Catholic Healthcare West

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. CHW is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California.

Management
The corporation has three levels of management. The Corporate Members are the highest level of management, and appoint the members of the Board of Directors. The Corporate Members are religious women, one from each of the religious orders that co-sponsor CHW. The Board of Directors, together with the Corporate Members, appoint the Executive Management.

Co-sponsors
The co-sponsors of CHW are Catholic religious communities that have specific rights and responsibilities for CHW. Each community selects one woman to act as one of the seven Corporate Members. The seven co-sponsors are as follows:


 * Auburn Regional Community of Sisters of Mercy - Auburn, California
 * Burlingame Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy - Burlingame, California
 * Sisters of St. Dominic, Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary - Adrian, Michigan
 * Sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic, Congregation of the Most Holy Name - San Rafael, California
 * Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word - Houston, Texas
 * Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Kenosha - Kenosha, Wisconsin
 * Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, St. Francis Province - Redwood City, California

History
CHW was founded in 1986 when the Sisters of Mercy Burlingame Regional Community and the Sisters of Mercy Auburn Regional Community merged their health care ministries into one organization.

Hospitals
Catholic Healthcare West operates 42 hospitals:

Arizona

 * Barrow Neurological Institute — Phoenix
 * Chandler Regional Hospital — Chandler
 * Mercy Gilbert Medical Center — Gilbert
 * St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center — Phoenix

California

 * Arroyo Grande Community Hospital — Arroyo Grande
 * Bakersfield Memorial Hospital — Bakersfield
 * California Hospital Medical Center — Los Angeles
 * Community Hospital of San Bernardino — San Bernardino
 * Dominican Hospital — Santa Cruz
 * French Hospital Medical Center — San Luis Obispo
 * Glendale Memorial Hospital — Glendale
 * Marian Medical Center — Santa Maria
 * Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital — San Andreas
 * Mercy General Hospital — Sacramento
 * Mercy Hospital of Folsom — Folsom
 * Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield — Bakersfield
 * Mercy Medical Center Merced Community Campus — Merced
 * Mercy Medical Center Merced Dominican Campus — Merced
 * Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta — Mt. Shasta
 * Mercy Medical Center Redding — Redding
 * Mercy San Juan Medical Center — Carmichael
 * Mercy Southwest Hospital — Bakersfield
 * Methodist Hospital of Sacramento — Sacramento
 * Northridge Hospital Medical Center — Northridge
 * Oak Valley Hospital — Oakdale
 * Saint Francis Memorial Hospital — San Francisco
 * San Gabriel Valley Medical Center — San Gabriel
 * Sequoia Hospital — Redwood City
 * Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital — Grass Valley
 * St. Bernardine Medical Center — San Bernardino
 * St. Elizabeth Community Hospital — Red Bluff
 * St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital — Camarillo
 * St. John's Regional Medical Center — Oxnard
 * St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center — Stockton
 * St. Joseph's Medical Center — Stockton
 * St. Mary Medical Center — Long Beach
 * St. Mary's Medical Center — San Francisco
 * Woodland Healthcare — Woodland

Nevada

 * Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center — Reno
 * St. Rose Dominican Hospital - Rose de Lima Campus — Henderson
 * St. Rose Dominican Hospital - San Martín Campus — Las Vegas
 * St. Rose Dominican Hospital - Siena Campus — Henderson