On 04/08/2008 a lawsuit was filed against Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles Superior Court, on behalf of a two-year-old child that Kaiser has refused to treat for autism. The lawsuit accuses Kaiser of breach of contract, bad faith, unfair dealing, and is seeking class action status on the third complaint. As a result of the case, the DMHC is conducting a massive investigation into Kaiser’s practice of dumping all autistic children onto the government for care, and shifting its financial obligation onto taxpayers.
As one reader explained in this comment on another post:
Kaiser is required to treat Autism by statutory and contractual obligation, but on the other hand they claim not to cover any of the treatments for Autism in violation of the law. Their contract specifically provides for the treatment of Autism. However, the “treatment” that Kaiser offered the baby was two OT sessions a month, one visit with the Psychiatrist (no follow ups), and an assessment every three months. I wonder-what are they going to assess if there are no treatments offered?
All parents who feel Kaiser may have unfairly denied their child’s treatment for Autism are requested to contact attorney Scott Glovsky at sglovsky@arkinglovsky.com.
Kaiser Thrive Exposed would like to personally thank Dr. Geoff Galbraith - Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute board member; and Vice President, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Quality Improvement Management - for inspiring us to create this website. Did we make it into the top 5?
I can’t imagine kaiser even being competent enough to treat autism. They just seem so worthless all the way around.
Kaiser are too cheap to even clean their own bathrooms. Their “environmental services” dept is a fancy term for pick up the full garbage cans and make sure the floors shine. I kid you not on a daily basis they are not even wiping the toilet seats anymore. Forgot door knobs or other surfaces. And if you work at a desk at Kaiser, they even require you to clean your own desk & work area. If your area isn’t kept clean, you are graded down on your annual evaluation. Do you think they provide the supplies for this? Absolutely NOT! In fact it is common in my area for workers to give up trying to get supplies ordered and bring in their own things from home. Is this anyway for a “nonprofit” company who makes insane profits to act??????
The press is now aware of the story. The story about this little boy, was published in the L.A. Times and L.A. Daily, a legal newspaper in L.A. The lawsuit is the first of is kind and it is bound to set precedent.
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