If there is anyone left out there who still finds it difficult to believe that Kaiser Permanente is nothing more than a huge, uncaring bureaucracy that values money more than the needs of individual patients, the following letter I received from Kaiser VP Mitch Ross should finally put those doubts to rest forever: They want… Read More »
The following Kaiser Permanente horror story arrived in our inbox a few days ago. This unfortunate patient has been put through hell for over a year without so much as an apology, and — you guessed it — as usual the medical records do not reflect the truth of what occurred. Meanwhile, in our area… Read More »
Received from a loving husband who lost his wife at the hands of Kaiser, only to be put through the full “Kaiser Treatment,” consisting of stonewalling, mutilated medical records and attempts to discredit him. Unfortunately he isn’t the first. By Richard May This is going to be a very hard thing for me to relive,… Read More »
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:
From the comments: We are lawyers who regularly take on Kaiser and hold them accountable. We are investigating Kaiser’s failure to properly care for SPECIAL NEEDS Patients, those requiring PALLIATIVE CARE, and INFANT Deaths at Kaiser facilities. If you or someone close to you is a kaiser special needs patient or someone needing palliative care… Read More »
This story speaks for itself: Kaiser Permanente Pulled Plug On Woman’s Insurance While She Was In A Coma
Great news! The California Court of Appeals has reversed a prior ruling (pdf) by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and has sustained Andrew Arce’s right to a class action lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente. The case is scheduled for a jury trial on March 22, 2010 absent any delays.
Courtesy of Vickie Travis of the Kaiser Papers: Valencia Assistant Principal Timothy Howard and his wife Mary Howard were awarded $5 million in a binding arbitration against Kaiser Healthcare. A panel of three arbitrators found that Kaiser physicians were negligent for failing to timely work up Mr. Howard’s transient ischemic attacks (TIA) of the retina… Read More »
Thank you to Paul Payne of the The Press Democrat, for his report today on the ratings of seven Sonoma County Hospitals, by the non-profit Niagara Health Quality Coalition. The report cards were based on California Department of Health records for 2007, and covered 36 different procedures and conditions, as well as hospital errors and… Read More »
We received an interesting comment today, left by a Kaiser Permanente physician on Donna and Jack Berlin’s post about their son Sean’s death at Kaiser Walnut Creek. Robert accessed the site via a Google search for “Robbie Pearl” (the head of TPMG), and he identified himself as a “non Kaiser physician,” despite proof from our… Read More »