Latest news

Benicia family physician trio defects from Sutter
East Bay Business Times, 8/21/06

New hospital plan in voters' postal boxes
The Daily Journal, 8/06/06

Judge puts Sutter growth in limbo
Sacramento Bee, 8/05/06

Sutter settles class-action lawsuit worth $275 million
Oakland Tribune, 8/04/06

Settlement reached in Sutter lawsuit
SF Chronicle, 8/04/06

UCSF and Stanford hospitals move up in magazine's ranking
SF Business Times, 7/14/06

Hospital's action shocks patients
Oakland Tribune, 7/11/06

Sutter-MGH split nears
Marin Independent Journal, 6/03/06

New group rallies for project help
San Mateo County Times, 5/29/06

Peninsula hospital will ask voters for new lease
SF Business Journal, 5/25/06

Saturday Readers' Forum
Marin Independent Journal, 5/22/06

Excess-profit audit OKs hospital spending
Sacramento Business Journal, 5/06/06

Sutter Health reports robust financial results
SF Business Times, 4/14/06

Hospital meeting brings doctors, officials to table
Hayward Daily Review, 4/14/06

Chief of Sutter physician residency program quits
The press Democrat, 4/11/06

Local health services to get checkup
Marin Independent Journal, 4/05/06

Skeptical on hospital
San Mateo County Times, 4/04/06

Hospital plan draws jeers and cheers
San Mateo County Times, 4/04/06

Sutter's psychiatric unit to close in 2008
Press Democrat, 3/10/06

Report: Medical center would impede traffic
San Mateo County Times, 3/09/06

Sutter expands its reach
SF Chronicle, 3/02/06

Leaders stress need as Sutter weighs doctors program’s fate
The Press Democrat, 2/28/06

San Leandro Physicians Protest Arrival of Sutter-Affiliated Medical Group at Local Hospital
California Health Fax, 2/27/06

Sutter's resident doctor program on critical list
The Press Democrat, 2/26/06

Sutter's foundation unwelcome
East Bay Business Times, 2/24/06

Doctors protest Sutter's plans
Hayward Daily Review, 2/23/06

Alta Bates is still wrestling with standards
SF Business Times, 2/10/06

Features

BREAKING NEWS
Judge issues tentative ruling against Sutter in countersuit against
uninsured patients.

Sutter sues uninsured patients
Sutter has counter-sued uninsured patients who had filed a class action suit claiming Sutter charged exorbitant prices.
See the complaint filed by Sutter

Relationship between Sutter, Medical Group Nears Critical Condition
view the article

Brown & Toland may end contractual agreement with CPMC/Sutter Foundation
View the letter

Doctors Speak Out Against Sutter
Press Conference, February 22, 2006

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