Sutter Health takes big bite of Marin General Hospital's profits (The Marin Independent, July 18, 2008)
California Pacific Medical Center forced to think small; Med center's $1.7B plan may hinge on St. Luke's ( San Francisco Business Times, July 14, 2008)
Panel wants St. Luke's to be rebuilt, changed (San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2008)
Sutter to lay off 11 percent of its staff SR hospital cites costs, fewer admissions for loss of 123 jobs (The Merced Sun - June 25, 2008)
Former doctor wins $1.8 million whistle-blower suit Jury agrees that Los Banos hospital retaliated against him (The Merced Sun - June 19, 2008)
Santa Cruz Medical Clinic drops Watsonville expansion plan (Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 6, 2008)
Hospitals, patients clash on privacy rights (San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, 2008)
Doctor sues Los Banos hospital-An obstetrician says Memorial Hospital treated him unfairly (Merced Sun Star, May 26, 2008)
Sutter sued a third time over missed meal breaks Class action sign of a bigger trend (Contra Costa Times, May 3, 2008)
Low-income West Contra Costa women travel to Martinez to give birth (Contra Costa Times, May 3, 2008)
Sutter Health reports stable $623M in 2007 profits, solid boost in revenue (San Francisco Business Times, April 11, 2008)
Court finds cracks in state medical leave law (The San Francisco Chronicle, April 9, 2008)
Bill on Pricing Transparency Moves to Senate Health Committee (California Healthline, March 25, 2008)
Sutter Health nurses vote to strike again (The San Francisco Examiner, March 5, 2008)
Bay Area Sutter nurses OK strike (Sacramento Business Journal, Tuesday, March 4, 2008)
Peninsula nurses begin voting on strike (InsideBayArea.com, March 04, 2008)
Health-needs report: Are Marin hospitals doing enough? (The Marin Independent Journal, February 28, 2008)
Sutter nurses to vote on 3rd strike (The Vallejo Times-Herald, February 28, 2008)
Public forum held for critical access designation (The Lake County Record Bee, February 26, 2008)
S.F.'s St. Luke's Hospital faces big changes (The San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 2008)
Sutter nurses file suit over missed breaks (The Sacramento Bee, February 15, 2008)
Sutter status switch prompts forum (The Lake County Record-Bee, February 14, 2008)
Nurses say cuts planned at San Leandro Hospital (The San Leandro Times, February 7, 2008)
Nurses warn community hospital may be closed (The Hayward Daily Review, February 3, 2008)
2 hospitals got millions, spent little on charity (The San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2008)
Sutter slammed on pay claims: Hospital giant will likely have to pay multimillions to workers who didn't get meal breaks (The Sacramento Bee, January 24, 2008)
Law takes no breaks for nurses: Sutter Health sees wave of complaints after court ruling (Sacramento Business Journal, January 11, 2008)
Sutter issues layoff notices (The Sacramento Bee, January 10, 2008)
Nursing facility set to close at Castro Valley community (The Oakland Tribune, January 10, 2008)

Opinions on Eden Hospital Split for CV, San Leandro (The Castro Valley Forum, November 7, 2007)
Eden leader rips Sutter's hospital plan: Some accuse health care giant of putting finances before services (The Hayward Daily Review, November 7, 2007)
St. Luke's Hospital owner puts off plan to cut service (The San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 2007)
Cutting care: Sutter ceases in-patient care at St. Luke's (The San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 24, 2007)
Radical plan to stanch St. Luke's Hospital hemorrhaging (SFgate, October 20, 2007)
Sutter bleeds St. Luke's(SF Bay Guardian, September 19, 2007)
$9,00 hospital bill weighs on couple (West County Times, September 3, 2007)
Outpatient surgical center closes (The Press Democrat, July 14, 2007)
Sutter Health's 2006 profit soars 33% to $587M (San Francisco Business Times April 13, 2007)
Grassley eyes not-for-profit tax advantages (Modern Healthcare's Daily Dose, April 5, 2007)
Sutter Health and Marin City break off negotiations (The Marin Independent Journal, March 16, 2007Opinion critical of Sutter at Marin General (The Marin Independent Journal, March 13, 2007)
Urgency care For hospital transition to work, answers are needed - and soon (The Press Democratic, March 10, 2007)
Sutter-Memorial deal rife with unanswered questions (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 9, 2007)
Sutter's plans questioned (Sonoma News, March 1, 2007)
Putting hundreds of cars on Highway 101 to go from Sonoma County to the Sutter hosptial...is not OK. (The Press Democrat, March 1, 2007)
Healthcare crisis: Sutter's plan blasted (The Press Democrat, Feb. 28, 2007)

Brown & Toland, Sutter fight again over foundation docs (SF Business Journal, June 16)
Judge seeks raw data on Sutter project (Sacramento Bee, June 10)
Sutter-MGH split nears (Marin Independent Journal, June 3)
Sutter Health expension fails to address environmental issues (Sacramento Business Journal, June 8)
New group rallies for project help (San Mateo County Times, May 29)
Peninsula hospital will ask voters for new lease (San Francisco Business Journal, May 25)
Saturday Readers' Forum (Marin Independent Journal, May 22)
Excess-profit audit OKs hospital spending (Sacramento Business Journal, May 6)
Deep pockets backing up hospital committee (San Mateo County Times, April 15 )
Sutter Health reports robust financial results (SF Business Times, April 14)
Hospital meeting brings doctors, officials to table (Hayward Daily Review, April 14)
Chief of Sutter physician residency program quits (The Press Democrat, April 11)
Warring doctor's groups bury the scapel after compromise reached (San Francisco Business Times, April 6
Local health services to get checkup (Marin Independent Journal, April 5)
Skeptical on hospital (San Mateo County Times, April 4 )
Traffic focus of hospital talks (San Mateo Daily Journal, April 4 )
Hospital plan draws jeers and cheers (San Mateo County Times, April 4 )
Warrack E.R., hospital to shut (Press Democrat, April 4)
Changes at Warrack expected (Press Democrat, April 1)
Settlement reached in Sutter Health elder abuse case (Sacramento Bee, March 31)
Jury slaps Sutter for treatment of senior (Sacramento Bee, March 25)
Leaks annoy Sutter health district (Marin IJ, March 21 )
Sutter plans hospital of the future for Santa Rosa (pressdemocrat.com, March 19)
Surprise windfall for Marin clinic (Marin IJ, March 18)
Sutter's psychiatric unit to close in 2008 (Press Democrat, March 10)
SEIU UHW Members Ratify New Contract With Sutter Eden Following Strike, Lockout (Daily Labor Report, March 10)
Labor dispute at Eden ends (San Leandro Times, March 10)
Castro Valley hospital ends labor dispute (SF Chronicle, March 9
Labor strife resolved workers back at Eden (Oakland Tribune, March 9
Hospital, strikers reach deal to end lockout (SF Examiner, March 9)
Report: Medical center would impede traffic (San Mateo County Times, March 9)
PAMF clinic could significantly affect traffic pollution (SF Examiner, March 9)
Report: Medical center would impede traffic (San Mateo County Times, March 9)
PAMF clinic could significantly affect traffic pollution (SF Examiner, March 9)
Sutter to close county's only locked psychiatric unit in 2008 (Press Democrat, March 8)
Castro Valley Hospital locks out workers (San Jose Mercury News, March 8)
Hospital,strikers reach tentative deal to end lockout (Herald.com, March 8)
Eden strike ends as negotiations begin (Hayward Daily Review, March 8)
Tentative offer may end Eden lockoute (Contra Costa Times, March 8)
Eden union members locked out (East Bay Business Times, March 7)
Eden hospital plans to lock out workers when strike ends (West County Times, March 7)
Eden medical center workers go to mediators (West County Times, March 6)
Eden hospital administrators promise lockout of strikers (Contra Costa Times, March 6)
Bay Area news roundup (SFGate.com, March 3)
Hospital strike leaves 2 injured on picket line (Contra Costa Times, March 3)
Sutter expands its reach (SF Chronicle, March 2)
