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10 Nov, 2006 1:26 pm
... the next kidney that is available for transplant and is maintained by the United Network for Organ Sharing. Earlier this year, Kaiser
announced that it was closing the San Francisco facility, which it had opened in 2004. In addition to keeping the names of ... was shut down last May, and 2300 transplant patients are
in the process of being transferred to other hospitals. California is asking Kaiser Permanente to pay
$3 million to Donate Life California and $2 million to the California Department of ...
18 Apr 11:03 am
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims on behalf of five patients alleging
that the HMO mishandled its kidney transplant program, endangering lives and causing deaths. The arbitration claims were filed ... said Lawrence Eisenberg, an attorney for two former
patients and the families of three deceased patients. "As the largest HMO in the country, Kaiser's gross mismanagement of the kidney transplant
program certainly did not allow their patients to thrive." Problems arose in ...
30 Sep, 2007 8:32 pm
... the priorities of the Consumer Attorneys of California. Under Ray's leadership CAOC seeks to inform the public about the quest to enjoin Kaiser Permanente, California's largest HMO, from forcing its members to accept and manually split prescription
pills that are twice the members' prescribed doses. The suit charges that Kaiser's policy endangers the health of patients, who may receive
uneven medication doses, solely to improve Kaiser's bottom line. ...
3 Oct, 2007 8:37 pm
... the priorities of the Consumer Attorneys of California. Under Ray's leadership CAOC seeks to inform the public about the quest to enjoin Kaiser Permanente, California's largest HMO, from forcing its members to accept and manually split prescription
pills that are twice the members' prescribed doses. The suit charges that Kaiser's policy endangers the health of patients, who may receive
uneven medication doses, solely to improve Kaiser's bottom line. ...
1 Nov, 2007 7:20 am
... on the job with the nation's largest HMO. Beginning in 2002, "doctors and nurses repeatedly" complained to officials at Kaiser
Permanente that Hamid Safari posed potential risks to patients under his care. How did Kaiser over
the years respond? ... 's duties. It's reported that California regulators are seeking to revoke or suspend Safari's license and have fined Kaiser $3 million for its handling of physician errors throughout the state. Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, LA Times 10/16/2007Read ...
17 Dec, 2008 4:03 am
Dr. Michael Martinucci, radiologist, sued Kaiser Permanente after leaving the company. Martinucci
claims he was forced to quit after he complained about the work standards and patient care. The doctor was hired in 2003, and resigned three years later after a human resource employee
accused him of racism and sexual harassment. The CA jury awarded Martinucci $7.5 million in punitive damages and $3.9 million in compensatory damages. It is illegal for ...
19 May, 2007 11:57 am
This is an update to a post last November on www.health-insurance-litigation.com about allegations of patient-dumping by Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Kaiser has agreed to a settlement of
civil and criminal...
15 May, 2008 11:01 am
... , delivery, primary and secondary care are getting louder across the UK, but, according to Professor Enthoven, they must be competing: 'Kaiser Permanente leaders recognise their money and livelihood comes from the money of satisfied members/patients
who have a choice. Service improvements are driven by a recognition they could go elsewhere. Kaiser recognises they are a competitor and they
welcome competition'. Listen again or view his slides here.
16 May, 2008 12:00 am
A patient who suffered a brain injury-causing stroke successfully was awarded $1,871,820 against Kaiser Permanente by an Arbitrator. The patient successfully argued that Kaiser doctors were negligent in failing to
perform a simple CAT scan which would have diagnosed the problem. While medical malpractice cases are difficult to win in California and, damages are very limited because of MICRA, we
do ...
10 Jul 7:06 am
The case caused The Oregonian to investigate the physician involved in 2005; multiple alleged errors were discovered. AboutLawsuits.com has the details.
24 Jul 12:40 am
... accused of being placed by doctors on modified work restrictions, but failing to return to work at all after Kaiser Permanente was unable to accommodate her restricted terms. Various examinations, x-rays, MRIs, and bone scans ... no abnormalities and offered no explanation
as to the pain from which Dr. Bahramfarsi claimed to be suffering. This case arose after Kaiser Permanente hired an investigative service to conduct surveillance of Dr. Bahramfarsi on three occasions between September and November ...
