[kaiserthrive.org editor’s note: Kaiser’s statement expressing its regrets and that it “believes notifying our members of the possible breach…is the right thing to do,” almost makes you believe it is finally learning something from public criticism of its ‘deny everything’ approach to handling complaints. Almost, because notification is actually required by law. Still, we’re pleased… Read More »
From OrengonLive.com: It should be noted that Kaiser Permanente vigorously defended Dr. Death Jayant Patel in malpractice cases that were filed against him during his tenure at Kaiser. They only took action after several people had been harmed and revictimized by Kaiser lawyers in the rigged Kaiser arbitration process. Several recommendations were also made by… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: L.A. files patient ‘dumping’ charges — Kaiser Permanente is accused of leaving a homeless woman to wander on skid row. By Richard Winton and Cara Mia DiMassa, Times Staff Writers November 16, 2006 The Los Angeles city attorney’s office filed false-imprisonment and dependent care endangerment charges against hospital giant Kaiser… Read More »
Kaiser and Epic are going to great pains to do damage control and spread the positive PR in a new article by Wisconsin Technology Network, including planting a positive comment by a Kaiser employee who swears that HealthConnect is “beyond a doubt the best medical record” she has ever used. Unfortunately there are plenty of… Read More »
San Francisco Business Times – November 10, 2006 by Chris Rauber State health regulators have widened a probe of Kaiser Permanente’s process for handling complaints beyond its ill-fated kidney transplant unit and into other operations of the health-care giant. The state Department of Managed Health Care’s investigation now covers Kaiser’s entire California system and includes… Read More »
Update 11/7/06: The full text of Justen Deal’s email to all Kaiser employees has been archived here. According to a new web site, www.fixkp.org, that was recently created by Justen Deal, a Kaiser manager: Kaiser Permanente could face losses of as much as $7 billion dollars over the next two years. These losses would be… Read More »