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Kaiser Permanente faces audit of profits

December 26th, 2005 at 9:11 am » Comments (2)

3 hospitals face audit of profits
By Laura Cutland
SILICON VALLEY/SAN JOSE BUSINESS JOURNAL
Updated: 7:00 p.m. ET Dec. 25, 2005
Three Silicon Valley hospital operators are being investigated by state officials who are looking at their high profit margins and nonprofit tax benefits.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Mills-Peninsula Health Services and Kaiser Permanente are among 15 health care providers [...]



Kaiser Permanente dumps patients on skid row

December 22nd, 2005 at 8:11 am » Comments (4)

Patient Dumping On Skid Row
The city alerts hospitals of possible legal action if they leave people on skid row against their will.
By Cara Mia DiMassa and Richard Winton, Times Staff Writers
December 22, 2005
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is warning hospitals across Los Angeles today they are potential targets of an investigation into alleged dumping [...]



Shameless Kaiser PR Grab

December 2nd, 2005 at 5:13 pm » Comments (2)

Permanente Medical Group CEO, Dr. Robert Pearl, invokes father’s
tragic death by medical error to further the cover up at Kaiser
[editor: Unconscionable, Dr. Pearl; simply unconscionable. We cite Kaiser Permanente Northwest's deliberate failure to report malpractice cases to Oregon regulators as required by law for THIRTEEN YEARS, keeping with Kaiser's policy that no wrongdoing has occurred [...]