Catholic Healthcare West

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Catholic Healthcare West
Type Private Company
Founded 1986
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA
Area served Western United States
Key people Lloyd H. Dean, President/CEO
Industry Healthcare
Services Hospital management
Revenue $6,730,138,000 USD (2006)
Operating income $262,664,000 USD (2006)
Net income $437,917,000 USD (2006)
Employees 44,000
Website http://www.chwhealth.org/
2006 Consolidated Report

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada[1]. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. CHW is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California[2].

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[edit] Management

The corporation has three levels of management. The Corporate Members are the highest level of management, and appoint the members of the Board of Directors. The Corporate Members are religious women, one from each of the religious orders that co-sponsor CHW. The Board of Directors, together with the Corporate Members, appoint the Executive Management.

[edit] Co-sponsors

The co-sponsors of CHW are Catholic religious communities that have specific rights and responsibilities for CHW. Each community selects one woman to act as one of the seven Corporate Members. The seven co-sponsors are as follows:

[edit] History

CHW was founded in 1986 when the Sisters of Mercy Burlingame Regional Community and the Sisters of Mercy Auburn Regional Community merged their health care ministries into one organization[3].

[edit] Hospitals

Catholic Healthcare West operates 42 hospitals:

[edit] Arizona

[edit] California

  • Arroyo Grande Community Hospital — Arroyo Grande
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital — Bakersfield
  • California Hospital Medical Center — Los Angeles
  • Community Hospital of San Bernardino — San Bernardino
  • Dominican Hospital — Santa Cruz
  • French Hospital Medical Center — San Luis Obispo
  • Glendale Memorial Hospital — Glendale
  • Marian Medical Center — Santa Maria
  • Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital — San Andreas
  • Mercy General Hospital — Sacramento
  • Mercy Hospital of Folsom — Folsom
  • Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield — Bakersfield
  • Mercy Medical Center Merced Community Campus — Merced
  • Mercy Medical Center Merced Dominican Campus — Merced
  • Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta — Mt. Shasta
  • Mercy Medical Center Redding — Redding
  • Mercy San Juan Medical Center — Carmichael
  • Mercy Southwest Hospital — Bakersfield
  • Methodist Hospital of Sacramento — Sacramento
  • Northridge Hospital Medical Center — Northridge
  • Oak Valley Hospital — Oakdale
  • Saint Francis Memorial Hospital — San Francisco
  • San Gabriel Valley Medical Center — San Gabriel
  • Sequoia Hospital — Redwood City
  • Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital — Grass Valley
  • St. Bernardine Medical Center — San Bernardino
  • St. Elizabeth Community Hospital — Red Bluff
  • St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital — Camarillo
  • St. John's Regional Medical Center — Oxnard
  • St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center — Stockton
  • St. Joseph's Medical Center — Stockton
  • St. Mary Medical Center — Long Beach
  • St. Mary's Medical Center — San Francisco
  • Woodland Healthcare — Woodland

[edit] Nevada

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