITION, THE TCP ALLOWS PATIENTS TO FOCUS ON RECOVERY AND DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM PLAN TO GET OFF THE STREETS, ALL WHILE BEING LINKED TO VITAL COMMUNITY AND MEDICAL SERVICES. THE TCP HAS PRODUCED IMPRESSIVE CLIENT OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING "WRAPAROUND" SERVICES INCLUDING CONNECTION TO A MEDICAL HOME, ENROLLMENT IN ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CLIENTS. ED NAVIGATOR/CERTIFIED APPLICATION ASSISTANT: THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM SEEKS TO CONNECT WITH PATIENTS WHO ARE INAPPROPRIATELY ACCESSING CARE AT THE SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND LINKS ALL NON-URGENT USERS OF THE ED TO IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND MEDICAL CARE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, ED NAVIGATORS REACH OUT TO PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER AND PROVIDE EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT, CONNECTION TO SERVICES (E.G. INSURANCE ENROLLMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, ETC.) AND FOLLOW UP TO ENSURE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER IS BEING UTILIZED. ED NAVIGATORS ARE EMPLOYEES OF LA CLINCIA, BUT ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH FUNDING FROM SSMC AND RESIDE IN THE SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE RECENTLY EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A CERTIFIED APPLICATION ASSISTANT, WHO WORKS ALONGSIDE THE ED NAVIGATOR IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND PROVIDES EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND INSURANCE ENROLLMENT SERVICES FOR THE PATIENTS WHO NEED IT. SUTTER SOLANO'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT GOALS ARE: * COLLABORATING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN RESPONDING TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED AND AT-RISK MOTHERS. * CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER SOLANO COUNTY AGENCIES TO ADDRESS PREVENTION, DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, A MAJOR RECURRING HEALTH ISSUE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY. * COLLABORATE WITH OTHER SOLANO COUNTY AGENCIES TO EXPAND SERVICES TO INCLUDE PRIMARY CARE. OTHER COMMUNITY OFFERINGS INCLUDE NUMEROUS INFORMATIONAL LECTURES, SCREENING AND HEALTH EVENTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, WALK-A-THONS AND FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED | SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION FREE MAMMOGRAM SCREENING PROGRAM IS OFFERED AT: SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL, SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL, SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL, SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER SACRAMENTO, SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AND SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER. WORKING WITH SUTTER DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE SUTTER HEALTH SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION, WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNINSURED WOMEN TO RECEIVE FREE DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS. IN 2013, AS A RESULT OF ALL OF THE COLLABORATIVE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 670 FREE AND LOW-COST MAMMOGRAMS. AT MANY OF OUR MAMMOGRAPHY EVENTS, WE HAVE WAITING LISTS AND LONG LINES, DEMONSTRATING THAT ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE CARE CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN OUR REGION. OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO SCREEN UNINSURED WOMEN, BUT WE ALSO USE THESE EVENTS AS A CONNECTION POINT FOR THE UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO LINK THEM WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, FOLLOW UP RESOURCES IF NEEDED, INSURANCE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION AND OTHER KEY SERVICES. WE WILL HAVE TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT MODEL OF THIS PROGRAM IN 2014, AS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, ALL WOMEN (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS) WILL HAVE INSURANCE; THEREFORE, WE WILL REASSESS OUR PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, AS THESE EVENTS HAVE TYPICALLY TARGETED THE UNINSURED ONLY. NEW IN 2013, WE ARE INTEGRATING OUR ED NAVIGATORS INTO SOME OF THE SCREENING EVENTS, AS A PILOT PROJECT, TO PROVIDE ONSITE PRIMARY CARE REFERRALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO THE WOMEN. ALSO, WE INTEGRATED INSURANCE ENROLLMENT SPECIALISTS FROM COVERED CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE INSURANCE EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT TO THE WOMEN WHO NEED IT MOST. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINES 6 & 7A | THIS CORPORATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF SUTTER HEALTH, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION. SUTTER HEALTH IS THE SOLE MEMBER WITH THE RIGHT TO ELECT AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 7B | SUTTER HEALTH AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION IS ENTITLED TO EXERCISE FULLY ALL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS OF NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION LAW, AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. THE MEMBER HAS THE RIGHTS AND POWERS TO APPOINT (AND REMOVE) MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE BYLAWS. IN ADDITION, THE MEMBER HAS THE RIGHT TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS OF THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS: A. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, REORGANIZATION, OR DISSOLUTION OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; B. AMENDMENT OR RESTATEMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR THE BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; C. ADOPTION OF OPERATING BUDGETS OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY, INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED OR COMBINED BUDGETS OF THE CORPORATION AND ALL SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CORPORATION; D. ADOPTION OF CAPITAL BUDGETS OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; E. AGGREGATE OPERATING OR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT EXCEED APPROVED OPERATING OR CAPITAL BUDGETS BY A SPECIFIED DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE GENERAL MEMBER; F. LONG-TERM OR MATERIAL AGREEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BORROWINGS, EQUITY FINANCINGS, CAPITALIZED LEASES AND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; AND