Attention CalPERS Blue Shield HMO Members

On May 19, 2004, the CalPERS Board of Administration voted to restrict its provider network for members with Blue Shield HMO coverage starting in 2005.

Sutter Health believes the decision by CalPERS to remove three Sutter Health-affiliated medical foundations and 12 hospitals was ill-advised, and will undoubtedly cause considerable disruption and inconvenience for the approximately 80,000 CalPERS members who are cared for by Sutter Health physicians and hospitals.

It is unfortunate that CalPERS took this unprecedented action despite Sutter Healthfs commitment to help hold the line on health care cost increases. Sutter Health made a generous offer that would have reduced CalPERSf projected health care costs while preserving member access to our entire network of doctors and hospitals. Sutter Health was led to believe by CalPERS staff that our offer achieved their cost-savings parameters.

Unfortunately, CalPERS decided to drop a number of Sutter Health providers despite our commitments. The following Sutter Health hospitals and physician organizations will NOT be part of the CalPERS Blue Shield HMO provider network.

San Joaquin Valley Area
  • Sutter Gould Medical Foundation
    • Gould Medical Group
  • Memorial Hospital Los Banos
  • Memorial Medical Center, Modesto
  • Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
Sonoma County
  • Sutter Medical Foundation North Bay
    • Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods
  • Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa
  • Sutter Warrack Hospital, Santa Rosa

Greater Bay Area
  • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
  • St. Lukefs Hospital, San Francisco
  • Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch
  • Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley
Greater Sacramento Region
  • Sutter Medical Foundation
    • Sutter Medical Group
    • Sutter West Medical Group
    • Sutter Neuroscience Medical Group
    • Sutter Independent Physicians
  • Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
  • Sutter Davis Hospital
  • Sutter Roseville Medical Center


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