Eden workers walk off job (San Leandro Times, March 1)
Hospital Workers Launch Strike (West County Times, March 1)
Eden Stays Open as Strike Goes Forward (Hayward Daily Review, March 1)
300 Eden workers begin 7-day strike (Castro Valley Forum, February 28)
Hospital workers plan 7-day strike (SF Chronicle, February 28)
Hospital union members to strike (Contra Costa Times, February 28)
Union: Workers at Eden to Strike Today (Hayward Daily Review, February 28)
Leaders stress need as Sutter weighs doctors program’s fate (The Press Democrat, February 28)
San Leandro Physicians Protest Arrival of Sutter-Affiliated Medical Group at Local Hospital (California Health Fax, February 27)
Sutter's resident doctor program on critical list (The Press Democrat, February 26)
Strike by hospital workers looms after talks stall (West County Times, February 25)
Sutter's foundation unwelcome (East Bay Business Times, February 24)
Doctors Protest Sutter’s plans (Hayward Daily Review, February 23)
Sutter aims scalpel at hospital costs (SF Business Times, February 17)
Sutter Hospital Workers Tentative Pact (West County Times, February 17)
Union Reaches contract Agreement with Sutter (Valejo Times Herald, February 17)
After 2 Years, Alta Bates Summit, SEIU reach pact (East Bay Business Times, February 17)
Eden, union negotiations under way (Hayward Daily Review, February 17)
SEIU Local Raitifes Pattern Contract with Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Hospital (Daily Labor Report, February 16)
Alta Bates is still wrestling with standards (SF Business Times, February 10)
Alta Bates Summit, union strike tentative deal (East Bay Business Times, February 10)
Alta Bates Summit, union settle contract (Oakland Tribune, February 10)
Alta Bates settles with service workers (SF Chronicle, February 10)
Union, Alta Bates End Two-Year Dispute(Berkeley Daily Planet, February 10)
Briefs (Contra Costa Times, February 10)
SEIU Reaches contract deal, cancels strike call in Antioch (Sf Business Times, February 10)
Sutter leases office space in Antioch's Bluerock Center (East Bay Business Times, January 27)
End could be in sight for Sutter feud in Marin (SF Business Journal, January 27)
Health boards disturbing step (Marin Independent Journal, January 22)
Other View: City Council fumbled Sutter Hospital project (Sacramento Bee, January 22)

Health board, Sutter head for rough breakup (Marin IJ, December 18)
SEIU seeks to reopen stalled talks with Sutter (East Bay Business Times, December 16)
Sutter's next worry: Paying midtown costs (Sacramento Business Journal, December 16)
Sutter pulls plug on workers'comp units (SF Business Times, December 16)
Nonprofits' tax breaks questioned (Sacramento Business Journal, December 16 )
SEIU seeks to reopen stalled talks (SF Business Times, December 12)
Sutter Health, union talking (Oakland Tribune, December 11 )
New Marin hospital in works? (Marin Independent Journal, December 11 )
Sutter Health, union talking (Oakland Tribune, December 11 )
Sutter Roseville employees approve strike (Roseville Press Tribune, December 9)
Sutter hospital plan wins OK (Sacramento Bee, December 8)
Sutter; Plans include a hospital for women, kids (Sacramento Bee, December 8)
Vote clears strike plan at hospital (Sacramento Bee, December 8)
Hospitals' tax status scrutinized (West County Times, December 8 )
Hospitals' nonprofit status examined (Oakland Tribune, December 8 )
Alta Bates, workers resume talks (West County Times, December 6)
Reviewing hospitals' nonprofit status a good idea (Modesto Bee, December 1 )
Hospitals asked to fund more charity care (San Francisco Examiner, December 1)
In public service (SF Chronicle, November 16)
St. Luke's workers ratify new contract (SF Chronicle, November 13)
Hospital workers ratify contract (SF Chronicle, November 12)
Hospital strike over as workers ratify contract (SF Examiner, November 12)
Cal Pacific med center, union ratify pact (SF Business Times, November 11)
Union, hospital reach tentative agreement (SF Examiner, November 11)
Pact may end hospital strike (SF Chronicle, November 11)
Hospital workers set date to strike at St. Luke's (SF Chronicle, November 2 )
Hospital contract proposed (SF Chronicle, October 29)
Chicago case may prove bad news for Alta Bates (SF Business Times, October 28 )
Unions Take Aim at Memorial (Modesto Bee, October 27 )
Nurses chide California Pacific (San Francisco Chronicle, October 25)
Supes push for resolution of CPMC strike (SF Examiner, October 24)
Union chief questions doctor's diagnosis of strike (SF Business Times, October 21)
District says Sutter is in breach of MGH lease (Marin Independent Journal, October 16 )
Hospital strike a stand-off (SF Chronicle, October 14)
Local hospitals facing a major upheaval (Oakland Tribune, October 9 )
Patient care left hanging in Sutter drama (Oakland Tribune, October 9 )
Critics fear Sutter would put doctors out of work, limit treatment... (Hayward Daily Review, October 9)
SEIU sues Sutter, claims hospitals hired 'professional strikebreakers' (Daily Labor Report, October 7)
S.F. hospital sued over strike replacements (SF Chronicle, October 5)
City Council may expand control over new hospitals (Sacramento Bee, October 6)
Sutter contracts probed (Sacramento Bee, October 1 )
Sutter practices probed by DOJ (West County Times, October 1 )
DOJ investigates Sutter Health over contracting (San Francisco Business Times, September 30 )
Hospitals, critics trade fire over free care (San Francisco Business Times, September 30)
Replacement workers busted for stealing Viagra (San Francisco Examiner, September 29)
Amis strike, union files complaint against Sutter (SF Examiner, September 25)
Amid strike, union files complaint against Sutter (San Francisco Examiner, September 25 )
Scab Master -- The Lives and Crimes of Strike Buster Gary Fanger (SF Bay Guardian, September 21)
Hospital strike continues; talks unlikely (San Francisco Examiner, September 21 )
Hospital strike continues; talks unlikely (SF Examiner, September 20)
No talks scheduled in CPMC strike (SF Examiner, September 19)
Katrina victims replace hospital strikers (SF Chronicle, September 18)
Katrina evacuees replace striking workers (KGO ABC7 news, September 18)
A shot in the arm - Hospital workers on picket line get an infusion of union funding (SF Chronicle, September 17)
Hospital workers walk out at CPMC (SF Examiner, September 14)
Healthcare board deadlocks on Sutter (Marin Independent Journal, September 14 )
Cal Pacific Med Center workers walk off job Union says hospital rejected mediator's plan (SF Chronicle, September 14)
Sutter Health labor tactics c
County questions hospital deal (Daily Journal, August 24 )
County Sutter Solano nurses agree to contact (Vallejo Times-Herald, August 23 )
Sutter Health files countersuit against patients (Daily Republic, August 22 )
Sutter files countersuit against patients (DailyRepublic, August 22)
Uninsured plaintiffs sued (Modern Healthcare, August 22 )
Sutter takes gloves off in lawsuit (Sacramento Bee, August 19)
Sutter Health takes gloves off in lawsuit (Sacramento Bee, August 19 )
Uninsured plaintiffs sued (Modern Healthcare, August 22 )
Sutter labor tactics called illigal (Sacramento Bee, August 11)
Called illegal (Sacramento Bee, August 11)
NLRB: Sutter lockout violated law (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, August 10)
Hospitals' lockout ruled unlawful (West County Times, August 10 )
Sutter lockout violated law (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, August 10 )
Sutter strike looms (Daily Republic, August 09)
Tax break broken? (Modern Healthcare, August 1 )
Businesses dig in heels vs. Eden (Hayward Daily Review, July 30 )
Healthcare district wants Sutter to pay for retrofitting (Marin Independent-Journal, July 26 )Relationship between Sutter, medical group reaches critical condition
(San Francisco Business Times, July 22)
Dissatisfied patients voice concerns (San Francisco Examiner, July 25)
Sutter in middle of non-profit debate (North Bay Business Journal, July 25)
Contra Costa Times review of state files from 2002-2004 indicates paperwork problems aren't new for Alta Bates Summit (West County Times, July 3)
New snag in plans for future of Marin General Hospital (Marin Independent-Journal, August 10 )
SF hospital's tax status at issue (Modern Healthcare, August 1)
Hospital warned it may owe property taxes (Modern Healthcare, July 26 )
Sutter faces Marin critics (Marin Independent Journal, July 4)
Medical facilities scrutinized (Contra Costa Times, July 3)
Blue Shield omits Sutter from list of best hospitals (SF Business Times, June 29)
Sutter will spend $1 billion to build mega-hospital in San Francisco (San Francisco Business Times, June 24)
Patients caught in crossfire (Marin Independent Journal, June 3)
Sutter Health plays hardball (San Francisco Chronicle, May 31)
Nonprofit hospitals to detail charity care (Contra Costa Times, May 27)
Hospital workers vote to OK strike (SF Chronicle, May 19)
Strikes planned at Sutter hospitals (Oakland Tribune, May 19)
Sutter staff votes to authorize strike (Vallejo Times Herald, May 19)
Medicare payments in peril at MGH: Hospital threatened for second time in four months (Marin Independent Journal, May 12)
East Bay hospital under fire (Contra Costa Times, May 12)
Alta Bates faces accreditation loss (Berkeley Daily Planet, May 10)
Unions take aim at Sutter over costs (Oakland Tribune, Apr 21)
Labor unit says Sutter drives up costs of health care (Marin Independent Journal, Apr 21)
Unions put pressure on rising costs at hospitals (Sacramento Bee, Apr 20)
Unions: Sutter care is 'bad bargain' (Contra Costa Times, Apr 20)
Marin General earnings spike up (Marin Independent Journal, Apr 19)
Unions putting heat on Peninsula hospital rebuild (San Francisco Examiner, Apr 18)
St. Luke's could face merger (San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 12)
Squabble over pricing policy puts a bump in road to new hospital (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, Apr 8)
Alta Bates has been formally notified that it is at risk of losing its accreditation... (Modern Healthcare, Mar 21)
Health care coalition draws political support (San Mateo Daily Journal, Mar 21)
Politicians remind health officials to mitigate high costs (San Mateo County Times, Mar 19)
Alta Bates gets list of problems (San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 16)
Alta Bates accreditation in jeopardy (Oakland Tribune, Mar 10)
Hospital charges in doubt (San Mateo Daily Journal, Feb 10)
Health coverage weighs heavier (Modesto Bee, Feb 6)
Unions join hospital-costs fight (Sacramento Business Journal, Feb 4)
Sutter's hospital ultimatum (Marin Independent Journal, Jan 2005)
Unions look to cut health costs (Contra Costa Times, Jan 25)
Cost of care not a sure thing (Marin Independent Journal, Jan 17)
Sutter builds as income lags (Sacramento Bee, Jan 17)
Financial setback at Sutter (Sacramento Business Journal, Jan 14)
Sutter cuts programs to trim costs (Davis Enterprise, Jan 13)
Health board urged to act on plan for new hospital (Marin Independent Journal, Jan 12)

Medical Markup: California Hospitals Open Books, Showing Huge Price Differences (Wall Street Journal, Dec 27)
Sutter loses round 1 of CalPERS price feud (Sacramento Business Journal, Dec 17)
The cost of access to Sutter (Sacramento Bee, Dec 15)
Lockout imperils patients, nurse says (Daily Review, Dec 3)
Sutter locks nurses out (The Press Democrat, Dec 3)
Hospitals lock out striking workers (Oakland Tribune, Dec 3)
City hospital workers get locked out (The Daily Californian, Dec 3)
Sutter locks our striking workers (Berkeley Daily Planet, Dec 3)
Unions focus on staffing levels (Sacramento Bee, Dec 2)
Lockout follows nurses' strike (SF Examiner, Dec 2)
Sutter to lock out striking workers (The Press Democrat, Dec 2)
On the Sutter picket line (Lake County Record-Bee, Dec 2)
Hospital workers' employers turn a walkout into a lockout (West County Times, Dec 2)
Health care strike: Area hospital workers raise voice (Oakland Tribune, Dec 2)
Nurses to stage one-day strike (SF Examiner, Dec 1)
Hospital strike to linger (SF Chronicle, Dec 1)
Alta Bates hospital workers' strike under way (The Daily Californian, Dec 1)
Sutter workers to strike today (West County Times, Dec 1)
Alta Bates walkout met with five-day lockout threat (Berkeley Daily Planet, Nov 30)
Sutter hospital workers plan one-day strike (Berkeley Daily Planet, Nov 23)
Sutter nurses will strike (Times-Herald, Nov 20)
Union to strike Sutter hospitals (The Press Democrat, Nov 20)
Sutter Health, union square off; Employees vote for one-day strike (Lake County Record-Bee, Nov 19)
Eden union to vote on strike (Daily Review, Nov 18)
Sutter facing walkout (Times-Herald, Nov 14)
Strike votes begin at 13 Sutter hospitals (East Bay Business Times, Nov 12)
Sutter workers vote on strike (West County Times, Nov 11)
Sutter hospital plans raise red flag with Memorial (The Press Democrat, Oct 10)
Ready to rumble: Sutter Health and health care workers' union go head-to-head (SF Business Times, Oct 1)
Sick of hospital bills (Time, Sept 27)
Charity care flareup (SF Chronicle, Sept 18)
Uninsured patients charge Sutter with price-gouging (Berkeley Daily Planet, Sept 17)
Suits claim Sutter Health overcharges (Daily Review, Sept 15)
Suit alleges overcharging by Sutter Health (Sacramento Bee, Sept 15)
Sutter accused of overcharging uninsured (West County Times, Sept 15)
Suits against Sutter Health allege overcharging (East Bay Business Times, Sept 15)
Summit Hospital's birthing center shuts down (West County Times, Sept 4)
Sutter Solano Medical Center, Profit or Non-Profit??? (Vallejo News, Aug 17)
Sutter Health latest target of suits over billing uninsured (San Jose Business Journal, Aug 13)
CalPERS allowed to drop hospitals (Sacramento Bee, Aug 7)
CalPERS gets OK to cut hospitals (SF Business Times, Aug 6)
Scruggs settles with Mississippi hospital over charity care (The Times Picayune, Aug 5)
Hospital gives uninsured a break (USA Today, Aug 5)
Sutter nurses holding out for more voice in staffing (Times-Herald, July 24)
Attacking rise in health costs, big company meets resistance (Wall Street Journal, July 13)
Patient suit charges Sutter Health with unfair pricing (The Daily Californian, July 6)
Hospital's billing policies for the uninsured targeted (Sacramento Bee, July 5)
Hospital expansion causes anxiety (Fremont Argus, July 4)
Sutter Health accused of overcharging (Oakland Tribune, July 1)
Sutter Health accused of billing uninsured more than insured (SF Gate, July 1)
Sutter North's parent company faces lawsuit (Appeal-Democrat, July 1)
Sutter's care for poor hit (Sacramento Bee, July 1)
Hospitals neglecting poor (SF Examiner, June 25)
Workers protest at Sutter Health (Oakland Tribune, June 19)
Health care workers stage protest march (SF Chronicle, June 19)
Medical workers union files lawsuit against Alta Bates (Daily Californian, June 14)
Union sues Alta Bates Summit over incidents with organizers (Oakland Tribune, June 12)
CalPERS defends Sutter decision (Sacramento Bee, June 9)
CalPERS drops 36 hospitals (Sacramento Bee, May 19)
Sutter Delta nurses slam staff levels (SF Chronicle, May 19)
Hospital workers vote to authorize strike (SF Examiner, May 18)
Sutter should pay more attention to patients (Oakland Tribune, May 15)
Proposed hospital site criticized (San Mateo County Times, May 11)
From industry to medicine (SF Examiner, May 11)
SEIU zeros in on Sutter Health earnings (East Bay Business Times, May 7)
Robust fiscal health irks Sutter's critics (SF Chronicle, May 1)
Sutter boasts fiscal vigor (Sacramento Bee, May 1)
Sutter shows healthy profit (SF Business Times, Apr 30)
Union, hospital at odds (SF Chronicle, Apr 27)
Pension fund targets hospital (Sacramento Bee, Apr 20)
Unions, Sutter battle toe to toe (SF Examiner, Apr 19)
Sutter, CalPERS still at odds (Sacramento Bee, Apr 17)
Sutter bills are unfair to poor, group says (Sacramento Bee, Apr 15)
CalPERS threatens to boot hospitals (SF Business Times, February 27)
CalPERS could drop 15 Sutter hospitals (Sacramento Bee, Feb 19)
Nurses: Kaiser doing well, Sutter needs more progress (Times-Herald, Feb 7)
Mills-Pen fails to meet nurse ratios (SF Examiner, Jan 19)