From the Los Angeles Times: State lists worst hospitals for care of pneumonia — Five Kaiser facilities have among the highest mortality rates. By Francisco Vara-Orta, Times Staff Writer Five Kaiser Permanente hospitals were among the 28 institutions with the highest death rates in California for patients with pneumonia, according to a state report to… Read More »
From the Cleburne Times-Review: Michael Mager: The history and meaning of managed health care I recently wrote a story about a woman who donated a kidney to her husband so he could get off dialysis. The woman then developed diabetes and, because it was a pre-existing condition, her health insurance denied her claim. So she… 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 »
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 »
From the Portland Business Journal: by Robin J. Moody Kaiser Permanente Northwest’s regional president, Cynthia Finter, has resigned amid dramatic income declines at the health plan. The change is effective Aug. 15. Tricia Peters, vice president of human resources, will serve as acting regional president while a search is conducted to find a permanent replacement.… Read More »
From San Francisco Business Times: by Chris Rauber Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California region has tapped a replacement for Michael Alexander to head the giant health system’s San Francisco Medical Center and affiliated operations. Christine Robisch, formerly a senior executive in Kaiser’s Walnut Creek-based Diablo service area, has been named senior vice president and area manager… Read More »
Yes, we’ve seen you creeping around in our stats the last couple of days, so we thought it would be polite to say hello and welcome you to kaiserthrive.org. So Hello. And Welcome. While you only seem to be interested in Kaiser’s ad campaign, we’d like to invite you to take a look around at… Read More »
From the Sacramento Bee: 6 more suits accuse doctor — Patients say plastic surgeon sexually exploited them. By Mareva Brown — Bee Staff Writer Six more patients of a Kaiser Permanente plastic surgeon have filed civil cases alleging he sexually assaulted and exploited them by improperly touching them and photographing them nude under the guise… Read More »
Kaiser isn’t wasting any time trying to repair its damaged image in the wake of the untimely death of its San Francisco kidney transplant program, along with over a hundred of its patients. If only such swift action had been taken to address member and physician complaints before innocent lives were lost, but as is… Read More »
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. While Takasugi, 53, is charged with one count of sexually assaulting a patient, it appears the bulk of the allegations… Read More »