Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation

Description

The Mission of Catholic Health Initiatives is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church, supported by education and research. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create healthier communities.

Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit, faith-based health system formed in 1996 through the consolidation of four Catholic health systems, expresses its mission each day by creating and nurturing healthy communities in the hundreds of sites across the nation where they provide care.

The nation’s third-largest nonprofit health system, Englewood, Colorado-based CHI operates in 19 states and comprises 103 hospitals, including four academic health centers and major teaching hospitals as well as 30 critical-access facilities; community health-services organizations; accredited nursing colleges; home-health agencies; living communities; and other facilities and services that span the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

In fiscal year 2015, CHI provided almost $970 million in financial assistance and community benefit – an 8% increase over the previous year – for programs and services for the poor, free clinics, education and research. Financial assistance and community benefit totaled more than $1.6 billion with the inclusion of the unpaid costs of Medicare. The health system, which generated operating revenues of $15.2 billion in fiscal year 2015, has total assets of approximately $23 billion.

History

The CHI story began formally in 1996, but the idea of Catholic Health Initiatives is deeply rooted. Faithful servants have been practicing the love of Christ by caring for those in need for centuries. They stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before; those people left a strong legacy for them to continue and nurture.