Sutter Places Second In Ranking Of Nation’s Most Profitable Hospitals
Hospital officials, however, called the results “fundamentally flawed," saying the authors missed $240 million of expenses.
The Sacramento Bee:
Sutter Among Nation’s Most Profitable Hospitals, Study Finds
Sacramento’s Sutter Medical Center ranked No. 2 in the nation for highest profits from patient care, according to a study of 2,993 acute care hospitals released this week in the journal Health Affairs. The report, which only covers 2013, lists Sutter, a not-for-profit hospital, with a total patient care services profit of $271.9 million that year. (Buck and Caiola, 5/3)
In other hospital news —
The Ventura County Star:
Long-Awaited ICU For Kids Opens Tuesday At Los Robles
A long-awaited intensive care unit for children opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. The four-bed pediatric ICU is designed to provide care for children with medical needs that might otherwise mean being transferred out of the community. Patients could include youths injured in accidents or diagnosed with conditions that may require ventilators, constant monitoring or other specialized care. (Kisken, 5/3)
The San Francisco Business Times:
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Hits Milestone For New Outpatient Center
It's been a long time coming, but UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland "topped out" its new outpatient center's six-story steel skeleton recently. (Rauber, 5/3)