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'''Prem N. Reddy''' (born 1948 in India) is a [[cardiologist]] and an owner of [[Prime Healthcare Services]], Inc., which owns
== Life and career ==
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In the early 1980s, Reddy founded Desert Valley Medical Group in Victorville, CA and established Primecare Medical Group in 1992. He also founded PrimeRx, with 250,000 managed care patients, generating over $500 million in revenues a headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. He established [[Desert Valley Hospital]] in 1994 which today stands as the flagship hospital in the California healthcare system known as Prime Healthcare Services. Desert Valley Hospital has been recognized as a Top 100 Hospital in the Nation on numerous occasions.<ref>[http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/hospital-453-reddy-hospitals.html Desert Valley Hospital recognized again, hospital, reddy, hospitals - Local News - Victorville Daily Press<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325125829/http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/hospital-453-reddy-hospitals.html |date=2012-03-25 }}</ref>
In 2013 eight Prime Healthcare Hospitals were named in the "Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation" by Truven, formerly Thomson Reuters. In 2021, several hospitals were named in the "Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation." [https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/top-100-hospitals-for-2021-named-by-fortune-ibm-watson.html] Hospitals that receive these awards are noted for their high clinical standards, "that achieve the highest national scores based on 14 separate measures of hospital performance - operational, clinical and financial - that affect patients as well as the quality of care in the community."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/section/100tophosp |title=100 Top Hospitals from Truven Health Analytics |publisher=Modern Healthcare |date=2012-02-06 |accessdate=2013-08-13}}</ref> Prime Healthcare Services was recognized as a "Top 15 Health System" in 2013, the third time they have been on the list in five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/18/tp-operator-of-two-local-hospitals-rates-highly/ |title=Operator Of Two Local Hospitals Rates Highly |publisher=UTSanDiego.com |date=2013-04-17 |accessdate=2013-08-13}}</ref>
=== Charity ===
Reddy and his family have established the [https://www.premreddy.com/Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation], which has supported a number of efforts, including the [https://www.cusm.org/California University of Science and Medicine], the Dr. Prem Reddy Nursing Laboratory at CSUSB, and the Dr. Prem Reddy Lecture Hall at [[Western University of Health Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premreddy.com/ |website=Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation |accessdate=3 September 2018|title=Dr. Prem Reddy | Prime Healthcare | Southern California}}</ref>
==Controversy==
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