ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
1. Community Benefit Plan
Click on the button below to download the community benefit plan.
The documents are being made available as provided by the facility, in accordance with Health and safety Code 127350 and California Code of Regulations Section 95102. If there are any issues with accessibility, please notify us directly at communitybenefit@hcai.ca.gov
Download2. Community Health Needs Assessment
The web address where the Community Benefit Plan is published on the hospital's website:
https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/community-health-needs-assessment
The year the hospital last conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA):
2025
What community groups attended or engaged with the most recent CHNA process? Identify the vulnerable populations represented by these:
The following community groups participated in Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's CHNA (please refer to the Community Benefit Plan PDF for a complete list of community groups engaged in the 2025 CHNA and the populations represented by these groups): Key Informant Interviews (populations served in parentheses): Abode Services (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, people with inadequate access to clean air and safe drinking water, seniors, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, seasonal farmworkers, recent immigrants and/or people who are undocumented), Alameda County Behavioral Health Office of Health Equity (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, recent immigrants, and/or people who are undocumented), Alameda County Community Food Bank (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, people with inadequate access to clean air and safe drinking water, seniors, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, seasonal farmworkers, recent immigrants, and/or people who are undocumented), Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved), Alameda County Nurse Family Partnership (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, children and youth), Alameda County Public Health (Public health), Aliados Health/La Clinica de la Raza (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, people with inadequate access to clean air and safe drinking water, seniors, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, seasonal farmworkers, recent immigrants and/or people who are undocumented), Asian Health Services (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, recent immigrants and/or people who are undocumented), Bay Area Community Health and partners (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved), Bay Area Community Health collaborative (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved), Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved), Berkeley faith-based organizations (General public, faith-based communities), College of Alameda and partner education organizations (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved), Day Break Adult Day Center (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, seniors), Destiny Arts (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, recent immigrants, and/or people who are undocumented), Downtown Streets (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, seniors, children and youth, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people not proficient in English, recent immigrants, and/or people who are undocumented), East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation and partners (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, people who are medically underserved, people experiencing homelessness, people with inadequate access to clean air and safe drinking water, seniors, children and youth, people not proficient in English, recent immigrants and/or people who are undocumented), East Oakland Youth Development Center (Racial or ethnic groups that experience disparate health outcomes, people who have low incomes, children and youth)...(Complete list of 2025 CHNA participants found in the Community Benefit Plan PDF.)
Does the Hospital make the CHNA report widely available to the public?
Yes
How the hospital made the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) available to the public:
The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) report was made widely available on Sutter Health's website (https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/community-health-needs-assessment) and by making a paper copy of the CHNA report available for public inspection upon request and without charge at the hospital facility.
The web address where the CHNA is publicly accessible:
https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/community-health-needs-assessment
3. Community Benefit Expenses
| Vulnerable Population | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Charity Care | $ 5,608,170 |
| Medi-Cal | $ 69,514,119 |
| Other Means-Tested Government (Indigent Care) | $ 127,692 |
| Sum Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs | $ 75,249,981 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Improvement | $ 602,989 | $ 11,290 | $ 614,279 |
| Community Benefit Operations | $ 43,388 | $ 15,740 | $ 59,128 |
| Health Professions Education | $ 0 | $ 4,496,520 | $ 4,496,520 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $ 30,157 | $ 426,616 | $ 456,773 |
| Research | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Cash and In-kind Contributions for Community Benefits | $ 713,845 | $ 0 | $ 713,845 |
| Other Community Benefits | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Total Other Benefits | $ 1,390,379 | $ 4,950,166 | $ 6,340,545 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Community Benefits* | $ 76,640,360 | $ 4,950,166 | $ 81,590,526 |
| Medicare | $ 149,459,363 | $ 149,459,363 | |
| Total Community Benefits with Medicare | $ 226,099,723 | $ 4,950,166 | $ 231,049,889 |
*Aggregate from tables above.
Other relevant information to the hospital's community benefit plan not otherwise captured:
n/a