Sutter Health

Type: Private - Not-for-Profit
On the web: http://www.sutterhealth.org
Employees: 47,892
Employee growth: 6.8%

Whether you drink too much in Wine Country, hit some rough waters off the Marin Headlands, or trip during a hike through the redwood forest, it's likely Sutter Health is just a stone's throw away. The Northern Californian, not-for-profit health care system is one of the nation's largest. After being formed more than a decade ago through the merger of Sutter Health and California Healthcare System, Sutter Health now caters to residents of more than 100 communities from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. Its services are provided through about 3,500 affiliated doctors from a host of health care facilities, including more than 25 acute care hospitals, home health/hospice networks, and skilled nursing facilities.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $8,281.0M
One year growth: 8.2%
Net income: $186.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Jim Gray
President, CEO, and Director: Patrick E. (Pat) Fry
VP Communications: Bill Gleeson

Competitors:
Adventist Health
Catholic Healthcare West
Tenet Healthcare