SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO
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 Medical Center Sacramento'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 Medical Center Sacramento (All residents of Sacramento County); Sacramento County Public Health (All residents of Sacramento County); Community Health Works (formerly Sac Covered) (All residents of Sacramento County); Methodist Hospital (All residents of Sacramento County); Wellspace Health (Low income, medically underserved, racial or ethnic minorities); Mercy Hospital of Folsom (All residents of Sacramento County); Sierra Health Foundation (All residents of Sacramento County); Mercy General Hospital (All residents of Sacramento County); Mercy San Juan Medical Center (All residents of Sacramento County); UC Davis Medical Center (All residents of Sacramento County); La Familia (Low income; medically underserved; racial or ethnic minorities; immigrants); Valley Vision (All residents of Sacramento County); Mutual Assistance Center (Low income, medically underserved, racial or ethnic minorities); National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) (All residents of Sacramento County); Sacramento Native American Health Center (Low income; medically underserved; racial or ethnic minorities); Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services (Low income, food insecure; immigrants and refugees); Roberts Family Development Center (Families in the Greater Sacramento Area); Pro Youth & Family (Sacramento area youth); Greater Sacramento Urban League (Black and other historically marginalized people); Neighborhood Wellness Foundation (Del Paso Heights); CA Endowment Building Healthy Communities (South Sacramento; low income; racial and ethnic minorities); WIND Youth Services (At risked, unhoused youth ages 12–24); Opening Doors (Immigrants, refugees, sex traffic survivors). Focus Groups (populations served/represented in parentheses): La Familia Counseling Center (Low income and medically underserved; limited English-speaking); Latino Leadership Council (Low income, at risk, limited English speaking); WIND Youth Services (Youth experiencing homelessness; LGBTQ, Hispanic, African American); Neighborhood Wellness (Low income, at risk, African American community members); Sacramento Steps Forward (People experiencing homelessness); Sacramento LGBT Center (LGBTQ community); Health Education Council (At risk, underserved, low income; immigrants and refugees); Greater Sacramento Urban League (Black and other marginalized populations; historically underserved individuals); Helping Hands St. Vincent De Paul Food Bank (Low income, unhoused); Opening Doors (Low income refugees); Asian Resources, Inc. (Low income, immigrant, Asian); Folsom Cordova Partnership (Economically challenged individuals and families). Community Service Provider Survey: The Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition (Sac-EJC.org), WellSpace Health, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society, Society for the Blind, Turning Point Community Programs, Waking the Village, PRO Youth & Families, The Race and Gender Equity Project, Sacramento Steps Forward, WEAVE Inc., Consumers Self Help Center/Sustainable Wellness Solutions, Citrus Heights HART, World Relief Sacramento, Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, Sacramento Area Congregations Together, Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Sacramento, Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center, Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center, La Familia Counseling Center, Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Project Lifelong, Wellspring Women's Center, YMCA of Superior California, Mercy Housing, Food Literacy Center, Hmong Youth and Parents United, Sacramento Kindness Campaign, Sacramento ACT, Neighborhood Wellness Foundation, First Step Communities, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Bridging Initiatives International, Community HealthWorks, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Sacramento, Opening Doors, Inc.
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 | $ 11,821,259 |
| Medi-Cal | $ 118,830,987 |
| Other Means-Tested Government (Indigent Care) | $ 28,242,211 |
| Sum Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs | $ 158,894,457 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Improvement | $ 723,660 | $ 0 | $ 723,660 |
| Community Benefit Operations | $ 0 | $ 464,932 | $ 464,932 |
| Health Professions Education | $ 0 | $ 1,249,000 | $ 1,249,000 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $ 0 | $ 1,189,690 | $ 1,189,690 |
| Research | $ 0 | $ 238,258 | $ 238,258 |
| Cash and In-kind Contributions for Community Benefits | $ 8,945,767 | $ 99,367 | $ 9,045,134 |
| Other Community Benefits | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Total Other Benefits | $ 9,669,427 | $ 3,241,247 | $ 12,910,674 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Community Benefits* | $ 168,563,884 | $ 3,241,247 | $ 171,805,131 |
| Medicare | $ 213,627,670 | $ 213,627,670 | |
| Total Community Benefits with Medicare | $ 382,191,554 | $ 3,241,247 | $ 385,432,801 |
*Aggregate from tables above.
Other relevant information to the hospital's community benefit plan not otherwise captured:
n/a