Sacramento, CA-based Sutter Health is expanding its California Central Coast presence with the integration of Sansum Clinic, a 36-facility outpatient network based in the Santa Barbara area, Becker’s reports. The deal was announced in May.
Sutter Health, a 23-hospital system, aims to make “significant investments” in the 102-year-old clinic system, including in the areas of primary care and women’s health, and with improved technology.
Sansum Clinic had reportedly been looking for a new owner for the past two decades with Cottage Health being one choice, although the federal government twice blocked a merger between the two local healthcare companies. Read more.
