SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL
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 Sutter Amador Hospital'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): Sutter Amador Hospital Staff (Amador County); Sutter Valley Medical Foundation and Sutter Jackson Medical Group (Amador County); Victory Village Amador (Amador County); Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency (Low income, homeless, seniors, Hispanic, foster youth); Sutter Plymouth Health Center (Amador County); Amador County Health and Human Services (Amador County); Amador Senior Center (Seniors); Amador Unified School District (Youth K–high school); First 5 Amador (Youth 0–5 years and their families); Small Change 4 Big (Unhoused and at risk); CA Tribal TANF Partnership (Native Americans); Faith Based Task Force (Low income, food insecure); CalFresh (Low income, food insecure); Community Advisory Committee (Sutter Amador Hospital) (Amador County). Focus Groups (populations served/represented in parentheses): Amador County Townhall (Community members); First 5 Amador (Families with kids 0–5); Victory Village (Veterans); Amador Senior Center (Seniors). Community Service Provider Survey: Amador STARS, ATCAA Amador Lifeline, Mark Twain, and Amador STARS, KVGC, ATCAA Amador Lifeline, Sutter Amador Hospital (Sutter Health), University of California Cooperative Extension.
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 | $ 858,413 |
| Medi-Cal | $ 5,995,736 |
| Other Means-Tested Government (Indigent Care) | $ 6,904 |
| Sum Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs | $ 6,861,053 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Improvement | $ 58,500 | $ 0 | $ 58,500 |
| Community Benefit Operations | $ 0 | $ 29,673 | $ 29,673 |
| Health Professions Education | $ 0 | $ 1,226,876 | $ 1,226,876 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $ 0 | $ 53,919 | $ 53,919 |
| Research | $ 0 | $ 15,184 | $ 15,184 |
| Cash and In-kind Contributions for Community Benefits | $ 231,803 | $ 5,246 | $ 237,049 |
| Other Community Benefits | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Total Other Benefits | $ 290,303 | $ 1,330,898 | $ 1,621,201 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Community Benefits* | $ 7,151,356 | $ 1,330,898 | $ 8,482,254 |
| Medicare | $ 18,588,759 | $ 18,588,759 | |
| Total Community Benefits with Medicare | $ 25,740,115 | $ 1,330,898 | $ 27,071,013 |
*Aggregate from tables above.
Other relevant information to the hospital's community benefit plan not otherwise captured:
n/a