Talk:Shasta Regional Medical Center

Update needed for Shasta Regional
I do work for multiple hospitals in California, largely on communications related issues. Full disclosure, Prime Healthcare, owner of Shasta, is one of my lesser clients but I am reimbursed for my time. My background, however, is in print journalism, and as a former journalist I'm struck by the lack of consistency and relevance of some of the items included in hospital postings. Yes, believe it or not reputation is important for hospitals, which work hard to position themselves as community activists. But when a common Google search results in a post that focuses on negative events that occurred some time ago, the reputation of the current hospital staff is damaged unfairly. Here, for example, the focus is on Shasta's former owners and whistleblower suits filed long before Prime took ownership. Ask yourself if this a fair accounting of the current operations. It isn't. As a paid consultant I don't have authority to change the page but I would hope that those who do understand the impact their work can have an institution's reputation. Here is a neutral way of approaching Shasta. I would be interested in hearing feedback: Opening Description

Shasta Regional Medical Center is one of two major hospitals that are located in Redding, California. It opened in 1945 and currently has 226 beds with an acute care facility and has become a regional medical center serving far Northern California.[1] It is also the first fully accredited chest pain center and has the first accredited nationally certified Stroke team in in northern California.

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] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgkeane519 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 17 September 2018 (UTC) Kgkeane519 (talk) 21:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)Kgkeane519 (talk) 21:27, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making an edit request and disclosing that you are being paid to edit. Would you please disclose your employer? (do you work for an agency, or are you freelancing)?
 * I have decllined your request, as you did not offer reliable sources supporting these changes.
 * The source should be independent of the hospital. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 23:31, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

some proposed changes
As stated previously, I have received compensation from Prime Healthcare in the past for communications related materials. However, I write today strictly to set the record straight out of a sense of fairness for the current workers at Shasta. While I recognize that the history of Shasta Regional should include reference to the whistleblower suit filed against the previous owners, it is unfair to cite the suit in both the history and legal sections so prominently. In addition, the DOJ has settled the cited case against Prime without an admission of guilt: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-prime-healthcare-alvarado-hospital-20180804-story.html

My suggested edits are below.

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 Medical Center is the only hospital in Shasta County certified as a Chest Pain Center and become a Primary Stroke Center for the region i in 2006. It was the first hospital in California and the 11th in the nation to be certified as an Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Care hospital by the Joint Commission.

The hospital was named 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.

Legal In 2002, two cardiologists serving the hospital were placed under federal investigation as a result of multiple whistleblower lawsuits filed under the federal False Claims Act. The suits alleged the doctors, Chae Hyun Moon and Fidel Realyvasquez, "undertook large volumes of inappropriate and unnecessary procedures on largely healthy patients." Three whistleblowers split 15 percent of the total $62.55 million settlement, and hospital management implemented steps to ensure similar incidents would not occur in the future. (7) In 2004, Tenet established a $395 million fund for 769 cardiac patients to settle civil suits brought against the two doctors.

Following an investigation for Medicare fraud by the US Department of Health Health and Human Services and the California Department of Justice, Prime Healthcare Services agreed to a $65 million settlement to resolve the allegations, which involved 14 Prime hospitals, including Shasta. (citation here) Prime settled the suit without admitting wrongdoing. As part of the settlement, Prime founder Dr Prem Reddy agreed to pay $3.25 million, while Prime Healthcare, Prime Healthcare Foundation and Prime Healthcare Management agreed to pay the remainder.

SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 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 Kgkeane519 (talk) 22:12, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Reply 15-MAR-2019

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Kindly reformulate your edit request so that it aligns more with the second example above, and feel free to re-submit that edit request at your earliest convenience. Regards, Spintendo  07:25, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

NPOV, disclosure, & major changes
This article is currently a mess. I have added the POV templates & made some major updates to the article in hopes of improving it. I've also added a few facility details & additional legal issues. I've deleted a lot of things that made it look like an advertisement (puffery & weasel words) & tried to rearrange the past legal issues so that it was more clear who was responsible and when the actions occurred.

I tried to use the articles in the trauma hospitals template as a reference point for formatting. However, because of notability issues & limited sources, I'm finding it difficult to find information to add to this article. In an attempt to make it more balanced & neutral, I've included a few minimally sourced neutral facts... I'd be much more comfortable if they were supported by better sources.

--Vandraedha (talk&#124;contribs) 23:19, 12 November 2022 (UTC)