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By Jim Jakobs, Digital Producer
Published 5 years ago on
September 10, 2020

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A threat to Community Regional Medical Center’s level 1 trauma center designation ended one day before it would have been stripped.

Fresno County EMS Director Daniel Lynch had given the hospital a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to restore 24-hour on-call neurosurgical services. At least two neurotrauma patients had to be transported to Bay Area hospitals to receive care amid a dispute with the hospital’s physician provider.

“Level 1 Trauma Center coverage is not in jeopardy at Community Regional,” said Community Medical Centers senior vice president Michelle Von Tersch in a statement released Thursday. “Two new neurosurgeons are on site today and will begin seeing patients Friday.”

“Level 1 Trauma Center coverage is not in jeopardy at Community Regional.” — Michelle Von Tersch, senior vice president, Community Medical Centers 

Lynch told GV Wire℠ on Thursday, “They said they will have everything in place by tomorrow at 5:00.”

Contract Issue

“Contract negotiations are active and ongoing.”Central California Faculty Medical Group

The issue came to a head when CRMC’s contract with Central California Faculty Medical Group covering 28 physicians in 12 specialties ended Aug. 31.

Six of these physicians are UCSF faculty providing the 24-hour neurosurgical trauma coverage required for the level 1 trauma designation.

“Community was given 38-hours’ notice last week that its faculty medical group would cease neurosurgical coverage for the Trauma Center, despite an existing funding agreement for that coverage,” said Von Tersch. “Community will continue working with the faculty group, CCFMG, to clarify and resolve the group’s concerns.”

CCFMG confirmed to GV Wire℠ by text message that “contract negotiations are active and ongoing.” The main sticking point is an interim funding mechanism while a long-term agreement is sought.

Additional Staff

Last Friday, Lynch told reporters on a Zoom call: “They (CRMC) do have a number of individuals coming from the Los Angeles area that are going to fill those slots, and they’re working on processing them through.”

Hospital administrators call these types of employees “locums.” A locum stands in temporarily for someone else of the same profession.

Lynch said that the neurosurgeons need to be onboarded before they could start taking calls.

“A physician doesn’t just magically walk into a facility and start working right away,” he said.

Trauma Center Designation

According to the American College of Surgeons, “the designation of trauma facilities is a geopolitical process by which empowered entities, government or otherwise, are authorized to designate.”

The ACS does not designate trauma centers, it verifies the presence of the resources listed. The ACS lists CRMC as a verified level 1 trauma center.

According to the American Trauma Society, elements of Level I Trauma Centers Include:

  • 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons, and prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine, plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial, pediatric and critical care.
  • Referral resource for communities in nearby regions.
  • Provides leadership in prevention and public education to surrounding communities.
  • Provides continuing education of the trauma team members.
  • Incorporates a comprehensive quality assessment program.
  • Operates an organized teaching and research effort to help direct new innovations in trauma care.
  • Program for substance abuse screening and patient intervention.
  • Meets minimum requirement for annual volume of severely injured patients.

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