Kaiser fined $75,000 for delaying Andrew Arce’s autism treatment
This is an interesting find. Seems that Kaiser Permanente was fined an administrative penalty of $75,000 by the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) back in June 2010, for unnecessarily delaying Andrew Arce’s autism treatment. The Letter of Agreement doesn’t have the patient’s name on it, but a little birdy inside Kaiser assures us that Andrew is indeed the member in question, and all of the facts fit. It’s a long letter that interested parties can read here, but we have pulled out the highlights from the DMHC’s conclusions below: