Consistent with its mission to serve all people with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable, Ascension Health (www.ascensionhealth.org) is an innovative leader in transforming healthcare through patient-centered, holistic care of the highest clinical quality, and provided $703.9 million in care of persons who are poor and community benefit last year. Ascension Health is the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, with more than 106,000 associates serving in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Ascension Health includes 77 hospitals and other related healthcare facilities.
Catholic Health Initiatives (www.catholichealthinit.org) is a national non-profit health corporation based in Denver, Colorado. The health system includes 73 hospitals; 42 long-term care, assisted and independent living and residential facilities; and two community-based health organizations located in 19 states. Catholic Health Initiatives represents approximately 65,000 employees and total revenues of almost $8 billion. It is the second-largest Catholic health system in the United States. Catholic Health Initiatives thrives on its vision of Catholic healthcare as a vibrant ministry, ready to provide compassionate care of minds, bodies and spirits through the 21st century and beyond.
Catholic Health East (www.che.org) is a multi-institutional Catholic health system, which is co-sponsored by 12 religious congregations, and Hope Ministries, a Public Juridic Person within Catholic Health East. Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, the System provides the means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic identity and operational strength of the sponsors' health ministries, which are located within 11 eastern states from Maine to Florida. The System includes 34 acute care hospitals, 4 long term acute care hospitals, 36 freestanding and hospital-based long term care facilities, 12 assisted living facilities, 5 continuing care retirement communities, 7 behavioral health and rehabilitation facilities, 25 home health/hospice agencies, and numerous ambulatory and community-based health services. Catholic Health East facilities employ approximately 50,000 full-time employees as partners in ministry.
Catholic Healthcare West (www.chwhealth.org), headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., is a system of 42 hospitals and medical centers in California, Arizona and Nevada. Founded in 1986, CHW is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California. CHW is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care services in a compassionate environment that is attuned to every patient's physical, mental and spiritual needs. The CHW network of more than 8,500 physicians and approximately 50,000 employees provides quality health care services during more than four million patient visits annually. In 2006, CHW provided more than $465 million in community benefit and free care for the poor.