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'''Shasta Regional Medical Center''', formerly known as '''Redding Medical Center''', is one of two major hospitals that are located in [[Redding, California]]. It opened in 1945 and currently has 246 beds with an acute care facility and has become a regional medical center serving far Northern California.<ref>[http://srmc.phcs.us/about-us.html Shasta Medical Center Website]</ref> It is also the first fully accredited chest pain center in northern California.
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'''Shasta Regional Medical Center''', formerly known as '''Redding Medical Center''' and '''Memorial Hospital''', is a general acute care hospital that is located in [[Redding, California]]. It opened in 1945 and currently has 226 beds with a basic emergency department.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hcai.ca.gov/facility/shasta-regional-medical-center/ | title=Shasta Regional Medical Center }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shastaregional.com/about-us/|title=Shasta Regional Medical Center, About Us|website=Shasta Regional Medical Center|date=31 March 2022 |accessdate=November 12, 2022}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The hospital was founded by Dr. Thomas Wyatt, M.D., in 1945 as Memorial Hospital.<ref>http://srmc.phcs.us/srmcstyle/About_Us/About_Us.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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It was purchased by [[Tenet Healthcare|Tenet Healthcare Corporation]] in 1976 and renamed Redding Medical Center. In 2002, amid a federal investigation of two cardiologists at the hospital, Drs. Chae Hyun Moon and Fidel Realyvasquez,<ref name="investigatin">[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/business/doctor-s-procedures-were-monitored-by-rival-hospital.html New York Times 11/6/2002]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/business/16tenet.html?_r=1 New York Times 11/16/2005]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/business/california-patients-talk-of-needless-heart-surgery.html New York Times 11/4/2002]</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072400969.html Washington Post 7/25/2005]</ref> and as part of a settlement with federal regulators, Tenet Healthcare Corporation was compelled to sell the hospital to Hospital Partners of America for $60&nbsp;million USD in 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103060732/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115480370.html Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Sell Redding, Calif., Medical Center. ]</ref> Hospital Partners of America then renamed the hospital to its current name of Shasta Regional Medical Center and took measures to ensure that this incident would not occur in the future.<ref>[http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/30/prime-healthcare-services-one-states-largest-hospi/ Redding.com 10/30/2008]</ref>


It was purchased by [[Tenet Healthcare|Tenet Healthcare Corporation]] in 1976 and renamed Redding Medical Center.
Hospital Partners of America went into bankruptcy in 2008, and the hospital operations were taken over by [[Prime Healthcare Services]].


In 2008, it was sold to Hospital Partners of America and renamed Shasta Regional Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/30/prime-healthcare-services-one-states-largest-hospi/ Redding.com 10/30/2008]</ref>
Shasta Regional is the only hospital in Shasta County certified as a Chest Pain Center and became a Primary Stroke Center for the region in 2006.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} It was the first hospital in California and 11th in the nation to be certified as an Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Care hospital in 2010 by The Joint Commission.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}


The hospital was named as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures" by The Joint Commission based on care and patient outcomes for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia and Surgical Care in 2010.<ref name="jointcommission">{{cite web|url=http://www.jointcommission.org/top_performers_on_key_quality_measures/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001182433/http://www.jointcommission.org/top_performers_on_key_quality_measures/|archive-date=2011-10-01|dead-url=yes|title=The Joint Commission’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures &#124; Joint Commission|accessdate=2014-07-30|df=}}</ref>


==Legal issues==
==Legal issues==
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In 2002, amid a federal investigation of two cardiologists at the hospital, Drs. Chae Hyun Moon and Fidel Realyvasquez,<ref name="investigatin">[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/business/doctor-s-procedures-were-monitored-by-rival-hospital.html New York Times 11/6/2002]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/business/16tenet.html?_r=1 New York Times 11/16/2005]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/business/california-patients-talk-of-needless-heart-surgery.html New York Times 11/4/2002]</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072400969.html Washington Post 7/25/2005]</ref> and as part of a settlement with federal regulators, Tenet Healthcare Corporation was compelled to sell the hospital to Hospital Partners of America for US$60&nbsp;million in 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103060732/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115480370.html Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Sell Redding, Calif., Medical Center. ]</ref>


===Unnecessary care and billing===
===Unnecessary care and billing===
At Redding Medical Center, the early-2000s investigation, raid and litigation were prompted because "physicians undertook large volumes of inappropriate and unnecessary procedures on largely healthy patients".<ref name="GoWrong">{{cite journal| author=Walshe K, Shortell SM| title=When things go wrong: how health care organizations deal with major failures. | journal=[[Health Aff (Millwood)]] | year= 2004 | volume= 23 | issue= 3 | pages= 103–11 | pmid=15160808 | doi=10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.103}}</ref> The investigation into Moon and Realyvasquez was the result of multiple whistleblower lawsuits filed under the Federal [[False Claims Act]] alleging unnecessary medical procedures.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/17/60minutes/main563755.shtml CBS News 7/17/2003]</ref> Catholic Priest [[John Corapi]],<ref>[http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-11-10/news/17569435_1_redding-medical-center-invasive-heart-heart-surgery SFGate.com 11/10/2002]</ref> Joseph Zerga and Redding physician Patrick Campbell split 15% of the total $62.55&nbsp;million settlement.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]]|date=November 15, 2005|title=Redding Cardiologists Agree to Pay Millions in Settlement|url=http://mathiasconsulting.com/cases/2005/11/CA/redding}}</ref>
At Redding Medical Center, the early-2000s investigation, raid and litigation were prompted because "physicians undertook large volumes of inappropriate and unnecessary procedures on largely healthy patients".<ref name="GoWrong">{{cite journal| author=Walshe K, Shortell SM| title=When things go wrong: how health care organizations deal with major failures. | journal=[[Health Aff (Millwood)]] | year= 2004 | volume= 23 | issue= 3 | pages= 103–11 | pmid=15160808 | doi=10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.103| doi-access= }}</ref> The investigation into Moon and Realyvasquez was the result of multiple whistleblower lawsuits filed under the Federal [[False Claims Act]] alleging unnecessary medical procedures.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030810213419/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/17/60minutes/main563755.shtml CBS News 7/17/2003]</ref> Catholic Priest [[John Corapi]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20120707001319/http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-11-10/news/17569435_1_redding-medical-center-invasive-heart-heart-surgery SFGate.com 11/10/2002]</ref> Joseph Zerga and Redding physician Patrick Campbell split 15% of the total $62.55&nbsp;million settlement.<ref>{{cite news|author=Department of Justice|author-link=United States Department of Justice|date=November 15, 2005|title=Redding Cardiologists Agree to Pay Millions in Settlement|url=http://mathiasconsulting.com/cases/2005/11/CA/redding|access-date=May 17, 2010|archive-date=July 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701200626/http://mathiasconsulting.com/cases/2005/11/CA/redding|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Tenet had already agreed to pay $54&nbsp;million in 2003 to settle the federal case without admitting any wrongdoing but with an agreement for new oversight procedures for physicians and staff.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kaiser Health Policy Report |date=August 7, 2003|title=Tenet to pay $54M to settle allegations that surgeons performed unnecessary procedures |url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=19246}}</ref> In 2004, Tenet established a $395&nbsp;million fund for 769 cardiac patients to settle civil suits relating to procedures performed by Moon and Realyvasquez.<ref>[http://www.gjel.com/verdicts/tenet1.html $117 Million: Victims of Unnecessary Heart Surgeries]</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kaiser Health Policy Report|date=December 22, 2004 |title=Tenet Healthcare Agrees to $395 million settlement of lawsuit filed over alleged unnecessary heart surgeries |url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=27373}}</ref>
Tenet had already agreed to pay $54&nbsp;million in 2003 to settle the federal case without admitting any wrongdoing but with an agreement for new oversight procedures for physicians and staff.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kaiser Health Policy Report |date=August 7, 2003|title=Tenet to pay $54M to settle allegations that surgeons performed unnecessary procedures |url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=19246}}</ref> In 2004, Tenet established a $395&nbsp;million fund for 769 cardiac patients to settle civil suits relating to procedures performed by Moon and Realyvasquez.<ref>[http://www.gjel.com/verdicts/tenet1.html $117 Million: Victims of Unnecessary Heart Surgeries]</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kaiser Health Policy Report|date=December 22, 2004 |title=Tenet Healthcare Agrees to $395 million settlement of lawsuit filed over alleged unnecessary heart surgeries |url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=27373}}</ref>


