Sacramento-based Sutter is investing $5.5 million in a 6,900-square-foot facility set to open in June 2026.
Sutter Health announced Monday an investment of $5.5 million in a new care center in Lake County, slated to open in June of next year.
The 6,900-square-foot facility, located in Hidden Valley Lake, will provide urgent care, primary care, on-site laboratory and X-ray services, and rotating specialty care in cardiology, OB/GYN and orthopedics, according to Sacramento-based Sutter Health’s June 2 announcement.
Sutter’s new care center is part of a broader systemwide initiative to improve access to primary and behavioral health services in rural and remote communities, according to the not-for-profit health care system.
“Currently, Lake County has only 12 primary care clinicians serving more than 67,000 residents — a shortage that contributes to wait times of up to six months for new patient appointments,” said Timothy Stephens, CEO of Sutter Lakeside Hospital, which will oversee the new care center. “This new site brings care closer to home for residents of Hidden Valley Lake and the surrounding communities and is projected to serve 3,000 new patients each year.”
In Del Norte County, Sutter Coast Hospital on Monday broke ground on a new EmPATH unit (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing).
“Our new EmPATH unit is an essential step forward in how we care for those with acute behavioral health needs,” said Michael Lane, CEO of Sutter Coast Hospital. “It will become a safe haven for those in crisis, offering compassionate, timely care they can trust, and we are looking forward to providing this care to those in need in our community.”
The EmPATH unit is set to open in early 2026, and also will improve wait times within Sutter Coast Hospital’s emergency department, according to Sutter.
