Kaiser S.F. CEO Mike Alexander to retire
San Francisco Business Times
by Chris Rauber
In the latest apparent fallout from serious problems at Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California kidney transplant unit, Mike Alexander, the CEO of Kaiser’s San Francisco Medical Center, will retire.
Alexander’s decision was detailed in a Kaiser emailed memo issued internally on Wednesday afternoon.
The move came just [...]

Regulators say only a handful of people needing transplants have been moved to two UC programs since the HMO announced the closure of its program last month.
By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, Times Staff Writers
June 16, 2006
More than a month after Kaiser Permanente announced it was closing its troubled kidney transplant program serving Northern California, [...]

Four Year Delay and No Kidney Transplant - Kaiser Patient Seeks Punitive Damages Based on Misguided Kaiser Kidney Program
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire/ — “I need a kidney, I need help and I can’t wait any longer,” said a frustrated Kaiser kidney patient Bernard Burks, who was put on a list of patients awaiting a [...]

Written for the web by Elizabeth Bishop, News 10 Internet News Producer
A Kaiser plastic surgeon accused of sexually exploiting patients and possessing illegal weapons reportedly was accused of sexual misconduct as early as 2001.
That disclosure was made by an attorney representing another patient, one of three alleged victims reportedly listed in the search [...]

From San Francisco Business Times:
Kaiser Permanente appointed a new administrative director Thursday to head its troubled Northern California kidney transplant unit.
The San Francisco-based unit, in the process of being closed after intense pressure from state and federal regulators, had been headed by Dr. Sharon Inokuchi.
Kaiser officials said June 15 that Linda Mann, a registered nurse [...]

Coverage at S.F. center is at risk unless compliance with federal rules is proved.
By Dorsey Griffith — Sacramento Bee Medical Writer
The Medicare program has threatened to halt coverage for all end-stage kidney care at Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco transplant center unless the health plan can convince regulators it has complied with federal regulations.
The Department of [...]

From the L.A. Times:
Two Kaiser Permanente patients filed suit Monday against the giant HMO following the suspension of its Northern California kidney transplant program.
The suit was filed by Irvine lawyer Lawrence Eisenberg on behalf of patients Lurena Fiore and Debra Adams, but it is seeking class-action status. It claims negligence, fraud and misrepresentation, and conspiracy.
A [...]

From the L.A. Times:
By Charles Ornstein, Times Staff Writer
June 3, 2006
A Los Angeles County jury found Friday that Kaiser Permanente retaliated against one of its emergency room physicians after he raised concerns about the quality of care at Kaiser’s Bellflower Medical Center.
Kaiser’s affiliated medical group placed Dr. Mark L. Woods on administrative leave and reduced [...]

From San Francisco Business Times:
Communication and administrative errors that doomed Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco kidney-transplant unit have raised fears among health-care observers about broader management problems at the health-care giant and questions about the role its affiliated medical group played in the fiasco.
Kaiser said May 12 that it would shutter the program in response to [...]

When a San Diego man died from an ear infection, his family took a closer look at the professionals in white coats who cared for him. What they found could be a lifesaver for others.
A grieving widow gave a deposition.
Her husband was a father and grandfather.
He was a victim, she said, of a failed medical [...]