Catholic Healthcare West
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| Nonprofit organization | |
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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39 acute care hospitals 250 ancillary care sites |
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Area served
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Arizona, California and Nevada |
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Key people
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Lloyd H. Dean, President/CEO Daniel J. Morissette, CFO |
| Services | Hospital management |
| Revenue |
 $10,522,568,000 USD (2012) |
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$59,112,000 USD (2012) |
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$132,549,000 USD (2012) |
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Number of employees
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55,000 |
| Website | dignityhealth |
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Footnotes / references 2012 Audited Financial Statement About Dignity Health |
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Dignity Health is a California-based not-for-profit public-benefit corporation that operates hospitals and ancillary care facilities in 3 states. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. Dignity Health is the fifth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California. Dignity Health was founded in 1986 by the Sisters of Mercy under the name Catholic Healthcare West.
From the time of its founding, and until 2012, the company was an official ministry of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2012, the company's corporate governance structure changed, moving it out of the Catholic Church and resulting in a name change to Dignity Health.
Dignity Health is the official health care provider of the San Francisco Giants. It provides services to minor and major league players, and has a clinic at AT&T Park that offers urgent care and physical therapy services to fans and the surrounding community.
Its headquarters are located in Suite 300 in the China Basin Landing building in San Francisco.
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.
In 2010, Dignity Health, Blue Shield of California, and Hill Physicians Medical Group formed an Accountable Care Organization that covers 41,000 individuals in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). During its first 2 years, this program reduced inpatient use and health care costs significantly.
The Board of Directors are responsible for approving major decisions affecting Dignity Health’s health care business, such as long-range strategic plans, the allocation of capital, joint ventures, and major acquisitions and sales. Dignity Health's Board of Directors are:
Although Dignity Health is not a Catholic institution, the organization owns and operates 24 Catholic hospitals. While overall fiscal responsibility for these hospitals rests with the Board of Directors, certain reserve rights are still held by the religious orders that founded them. The Sponsorship Council comprises sisters from each of the six Catholic religious communities that first opened each of the Catholic hospitals owned by Dignity Health. Each community selects one woman to act as one of the six members of the Sponsorship Council. The six Catholic religious communities are currently represented by:
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