PURCHASE, SALE, LEASE, DISPOSITION, HYPOTHECATION, EXCHANGE, GIFT, PLEDGE, OR ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY ASSET, REAL OR PERSONAL, WITH A FAIR MARKET VALUE IN EXCESS OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE GENERAL MEMBER, WHICH SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE CORPORATION; G. APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND HIRING OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL EXCEPT IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS BETWEEN THE GENERAL MEMBER AND THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; H. THE CREATION OR ACQUISITION OF ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; I. CONTRACTING WITH AN UNRELATED THIRD PARTY FOR ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSETS OR OPERATIONS OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; J. APPROVAL OF MAJOR NEW PROGRAMS AND CLINICAL SERVICES OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY. THE GENERAL MEMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEFINE THE TERM "MAJOR" IN THIS CONTEXT; K. APPROVAL OF STRATEGIC PLANS OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE ENTITY; L. ADOPTION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICIES NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH POLICIES ESTABLISHED BY THE GENERAL MEMBER; M. ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE AND A DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION OR AN AFFILIATE OF SUCH DIRECTOR. IN ADDITION, THE GENERAL MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY (BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS (2/3) OF ITS BOARD), TO DECLARE A MAJOR ACTIVITY REQUIRING APPROVAL. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B | SUTTER HEALTH, A RELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, HAS A CENTRALIZED TAX DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE FORM 990. ANNUALLY THE TAX DEPARTMENT PROVIDES TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO AFFILIATE PERSONNEL WHO ASSIST THE TAX DEPARTMENT IN COLLECTING AND REVIEWING DATA TO BE REPORTED ON THE FORM 990. THE PREPARATION MATERIAL IS REVIEWED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING TAX, FINANCE, LEGAL, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. A NATIONAL ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES AND/OR REVIEWS THE RETURN. A COMPLETED RETURN IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE TAX DEPARTMENT, THE AFFILIATE, AND THE CFO BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE FILING THE FORM. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12 | EMPLOYEES ARE EDUCATED ON THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND THE NEED TO MAKE DISCLOSURE AS PART OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE EDUCATION. IN ADDITION, ANNUALLY A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS COMPLETED BY ALL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS THAT INCLUDES AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THEY HAVE READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ON THIS STATEMENT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL LIST A WIDE RANGE OF INFORMATION WHICH INCLUDES BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS, PROPERTY INTERESTS, AND THOSE OF RELATED PARTIES. THE CEO AND BOARD CHAIR WILL REVIEW THE STATEMENTS AND MONITOR SITUATIONS THAT MAY POSE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE CEO AND BOARD CHAIR MAY CONSULT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL AS NECESSARY. IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST RELATED TO A PARTICULAR TRANSACTION, THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP. THE BOARD CHAIR MAY APPOINT A DISINTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE CONFLICT. UNTIL THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS RESOLVED, THE BOARD CHAIR MAY REQUEST THE INDIVIDUAL TO NOT PARTICIPATE DURING RELATED PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING AN ACTUAL CONFLICT, THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL SHALL REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY MATTER RELATED TO THE TRANSACTION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15 | THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE SUTTER HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS RETAINS ULTIMATE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OVER ALL ELEMENTS OF COMPENSATION TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES ARE APPROPRIATELY BEING SERVED. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE USES CREDIBLE DATA SOURCES AND MAINTAINS AN OBJECTIVE "ARMS LENGTH" DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF SUTTER'S EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S OVERALL MISSION. IN ORDER TO ENSURE EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS, NATIONAL, CALIFORNIA AND LOCAL MARKET AREA COMPENSATION DATA COMPARISONS ARE REVIEWED. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS INCLUDES: (A) BASE SALARY, (B) TOTAL CASH (BASE SALARY + ANNUAL INCENTIVE) AND (C) TOTAL REMUNERATION (BASE SALARY + ANNUAL INCENTIVE + BENEFITS AND LONG TERM INCENTIVE). THIS ANALYSIS INCLUDES COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS. FOR THE MOST SENIOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS, NATIONAL COMPARISONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS SIMILAR IN SIZE, SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY AS SUTTER HEALTH ARE MOST APPROPRIATE SINCE IT IS A NATIONAL MARKETPLACE IN WHICH SUTTER COMPETES FOR EXECUTIVE TALENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE CALIFORNIA'S UNDERLYING COMPENSATION STRUCTURE IS HIGHER THAN NATIONAL DATA (ESPECIALLY IN THE BAY AREA), REGIONAL PAY COMPARISONS AND ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE. OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION WHO ARE SUTTER HEALTH EMPLOYEES UNDERGO A REVIEW AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE APPROVAL, AND SUCH APPROVAL IS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 | THE SUTTER HEALTH SYSTEM POSTS ITS CURRENT AND PAST AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT SUTTERHEALTH.ORG. OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO LOCATED AT THIS WEBSITE INCLUDING THE ANNUAL REPORT, MISSION STATEMENT, HISTORY, AND LINKS TO AFFILIATE WEBSITES. THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 | K-1 ORDINARY INCOME $ (475,025) PARTNERSHIP LOSS ON BOOKS 494,231 EQUITY TRANSFERS (NET) (145,676,077) SHARED SERVICE ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENT 1,046,358 ------------- TOTAL (144,610,513) ============= |
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