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Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Announces 2009 Financial Results 04-09-2010
Sacramento, CA - The Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region today announced 2009 operating income of $108 million on its hospitals and physician care centers. During the year, the region expanded to include two additional Sutter-affiliated hospitals in Jackson and Vallejo and two medical foundations in Marysville/Yuba City and Fairfield, and their performance is included in these results.
The Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, which encompasses hospitals, outpatient services and physician care centers in Auburn, Davis, Roseville, Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo, Yuba City and Marysville, brought in $2.1 billion in revenue in 2009. On the hospital side of the business, net revenue per patient case fell lower than the previous two years.
As a result of these challenging economic times, the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region provided even more care and services for the poor and underserved and on benefits for the broader community, investing $172 million in 2009. This is accomplished by increasing access to health care through a variety of programs that serve medically indigent adults, women and children and low-income residents. Sutter also continued its mission to make health care more accessible and affordable by offering free or substantial financial discounts to all uninsured patients regardless of their financial status. Sutter-affiliated hospitals have always provided free charity care to low-income patients and continue to offer substantial discounts to all patients who don't have insurance.
"We are seeing an increased need for our services from those who are unemployed, uninsured or underinsured because of the economic recession that affected so many in our community this past year," said Mike Dourgarian, chair of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Trustees. "We also experienced dramatic cuts in the county mental health systems, particularly in Sacramento County, which placed a huge burden on our hospital emergency rooms and forced us to quickly expand our own mental health services to respond to the great community need."
Sutter relies on a positive operating margin to ensure that needed health care services are always available to residents regardless of their ability to pay. "More than ever, people need access to efficient affordable health care in a high quality setting," said Regional President Sarah Krevans, "and we were able to provide it through our network of hospitals and clinics and our generous charity care practices."
As a not-for-profit, community-based organization, Sutter Health reinvests any earnings back into the communities to enhance the health care available to residents. Sutter strives to achieve a positive operating margin in order to care for the poor and uninsured, help fund capital and operating needs, and purchase new medical equipment.
Due to the uncertain economy, Sutter Health restrained its planned capital spending in 2009, and in the Sacramento Sierra Region this meant putting on hold the planned construction of an ambulatory surgery center and future community hospital in Elk Grove. Construction continued in midtown Sacramento on the expanded Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento campus. A four-story, state-of-the-art facility that will house medical offices and outpatient services, including diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery and recovery facilities, will open later this year, and the 242-bed Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center and 257-bed Ose Adams Medical Pavilion are expected to be completed in early 2013.
"We are still very much committed to our Elk Grove medical campus, and we will continue to move forward so that when the market turns we can be ready to move forward with construction," Krevans said.
Despite the challenging economic times, four hospitals were recognized by the California Hospital Assessment Reporting Taskforce (CHART), and received the organization's "Certificate of Excellence" based on achievement in several quality measures. These affiliates are Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Sutter Davis Hospital, Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento also received several distinctions from HealthGrades, the leading independent health care ratings organization, for patient outcomes in the areas of orthopedic surgery, total knee replacement, total hip replacement, hip fracture repair and spinal fusion surgery. Sutter Roseville Medical Center received three HealthGrades distinctions in maternity care, including the Maternity Excellence Award for ranking in the top 10 percent in the nation for maternity care. And, Sutter Davis Hospital received the Eureka Award for Performance Excellence in Service and Quality, the highest honor given by California Council for Excellence, a statewide not-for-profit education foundation dedicated to helping California organizations achieve world-class results.
Sutter hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient surgery centers provided care to nearly 500,000 patients across the Sacramento Sierra Region, and Sutter-aligned physicians received 3.4 million patient visits in 2009.
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region encompasses hospitals, physicians and outpatient centers in nine counties: Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter Yolo and Yuba. It is a part of the Sutter Health family of not-for-profit hospitals and physician organizations that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care, and the care of women and children, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology.
The Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, which encompasses hospitals, outpatient services and physician care centers in Auburn, Davis, Roseville, Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo, Yuba City and Marysville, brought in $2.1 billion in revenue in 2009. On the hospital side of the business, net revenue per patient case fell lower than the previous two years.
As a result of these challenging economic times, the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region provided even more care and services for the poor and underserved and on benefits for the broader community, investing $172 million in 2009. This is accomplished by increasing access to health care through a variety of programs that serve medically indigent adults, women and children and low-income residents. Sutter also continued its mission to make health care more accessible and affordable by offering free or substantial financial discounts to all uninsured patients regardless of their financial status. Sutter-affiliated hospitals have always provided free charity care to low-income patients and continue to offer substantial discounts to all patients who don't have insurance.
"We are seeing an increased need for our services from those who are unemployed, uninsured or underinsured because of the economic recession that affected so many in our community this past year," said Mike Dourgarian, chair of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Trustees. "We also experienced dramatic cuts in the county mental health systems, particularly in Sacramento County, which placed a huge burden on our hospital emergency rooms and forced us to quickly expand our own mental health services to respond to the great community need."
Sutter relies on a positive operating margin to ensure that needed health care services are always available to residents regardless of their ability to pay. "More than ever, people need access to efficient affordable health care in a high quality setting," said Regional President Sarah Krevans, "and we were able to provide it through our network of hospitals and clinics and our generous charity care practices."
As a not-for-profit, community-based organization, Sutter Health reinvests any earnings back into the communities to enhance the health care available to residents. Sutter strives to achieve a positive operating margin in order to care for the poor and uninsured, help fund capital and operating needs, and purchase new medical equipment.
Due to the uncertain economy, Sutter Health restrained its planned capital spending in 2009, and in the Sacramento Sierra Region this meant putting on hold the planned construction of an ambulatory surgery center and future community hospital in Elk Grove. Construction continued in midtown Sacramento on the expanded Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento campus. A four-story, state-of-the-art facility that will house medical offices and outpatient services, including diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery and recovery facilities, will open later this year, and the 242-bed Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center and 257-bed Ose Adams Medical Pavilion are expected to be completed in early 2013.
"We are still very much committed to our Elk Grove medical campus, and we will continue to move forward so that when the market turns we can be ready to move forward with construction," Krevans said.
Despite the challenging economic times, four hospitals were recognized by the California Hospital Assessment Reporting Taskforce (CHART), and received the organization's "Certificate of Excellence" based on achievement in several quality measures. These affiliates are Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Sutter Davis Hospital, Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento also received several distinctions from HealthGrades, the leading independent health care ratings organization, for patient outcomes in the areas of orthopedic surgery, total knee replacement, total hip replacement, hip fracture repair and spinal fusion surgery. Sutter Roseville Medical Center received three HealthGrades distinctions in maternity care, including the Maternity Excellence Award for ranking in the top 10 percent in the nation for maternity care. And, Sutter Davis Hospital received the Eureka Award for Performance Excellence in Service and Quality, the highest honor given by California Council for Excellence, a statewide not-for-profit education foundation dedicated to helping California organizations achieve world-class results.
Sutter hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient surgery centers provided care to nearly 500,000 patients across the Sacramento Sierra Region, and Sutter-aligned physicians received 3.4 million patient visits in 2009.
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region encompasses hospitals, physicians and outpatient centers in nine counties: Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter Yolo and Yuba. It is a part of the Sutter Health family of not-for-profit hospitals and physician organizations that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care, and the care of women and children, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology.