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Supervisors press Sutter/CPMC on St. Luke’s merger, charity care and seismic compliance as community demands written guarantees
Summary
At a public hearing, supervisors and community members pressed Sutter/CPMC and St. Luke's Hospital about charity care, potential service closures, seismic retrofit timelines under SB 1953, and requested written assurances. CPMC said it will keep St. Luke's as an independently licensed campus while consolidating administration to sustain clinical services.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Government Audit & Oversight Committee held a lengthy Sept. 11 hearing focused on the proposed affiliation of St. Luke's Hospital with California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)/Sutter Health and on the hospital’s compliance with state seismic safety deadlines.
Chair Supervisor Tom Ammiano opened the discussion by noting the attorney general’s 60‑day review of the merger and asking CPMC representatives to address how St. Luke's charity care, inpatient services and emergency capacity would be maintained once St. Luke's became a campus of CPMC. He also said the committee expects written responses to the questions raised at the hearing.
Dr. Brian Goodell, interim chief administrative officer at St. Luke's, said CPMC and St. Luke's follow a Sutter‑wide charity care policy and that St. Luke's and CPMC maintain…
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