Sutter Health

What it reported doing in 2024

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Sutter Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system providing comprehensive, high-quality care throughout California. Committed to innovative, high-quality patient care and community partnerships, Sutter is pursuing a bold new plan to reach more people and make excellent healthcare more connected and accessible. Currently serving nearly 3.5 million patients, thanks to our dedicated team of more than 60,500 employees and clinicians, and 14,000 affiliated physicians, with a unified focus on expanding care to serve more patients. Sutter Health delivers exceptional and affordable care through its hospitals, medical groups, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care sites, home health, and hospice services. Dedicated to transforming healthcare, at Sutter Health, getting better never stops. From deploying technology that improves the patient experience to expanding training programs to cultivate the next generation of physicans and healthcare workers, Sutter is working to shape the future of healthcare and be the best place to work, practice medicine and receive care. Sutter Health is closing healthcare gaps by expanding access. Sutter has recruited over 1,700 new physicians and clinicians since 2023. Sutter Health is training the next generation of caregivers. We now have capacity to train 570 residents at 30 accredited Graduate Medical Education programs and will be training nearly 1,000 a year by 2035. We've established 9 academic partnerships to help strengthen professional pathways for those interested in healthcare careers. This includes a 10-year partnership with Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, one of only four historically Black medical schools in America, which will fund 25 full scholarships and launch an incubator lab to accelerate healthy outcomes. Grounded in its not-for-profit mission, Sutter Health is also a strong community partner. The integrated health system heavily reinvests in community health programs and partnerships. In 2024, we invested more than $1 billion in community benefit programs, including supporting community health programs and partnerships, charity care, and unreimbursed costs for providing care to patients with Medi-Cal. Sutter Health invested $71.6 million in 2024 in research and clinical trials helping pioneer healthcare breakthroughs. 539 clinical trials were conducted with over 8,600 patients enrolled in clinical trials in 2024. Strategic investments in digital health, AI and our Innovation Center are driving improved patient access, patient care and clinician support, while setting new standards in healthcare delivery. We invested $350M this year in upgraded and new clinical technology that is enhancing our ability to provide the best possible patient outcomes. Sutter Health is the 11th largest not-for-profit health system in the nation and includes: . 60,500+ employees . 14,000 doctors . 30 accredited GME programs with 300 residents . 300+ clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and urgent care sites . 28 acute care facilities . 22 cancer centers . 7 neonatal intensive care units . 5 mental health and addiction care centers . 8 cardiac centers . 3 acute rehabilitation centers . 4 trauma centers . 1 mobile stroke unit . Largest home health and hospice provider in Northern California To view a list of Sutter Health entities, see Form 990, Schedule R.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings