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]
Legal issues
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
- ^ "Shasta Regional Medical Center".
- ^ "Shasta Regional Medical Center, About Us". Shasta Regional Medical Center. 31 March 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ http://srmc.phcs.us/srmcstyle/About_Us/About_Us.html
- ^ Redding.com 10/30/2008
- ^ New York Times 11/6/2002
- ^ New York Times 11/16/2005
- ^ New York Times 11/4/2002
- ^ Washington Post 7/25/2005
- ^ Tenet Healthcare Agrees to Sell Redding, Calif., Medical Center.
- ^ 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.
- ^ CBS News 7/17/2003
- ^ SFGate.com 11/10/2002
- ^ Department of Justice (November 15, 2005). "Redding Cardiologists Agree to Pay Millions in Settlement".
- ^ 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) - ^ $117 Million: Victims of Unnecessary Heart Surgeries
- ^ 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) - ^ Williams, Lance; Christina Jewett; Stephen K. Doig (February 19, 2011). "Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates". California Watch.
- ^ "HHS requires California medical center to protect patients' right to privacy". 13 June 2013.
- ^ "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.
External links
- This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD