About Redwood Coast / North Bay

The North Bay and Redwood Coast Sections are comprised of 22 hospitals, representing over 1,600 licensed beds in Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Del Norte, and Humboldt counties.
Humboldt County Collaborative Addresses Behavioral Health & Substance Abuse Challenges
Who Arcata Police Department Humboldt County Sheriff Waterfront Recovery Center Humboldt County Health & Human Services California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Mad River Community Hospital Providence St. Joseph Health, Eureka K’ima:w Medical Center Open Door Health Humboldt County Community Safety Engagement Team North Coast Emergency Medical Services Yurok Potowat Health Village What On July […]
North Bay Section Reconnects in Person
Who North Bay section members CHA & Hospital Council What Hospital Council’s North Bay Section convened for its first in-person section meeting in nearly three years on June 23. Meeting in St. Helena, North Bay leaders enjoyed reconnecting with their peers in a semi-open-air setting to discuss health care policy, finance, workforce development, disaster preparedness, […]
Redwood Coast Section Gathers for In-Person Meeting
Who Hospital Council and CHA Hospital executives Local health officials American Hospital Management Corporation What Gathering for the first in-person section meeting of Hospital Council’s Redwood Coast Section in over two years, attendees enjoyed a lively discussion spanning California public policy related to health care, staffing challenges, and behavioral health and substance use disorder. The […]
Hospital Council, CHA Staff Visit Humboldt County Hospitals
Who • Hospital Council and CHA• Hospital executives• Local health officials• Verily Life Sciences What Following a successful behavioral health collaborative, Meghan Hardin (Hospital Council), Kirsten Barlow (CHA), and Verily’s Rebecca Messing Haigler visited the four general acute care hospitals (GACH) and the lone psychiatric health facility, Sempervirens, in Humboldt County. While they varied in the […]
Stakeholders Gather to Discuss Behavioral Health in Humboldt County
Who Hospital Council and CHA Hospital executives California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Local health officials Community safety leaders Emergency medical services personnel Verily Life Sciences What Behavioral health care and substance abuse treatment stakeholders in Humboldt County met with Hospital Council and CHA leadership on June 1 at The Historic Eagle House in downtown Eureka […]
Mad River Community Hospital Celebrates 50 Years, Addition of Three New Physicians
Who Mad River Community Hospital What The struggles of recruiting physicians to rural health care are well documented, but in Arcata, Mad River Community Hospital is celebrating the addition of three new physicians along with its 50th anniversary and. General surgeons Dr. Bryan Freeman and Dr. Rakhee Shah, as well as orthopedist Dr. Andrew Kim, […]
Sutter Santa Rosa Opens New Tower
Who Sutter Santa Rosa leadership Santa Rosa community members What On April 29, Sutter Santa Rosa leadership and community members gathered for a ribbon cutting of Sutter’s new, 60,000-square-foot expansion tower. The tower adds 40 private patient rooms, two operating suites, an endoscopy room, 13 additional outpatient care beds, 11 post-acute bays, and nine emergency […]
Sutter Santa Rosa’s 60,000-Square-Foot Expansion Tower Nears Completion
Who Dan Peterson, CEO, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital What Sutter Santa Rosa’s new 60,000-square-foot tower expansion will start seeing patients on May 3. A recent Press Democrat article featured photographs of the nearly complete project, most of which was under construction during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Dan Peterson is rightfully proud that the tower […]
Hospital Council Holds Redwood Coast CEO Section Meeting
Who David Neil, Chief Executive, Mad River Community Hospital Douglas Shaw, CEO, Mad River Community Hospital Pamela Floyd, Chief Compliance Officer, Mad River Community Hospital Matt Rees, CEO/Administrator, Jerold Phelps Community Hospital Mitch Hanna, CEO, Sutter Coast Hospital Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, Chief Executive, Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka Kirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, CHA Gideon […]
Hospital Council Holds North Bay CEO Section Meeting
Who John Hennelly, CEO, Sonoma Valley Hospital Judson Howe, President, Adventist Health Howard Memorial Scott Knight, CEO, Sutter Lakeside Hospital Steve Herber, MD, President, Adventist Health St. Helena Tarek Salaway, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, Marin-Sonoma, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Bryan J. Bucklew, President & CEO, Hospital Council – Northern & Central California Kirsten […]