Kaiser Permanentes $200 millionA settlement with the State of California for continued failures to provide patients with adequate and timely mental health care is a long way off. Your own shortcomings? Kaiser employees say they were hiding in plain sight. Years of banging your head against the wall have finally paid off, says Ilana Marcucci-Morris, … Read more
Kaiser Permanente on Lawrence Expressway in Santa Clara, California, on October 6, 2021. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News) (BCN) Kaiser Permanente must overhaul its behavioral health services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health Care. Under the settlement, Kaiser will also invest a total of … Read more
Summary Kaiser patients waited 19 days for their next mental health appointment in 2019, nine days longer than state law allows. The settlement includes the largest penalty ever issued by California’s behavioral health regulator. This is art and espaol. Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has agreed to a $200 million settlement with the state of California … Read more