6 Mar 9:04 am
... Superior Court Judge John P. Shook granted a motion by Charles T. Mathews, an attorney for the plaintiffs, to find three Kaiser entities in
default. The plaintiffs -- Lynda Ramsey, Howard Riggs, Lorraine Guevara and Juliana Alpuerto -- sued Kaiser Foundation ... Foundation Hospitals
and Southern California Permanente Medical Group in March 2007. All worked at the Kaiser
Permanente facility in Downey. A hearing on what damages should be awarded has been set for June 3. Click here for full story.
13 Aug, 2006 11:49 pm
Considering how neurotic the organ-transplant industry is to maintain a squeaky-clean image, it's remarkable that Kaiser Permanente's been hit with a massive fine from California's Department of Managed Health Care [press release] ... and patient lawsuits alleging that botched
paperwork and administrative errors had imperiled lives. Problems arose when Kaiser ordered Northern California kidney patients to transfer
from University of California hospitals to its new transplant center in 2004. Kaiser ...
14 Jan, 2007 5:56 am
The Sacramento Bee reports: A former employee has sued Kaiser Permanente, claiming it "blackballed"
her for participating in a criminal investigation into the alleged dumping of a homeless woman on skid row. Irene Hernandez, 50, of Downey said Kaiser's hospital in Bellflower stopped employing her as a registry nursing assistant after she cooperated with the Los Angeles city attorney's office
investigation into alleged patient-dumping by the HMO. Tags: Kaiser, Downey
15 May, 2006 5:48 pm
... California HMO regulators announced on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 that they will oversee Kaiser Permanente's kidney transplant unit in San Francisco in an effort reduce undue ... Health Care referred to a statistic that showed that more than twice as
many patients on Kaiser's transplant waiting list had died than had received new ... have died, or were seriously injured, as a result of these
alleged administrative problems at Kaiser. Those who were injured, and possibly their families, may have statutory ...
17 Oct, 2006 6:23 pm
... all victims of domestic violence. Optical services employee Munoz was killed by an ex-boyfriend in 1999. Floyd, an OB-GYN at Kaiser
Permanente's Santa Teresa Medical Center, was murdered by her ex-husband in 2001. Rodriguez, a medical ... violence incident and are in need of
legal representation, contact the Law Offices of Scott Sagaria for a free consultation. Kaiser Hospital Dedicates Memorial To Domestic Violence
Victims, Mercurynews.com, October 4, 2006 Domestic Violence, American College of ...
16 Feb 6:30 am
The Sacramento region's largest health care provider, Kaiser Permanente, runs a special,
doctor-to-doctor call operation that has become a target of legal actions alleging malpractice and failure to pay claims. The doctors' telephone hub, unique in California medical care,
has drawn legal criticism at the same time the state is investigating allegations that Kaiser's much larger customer call center lets
unlicensed staffers make medical decisions. Both are examples of streamlining medical ...
17 Apr 3:08 pm
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest HMO, has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims on behalf
of five patients alleging mishandling of its kidney transplant program, endangering lives and causing deaths. The arbitration claims were filed shortly after a Los Angeles Times
investigation in 2006 found that Kaiser's Northern California kidney transplant program jeopardized hundreds of patients by forcing them into a
new program unprepared to handle an ...
13 Jul 7:10 am
"Kaiser Foundation Health Plan says a federal class action on copayments should be dismissed because the named plaintiff did not bring her
complaint to the insurance company first. "It sounds to us like she just wants her $20," a Kaiser spokesman said. "But we don't even have a
record of any phone calls from her." Article: Posted in Company News, Lawsuits Tagged: class action, Kaiser Permanente, Linkedin
24 Apr, 2007 4:34 am
Kaiser recap: the Wall Street Journal has a subscription-only article today on the front page giving some of the back story on Kaiser Permanente's troubled efforts to migrate to a global electronic medical record. I find the whole issue
troubling -- the scandal raised by the email about how the project was pursued totally overshadowed the issue of whether the project was a good and appropriate
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