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Reviewed 2026-07-04

COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

Community Regional Medical Center was reviewed in the Fresno custom NEXT-style batch. Community Regional remains a nonprofit Community Medical Centers facility, with first-party Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing postings and a source-backed Sound owner chain through Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Unsupported PE ownership, contract scope, faith affiliation, sibling status, and independence claims remain limited to the cited sources.

Finding
Orange contractor signal under review
Last reviewed
2026-07-04
Evidence
15 cited sources
Documented warningPossible ownership change under review

Community Regional Medical Center was reviewed in the Fresno custom NEXT-style batch. Community Regional remains a nonprofit Community Medical Centers facility, with first-party Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing postings and a source-backed Sound owner chain through Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Unsupported PE ownership, contract scope, faith affiliation, sibling status, and independence claims remain limited to the cited sources.

Orange contractor signal under review
Last verified Jul 2026
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Control Map

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COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERcommunity hospitals central california
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COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERsound physicians
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COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERsummit partners

Evidence limits

Red color requiredEntity ID 050060; CCN 05006015 ownership sources checked15 total sources below
Direct PE ownershipOrange contractor signal: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing postings; Sound owner context includes Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Direct facility ownership remains nonprofit Community Medical Centers.
PE relationshipOrange contractor signal: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing postings; Sound owner context includes Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Direct facility ownership remains nonprofit Community Medical Centers.
OperatorCommunity Hospitals of Central California
Population servedNot estimated in this Fresno batch

Community Regional remains a nonprofit Community Medical Centers facility, with first-party Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing postings and a source-backed Sound owner chain through Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners.

Review Note

Why this page is published

source-family review completed with explicit unresolved items

Change to orange contractor signal under review; keep direct nonprofit facility ownership and Community Medical system affiliation visible.

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Fresno custom NEXT-style batch relationship graph. Edges are source-backed context, not automatic public label changes.

See the full ownership chain
owned_or_operated_byCOMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER → community hospitals central california

Relationship edge is source-backed but public display still requires validation/approval.

hospital_medicine_staffing_signalCOMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER → sound physicians

Contractor connection only; does not change direct facility ownership and is not a confirmed PE contract without Tier 1-3 facility contract confirmation.

contractor_owner_contextCOMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER → summit partners

Owner context applies to the contractor organization Sound Physicians, not to the hospital facility operator.

contractor_owner_contextCOMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER → optum unitedhealth group

Owner context applies to the contractor organization Sound Physicians, not to the hospital facility operator.

  • Sound hospitalist contract terms, start date, compensation, complete service-line scope, and direct facility confirmation remain unresolved.
  • No Tier 1-3 facility contract, term sheet, board approval, or start date was located; do not classify as confirmed PE contract or PE-owned facility.
  • Publish as orange contractor signal only. Direct facility ownership remains nonprofit/Community Medical context where supported; do not publish as confirmed PE contract until Tier 1-3 facility contract confirmation is located.

Connections

Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility

highcommunity hospitals central californiaorganization · owned_or_operated_by

Community Hospitals of Central California / Community Medical Centers nonprofit family

highsound physiciansorganization · hospital_medicine_staffing_signal

Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing signal. Official Sound Physicians postings recruit hospital medicine physicians and APPs for Community Regional Medical Center; contractor owner chain is Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Signal only because an executed facility contract was not located.

highsummit partnersorganization · contractor_owner_context

Community Regional Medical Center: Summit Partners is a source-backed current Sound Physicians investor/owner context, not the direct facility owner.

mediumoptum unitedhealth grouporganization · contractor_owner_context

Community Regional Medical Center: Optum/UnitedHealth is a source-backed Sound Physicians owner context from the 2018 acquisition reporting, not the direct facility owner.

System Thread

Connected facilities and system family

  • COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERcommunity hospitals central california · FRESNO, CA · Community Hospitals of Central California / Community Medical Centers nonprofit family
  • COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERsound physicians · FRESNO, CA · Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing signal. Official Sound Physicians postings recruit hospital medicine physicians and APPs for Community Regional Medical Center; contractor owner chain is Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Signal only because an executed facility contract was not located.
  • COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERsummit partners · FRESNO, CA · Community Regional Medical Center: Summit Partners is a source-backed current Sound Physicians investor/owner context, not the direct facility owner.
  • COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERoptum unitedhealth group · FRESNO, CA · Community Regional Medical Center: Optum/UnitedHealth is a source-backed Sound Physicians owner context from the 2018 acquisition reporting, not the direct facility owner.

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. payer contract restored

    Community Health System and Blue Shield announced a new multi-year agreement retroactive to 2026-02-01.

  2. contractor staffing signal added

    Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine contractor signal added; direct facility ownership remains separate.

