Shasta Regional Medical Center
Prime Healthcare Services
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

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]


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

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

  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
  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".
  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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