March 2nd, 2015
Regulators slam Kaiser (again) for failures in mental health services
The California Department of Managed Health Care finally released its long-awaited follow-up survey of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health services, and once again it ain’t a pretty picture. The DMHC found that Kaiser has failed to correct two of the four problems the agency cited and fined Kaiser $4 million for in 2013. Kaiser not only […]
March 2nd, 2015
Press coverage: DMHC follow-up survey slams Kaiser mental health services
On February 24, 2015, the California Department of Managed Health Care released its follow-up survey of Kasier mental health services, which shows that Kaiser continues to violate state laws governing timely access to care. Click here to read the report. Click here to read the DMHC’s press release. Click here for press coverage of NUHW’s […]
February 10th, 2015
Corizon, Alameda County pay $8.3 million to settle jail death lawsuit
Alameda County and Corizon Health, Inc., the for-profit corporation that contracts with the county to provide heathcare services for inmates at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and the Glenn Dyer Detention Center in Oakland, agreed Monday to the largest civil rights wrongful death settlement in California history. Corizon and the county settled a lawsuit for […]
February 2nd, 2015
California labor’s civil wars continue
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: California Labor’s Civil Wars Continue By CAL WINSLOW CounterPunch, Jan. 30, 2015 http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/california-labors-civil-wars-continue/ In the first big strike of the year, 3,500 California health care workers took to the picket line at Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health care provider (HMO). Therapists, psychologists, optical workers, dieticians, social workers, psychiatric […]
November 3rd, 2014
SEIU, Kaiser collude to defeat Proposition 45
Some of the strangest bedfellows in this political season are in the healthcare industry. SEIU, California’s largest healthcare workers union, and Kaiser Permanente are colluding to defeat Proposition 45. Kaiser’s motivation is obvious — it wants to prevent public scrutiny of its premium increases. SEIU’s motivation stems from a corrupt deal it recently signed with […]