  3. corporate integrity agreement context

    HHS-OIG lists an active Corporate Integrity Agreement for Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center dba Community Health System.

  4. owns

    Community Hospitals of Central California / Community Medical Centers nonprofit family

  5. hospital medicine staffing signal

    Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing signal. Official Sound Physicians postings recruit hospital medicine physicians and APPs for Community Regional Medical Center; contractor owner chain is Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Signal only because an executed facility contract was not located.

  6. operates

    Community Regional Medical Center: Summit Partners is a source-backed current Sound Physicians investor/owner context, not the direct facility owner.

  7. operates

    Community Regional Medical Center: Optum/UnitedHealth is a source-backed Sound Physicians owner context from the 2018 acquisition reporting, not the direct facility owner.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes
ContradictionSound Physicians staffing signal exists, but no Tier 1-3 executed facility contract or terms source was located.

Sound Physicians staffing signal exists, but no Tier 1-3 executed facility contract or terms source was located.

Sources: sound_careers_fresno_locations|sound_crmc_hospital_medicine_physician_2026|sound_crmc_hospital_medicine_pa_2026|sound_official_homepage|summit_sound_portfolio_2018_current|fierce_optum_summit_sound_2018|hfn_optum_summit_sound_2018

Resolution: Publish orange signal under review only. Do not publish as red confirmed PE contract or direct PE ownership.
Limitation

Sound hospitalist contract terms, start date, compensation, complete service-line scope, and direct facility confirmation remain unresolved.

Limitation

No Tier 1-3 facility contract, term sheet, board approval, or start date was located; do not classify as confirmed PE contract or PE-owned facility.

Limitation

Publish as orange contractor signal only. Direct facility ownership remains nonprofit/Community Medical context where supported; do not publish as confirmed PE contract until Tier 1-3 facility contract confirmation is located.

Unavailable

Sound hospitalist contract terms, start date, compensation, complete service-line scope, and direct facility confirmation remain unresolved.

Unavailable

No Tier 1-3 facility contract, term sheet, board approval, or start date was located; do not classify as confirmed PE contract or PE-owned facility.

Unavailable

Publish as orange contractor signal only. Direct facility ownership remains nonprofit/Community Medical context where supported; do not publish as confirmed PE contract until Tier 1-3 facility contract confirmation is located.

Direct connection

Community Hospitals of Central California nonprofit facility/operator context; contractor layer tracked separately.

Direct connection

Official Sound Physicians postings recruit hospital medicine physicians and APPs for Community Regional Medical Center; contractor owner chain is Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Signal only because an executed facility contract was not located.

Direct connection

Community Hospitals of Central California / Community Medical Centers nonprofit family

Direct connection

Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine staffing signal. Official Sound Physicians postings recruit hospital medicine physicians and APPs for Community Regional Medical Center; contractor owner chain is Optum/UnitedHealth and Summit Partners. Signal only because an executed facility contract was not located.

Direct connection

Community Regional Medical Center: Summit Partners is a source-backed current Sound Physicians investor/owner context, not the direct facility owner.

Direct connection

Community Regional Medical Center: Optum/UnitedHealth is a source-backed Sound Physicians owner context from the 2018 acquisition reporting, not the direct facility owner.

Action / event

2026-06-24: Community Health System and Blue Shield announced a new multi-year agreement retroactive to 2026-02-01.

Action / event

2026-07-04: Community Regional Medical Center: Sound Physicians hospital medicine contractor signal added; direct facility ownership remains separate.

Action / event

2025-05-07: HHS-OIG lists an active Corporate Integrity Agreement for Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center dba Community Health System.

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Evidence and source documents

highCMS Hospital Enrollments local cacheCMShighCMS Hospital All Owners local cacheCMShighCommunity Regional Medical Center-Fresno profileHCAImediumCommunity Health System and Blue Shield restore network careFresno BeehighCommunity Medical Centers locations navigationCommunity Medical CentershighSound Physicians Fresno location jobs pageSound PhysicianshighHospital Medicine Physician opening at Community Regional Medical CenterSound PhysicianshighHospital Medicine Physician Assistant opening at Community Regional Medical CenterSound PhysicianshighSound Physicians official services overviewSound PhysicianshighSound Physicians portfolio pageSummit Partnersmedium_highUnitedHealth, OptumHealth, Summit Partners Sound Physicians acquisition reportFierce Healthcaremedium_highOptumHealth and Summit Partners acquire Sound Inpatient Physician Holdings for $2.2BHealthcare Finance NewshighFresno Community Hospital and Medical Center dba Community Health System Corporate Integrity AgreementHHS Office of Inspector GeneralmediumCalifornia SB 351 corporate practice restrictions overviewSidleymediumAAEM-PG update on California lawsuit against Envision HealthcareAAEM Physician Group