There is also evidence that [[Prime Healthcare Services]] engages in upcoding elderly patients to [[malnutrition]]. At Shasta Regional Medical Center, Prime reported 16.1% of their [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] patients suffered from [[kwashiorkor]]. The state of [[California]] average for [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] patients is 0.2% suffering from kwashiorkor. Prime Healthcare Services is currently being investigated for [[Medicare fraud]] by [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] and the [[California Department of Justice]].<ref name = "malnutrition">{{cite journal |last=Williams|first=Lance|author2=Christina Jewett |author3=Stephen K. Doig |title=Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates |journal=California Watch|date=February 19, 2011 |url=http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/hospital-chain-already-under-scrutiny-reports-high-malnutrition-rates-8786}}</ref>
There was evidence that [[Prime Healthcare Services]] engaged in upcoding elderly patients to [[malnutrition]]. At Shasta Regional Medical Center, Prime reported 16.1% of their [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] patients suffered from [[kwashiorkor]]. The state of [[California]] average for [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] patients is 0.2% suffering from kwashiorkor. Prime Healthcare Services was investigated for [[Medicare fraud]] by [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] and the [[California Department of Justice]].<ref name = "malnutrition">{{cite journal |last=Williams|first=Lance|author2=Christina Jewett |author3=Stephen K. Doig |title=Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates |journal=California Watch|date=February 19, 2011 |url=http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/hospital-chain-already-under-scrutiny-reports-high-malnutrition-rates-8786}}</ref>

In 2013, SRMC agreed to a settlement regarding claims of HIPAA violations when 2 senior leaders met with a reporter to discuss medical services provided to a patient.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enforcement/agreements/srmc/press-release/index.html | title=HHS requires California medical center to protect patients' right to privacy | date=13 June 2013 }}</ref>

In 2021, Prime Healthcare & 2 doctors agreed to pay $37.5 Million to settle allegations of violations of the California False Claims Act.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/prime-healthcare-services-and-two-doctors-agree-pay-375-million-settle-allegations-kickbacks | title=Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Agree to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks, Billing for a Suspended Doctor, and False Claims for Implantable Medical Hardware | date=19 July 2021 }}</ref>


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==Some proposed changes==
{{request edit}}
As previously mentioned, I have received compensation in the past from Prime Healthcare. But today I ask changes be made to the Shasta Regional Medical Center page simply for accuracy, fairness and to reflect recent events.
First, Prime Healthcare reached a settlement with the DOJ settling all charges without admitting fault: https://www.sbsun.com/2018/08/03/feds-fine-prime-healthcare-hospitals-and-its-founder-65-million-for-medicare-overbilling/
Second: the history and legal sections, in my view, reflect unfairly on Shasta given that they both lead with a whistleblower suit that occurred years before new ownership. In fact, the suit was filed in 2003, more than 15 years ago and has no relevance to how the hospital is managed today. I am not suggested it not be included; I would simply argue for the addition of more timely information given the recent changes -- for the better-- at the hospital
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History
The hospital was the first in Redding California, opening its doors in 1945 as Memorial Hospital. It was purchased by Tenet Healthcare Corporation in 1976 and renamed Redding Medical Center. Tenet sold the hospital to Hospital Partners of America in 2004, and the hospital was purchased again in 2008 by Prime Healthcare Services. Shasta Regional Medical Center serves nine counties in Northern California.

Shasta Regional became certified as the first Chest Pain Center and became a Primary Stroke Center for the region in 2006.[citation needed] It was the first hospital in California and 11th in the nation to be certified as an Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Care hospital in 2010 by The Joint Commission.[citation needed]The hospital was named as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures" by The Joint Commission based on care and patient outcomes for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia and Surgical Care in 2010.[8]

In addition, based on the Wiki content on other hospital pages, Shasta should also list its recent awards. Citations for all are available.

AWARDS

2019 - Watson 50 Top Hospital in the Nation

2018 – Five out of Five Star Award by Healthgrades for patient safety outcomes, treatment of heart failure, respiratory failure, bowel obstruction, total hip and knee replacement as well as for pacemaker and defibulator procedures.

2018 - Gold Seal of Approval for hip and knee replacement by The Joint Commission

2017 Received Women’s Choice Award as on the Americas Best Hospital’s for Heart Care

2017 Recognized as a Pioneer in Quality Data Contributor


Thank you for your consideration. [[User:Kgkeane519|Kgkeane519]] ([[User talk:Kgkeane519|talk]]) 22:56, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 03:43, 11 December 2024

Shasta Regional Medical Center
Prime Healthcare Services
Map
Geography
LocationRedding, California, United States
Coordinates40°35′08″N 122°23′16″W / 40.58556°N 122.38778°W / 40.58556; -122.38778
Services
Emergency departmentbasic
Beds226
Helipads
Helipad(IATA: 11CN)
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 37 x 37 11 x 11 concrete
H2 54 x 54 16 x 16 concrete
History
Former name(s)Memorial Hospital, Redding Medical Center, Shasta Medical Center
Opened1945
Links
Websiteshastaregional.com
ListsHospitals in California

Shasta Regional Medical Center, formerly known as Redding Medical Center and Memorial Hospital, is a general acute care hospital that is located in Redding, California. It opened in 1945 and currently has 226 beds with a basic emergency department.[1][2]

History

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The hospital was founded by Dr. Thomas Wyatt, M.D., in 1945 as Memorial Hospital.[3]

It was purchased by Tenet Healthcare Corporation in 1976 and renamed Redding Medical Center.

In 2008, it was sold to Hospital Partners of America and renamed Shasta Regional Medical Center.[4]


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In 2002, amid a federal investigation of two cardiologists at the hospital, Drs. Chae Hyun Moon and Fidel Realyvasquez,[5][6][7][8] and as part of a settlement with federal regulators, Tenet Healthcare Corporation was compelled to sell the hospital to Hospital Partners of America for US$60 million in 2004.[9]

Unnecessary care and billing

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At Redding Medical Center, the early-2000s investigation, raid and litigation were prompted because "physicians undertook large volumes of inappropriate and unnecessary procedures on largely healthy patients".[10] The investigation into Moon and Realyvasquez was the result of multiple whistleblower lawsuits filed under the Federal False Claims Act alleging unnecessary medical procedures.[11] Catholic Priest John Corapi,[12] Joseph Zerga and Redding physician Patrick Campbell split 15% of the total $62.55 million settlement.[13]

Tenet had already agreed to pay $54 million in 2003 to settle the federal case without admitting any wrongdoing but with an agreement for new oversight procedures for physicians and staff.[14] In 2004, Tenet established a $395 million fund for 769 cardiac patients to settle civil suits relating to procedures performed by Moon and Realyvasquez.[15][16]

There was evidence that Prime Healthcare Services engaged in upcoding elderly patients to malnutrition. At Shasta Regional Medical Center, Prime reported 16.1% of their Medicare patients suffered from kwashiorkor. The state of California average for Medicare patients is 0.2% suffering from kwashiorkor. Prime Healthcare Services was investigated for Medicare fraud by United States Department of Health and Human Services and the California Department of Justice.[17]

In 2013, SRMC agreed to a settlement regarding claims of HIPAA violations when 2 senior leaders met with a reporter to discuss medical services provided to a patient.[18]

In 2021, Prime Healthcare & 2 doctors agreed to pay $37.5 Million to settle allegations of violations of the California False Claims Act.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Shasta Regional Medical Center".
  2. ^ "Shasta Regional Medical Center, About Us". Shasta Regional Medical Center. 31 March 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. ^ http://srmc.phcs.us/srmcstyle/About_Us/About_Us.html [bare URL]
  4. ^ Redding.com 10/30/2008
  5. ^ New York Times 11/6/2002
  6. ^ New York Times 11/16/2005
  7. ^ New York Times 11/4/2002
  8. ^ Washington Post 7/25/2005
  9. ^ Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Sell Redding, Calif., Medical Center.
  10. ^ Walshe K, Shortell SM (2004). "When things go wrong: how health care organizations deal with major failures". Health Aff (Millwood). 23 (3): 103–11. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.103. PMID 15160808.
  11. ^ CBS News 7/17/2003
  12. ^ SFGate.com 11/10/2002
  13. ^ Department of Justice (November 15, 2005). "Redding Cardiologists Agree to Pay Millions in Settlement". Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  14. ^ Kaiser Health Policy Report (August 7, 2003). "Tenet to pay $54M to settle allegations that surgeons performed unnecessary procedures". {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ $117 Million: Victims of Unnecessary Heart Surgeries
  16. ^ Kaiser Health Policy Report (December 22, 2004). "Tenet Healthcare Agrees to $395 million settlement of lawsuit filed over alleged unnecessary heart surgeries". {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ Williams, Lance; Christina Jewett; Stephen K. Doig (February 19, 2011). "Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates". California Watch.
  18. ^ "HHS requires California medical center to protect patients' right to privacy". 13 June 2013.
  19. ^ "Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Agree to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks, Billing for a Suspended Doctor, and False Claims for Implantable Medical Hardware". 19 July 2021.
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