Providence St. Joseph Watch

Keeping a watchful eye on the nation’s ever expanding third largest hospital chain.

Cutbacks come after Providence announced massive profit despite pandemic.

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Is the nation's third largest hospital operator focused on patient care or profits?

Swedish Scandal: Providence took over the Northwest’s premier neuroscience institute. Profits soared. So did concerns about patient safety.

“People are angry. They are upset. It doesn't seem like we're the Swedish that we know and love — or knew."
— Guy Hudson, CEO of Swedish

Now Providence wants to take over Adventist hospitals in Northern California. Locals fear job cuts and service reductions.

Providence hospitals fell $20 million short on required charity care, even though they reported a combined $431 million operating profit.

Providence is laying off hundreds of caregivers while boosting the salaries of its top 14 executives who made a combined $40 million in 2017.

CEO Rod Hochman’s salary

$4.1 million in 2016
$10.5 million in 2017

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92 percent of surveyed Providence St. Joseph caregivers say short staffing has undermined the quality of patient care.

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