Dignity Health, formerly Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), is a California-based not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals and ancillary care facilities in California, Arizona, and Nevada. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. Dignity Health is the fifth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California. In 2012, the company's name changed to Dignity Health to better reflect their ministry, which is not an official ministry of the Catholic Church. The company also changed its governance structure along with its name.
Its headquarters are located in Suite 300 in the China Basin Landing building in San Francisco.
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