Tahoe Forest Hospital (Truckee, Calif.). Tahoe Forest Hospital has served its northeastern California community since 1952. Its service area covers six counties, two states and roughly 3,500 square miles. Patients have raved on their HCAHPS surveys, earning the hospital a five-star rating on CMS' Hospital Compare based on the results. In 2013, the hospital earned the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades.