August 20th, 2013
Monterey County Weekly: “Governor Signs Alejo’s Bill Limiting Hospital CEO Benefits”
By Sara Rubin, Monterey County Weekly Most of the outrage over former Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System CEO Sam Downing’s payout dead-ended when it came to audits and prosecutions. After a criminal investigation, District Attorney Dean Flippo declined to file charges. State Auditor Elaine Howle reported Downing’s retirement package, including $2.1 million he got while […]
August 20th, 2013
Efforts of NUHW Members at SVMH Result in Passage of New California Law
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB130, a bill sponsored by Salinas -area Assemblyman Luis Alejo, which will prevent public district hospitals from paying retirement benefits to hospital executives while they are still working. This bill was the culmination of a 3 year effort by NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH) […]
August 16th, 2013
San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Health Workers Ratify First NUHW Contract
Last week, caregivers at San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) unanimously ratified their first contract with NUHW. Like thousands of other healthcare workers, MNHC joined NUHW after several years of frustration in SEIU where they were forced to accept concessionary contracts while experiencing a total lack of representation in the wake of SEIU’s […]
August 1st, 2013
Kaiser Permanente Ineligible to Participate in Obamacare Insurance Exchange in California
Kaiser should be disqualified from exchange due to violations of state statutory requirements for mental health patients and other plan participants Kaiser disciplined a therapist for recommending timely follow-up for patient in clinical notes Emeryville, California — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the biggest HMO in California and one of the biggest in the country, […]
July 31st, 2013
Kaiser Permanente Ineligible to Participate in Obamacare Insurance Exchange in California
Kaiser should be disqualified from exchange due to violations of state statutory requirements for mental health patients and other plan participants Kaiser disciplined a therapist for recommending timely follow-up for patient in clinical notes Emeryville, California — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the biggest HMO in California and one of the biggest in the country, […]