The heath system’s total profit was up 34 percent in 2014 to $402 million from $300 million in 2013. Sutter reported total revenues of $10.6 billion, up 5.3 percent from the preceding year.
The growth in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, accounts for 19 percent of the health system’s gross patient revenue in fiscal year 2014, up 3 percentage points from 2013. Sutter spent $535 million to care for patients whose cost was not fully covered by Medi-Cal, according to the report.
However, the company spent 45 percent less on charity care and 15 percent less on community benefits in 2014, for a total of $91 million and $767 million respectively.
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