Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformational change via innovation throughout the healthcare continuum. As one of the nation's top non-profit and Catholic health systems, Ascension is dedicated to providing compassionate, customized care to all, with a specific focus on the poor and vulnerable. Ascension contributed over $2 billion in care for low-income people and other community benefit programs in FY2018. In addition to physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, and information services, the national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care in 21 states and the District of Columbia, including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities.
