From the Los Angeles Times: Kaiser Told to Reinstate Coverage Regulators’ action in a kidney patient’s case comes as scrutiny over cancellations grows. By Lisa Girion, Times Staff Writer October 19, 2006 State regulators for the first time have ordered a health plan to reinstate the insurance coverage of a patient whose policy was ruled… Read More »
Surgeon indicted on perjury charge — He’s accused of offering false alibi at gunman’s trial Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer A San Francisco surgeon was indicted Thursday on charges that he committed perjury during a federal trial in 2002 in an attempt to win an acquittal for a man he had sponsored in a drug… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers October 11, 2006 Kaiser Permanente’s disgraced San Francisco kidney transplant program had failed to remove the names of 90 dead patients from the national waiting list for organs, state officials discovered after the program shut down amid scandal in May. Kaiser… Read More »
(AP) SACRAMENTO Thirteen former Kaiser Permanente custodians in Sacramento have sued the health care giant alleging racial discrimination. The lawsuit claims that the September 2005 terminations of 12 blacks and a Fijian-Indian over timecard violations were racially motivated. It also alleges that preferential treatment was given to white employees for scheduling vacations or taking sick… Read More »
[kaiserthrive.org editor’s note: Kaiser ALWAYS “loses” records when there is a problem. In fact, we’ve never heard of one single case of a dispute with Kaiser in which the incriminating evidence wasn’t “lost,” and/or the documentation falsified. Since Kaiser controls all of the evidence, this in combo with its rigged arbitration system is how it… Read More »
Kaiser and its advertising goons Campbell-Ewald have recently announced the newest phase of the Thrive brand campaign, which stresses preventative care and features a Saturday Night Fever style “Stayin’ Alive” parody, among other silliness. This after months of bad publicity over the failure of its kidney transplant program, which caused the deaths of over 100… Read More »
[kaiserthrive.org editor: Yet another Kaiser Fraudster gets off easy. This time it’s Henry Mead Kaiser — former Kaiser board member and grandson of Kaiser Permanente founder Henry J. Kaiser — over swindling a California company out of $25 million. Kaiser’s lawyer argued that the light sentence would “send a message about the possibilities of redemption,”… Read More »
By Evelyn Pringle Although the $2 million fine levied against Kaiser Permanente was the largest ever imposed by the California Department of Managed Health Care, it seems like small potatoes considering the damage caused by the HMO’s failed kidney transplant program. The second largest fine ever levied against an HMO was $1 million back in… Read More »
From the Sacramento Bee: Case now includes accusations by 13 female patients. By Christina Jewett — Bee Staff Writer The former Kaiser plastic surgeon charged in June with sexually exploiting a patient now faces charges of sexual misconduct toward 13 patients, according to an updated criminal complaint. Dr. Scott Takasugi is alleged to have unnecessarily… Read More »
[kaiserthrive.org editor: Finally, vindication for the ‘disgruntled’ ex-members and -employees who have had their mental health questioned for complaining that Kaiser always handles grievances this way. We hope the DMHC will also investigate itself for pretending it hasn’t been ignoring the problem for years.] From the L.A. Times: By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, Times… Read More »