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Most
physicians start out with an altruistic desire to help people.
It was the unfortunate marriage of medicine and business that
tempted some to bend the rules to become very wealthy. In the
mid-twentieth century a physician could do very well but that physician
would not become truly wealthy. That all changed when in this
country medicine did not emerge as a responsibility of our government,
such as education or defense did in almost all other
countries that have become industrialized. The U.S.
Government also inadvertently contributed to medical inflation when
they passed Medicare without any effective cost controls, and by
generously subsidizing biomedical research without maintaining
ownership of the new discoveries for the citzens of this country.
Now with the patent office also awarding medical process
patents, such as those for human gene sequences, which we understand is
not supposed to happen under U.S. law, there is a great big mess and
much more profit to gain. Consideration should also be
focused on
the Bayh-Dole Act that allowed government employees to
profit from patents they hold on taxpayer funded research. The CDC is a prime example. CDC employees can
derive royalties on patents they hold for tests and vaccines. This
certainly influences their role as advisors to the nation (and the
world) and not necessarily for the benefit of the public.
For a physician, gaming the current system is a tempting method of becoming incredibly wealthy. For physicians who want to become more than comfortable and who strive for great wealth, it is within their reach if they become involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the health-insurance industry, the specialty-hospital industry or the biotechnical industry while selecting the correct for them niche medical specialty to use as their path. All of these industries claim to exist to help people, and they can, but helping patients is a by-product and not the goal. Their goal is to make money and they are very good at doing so, often at the detriment of the patient who often does not receive needed care or is outright ignored. BUSINESS PRACTICES AND THE MOTIVES - Table of Contents
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percent of a health plan’s members typically account for 30
percent or more of its costs and that 5 percent of its
members generate
50 percent of its costs.
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Retiring KP CEO G.C. Halvorson Original link: http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_healthcare_hcr_0603.pdf PACTS - The Kaiser/Epic Population and Condition Tracking System. Kaiser Permanente's basic organizational chart. The names change frequentlybut that isn't important. What is important is that the basic structure remains the same. The Rise and Fall of a Kaiser Permanente Expansion Region https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/scarlinakp.html George Halvorson's Culture of Luxury and The State of Minnesota Attorney General's Office - Lori Swanson, Attorney General Report - George Halvorson, current CEO of Kaiser Health Plan and Hospitals, a non profit HMO and the Permanente Medical Group was found to be funding a lavish lifestyle off of patient money while employed at Kaiser partner organization, HealthPartners of Minnesota. HealthPartners is also designated by the I.R.S. as a non profit, public benefit corporation! SIX
COMPANIES - A PATTERN THAT SHOWS DECADES OF ABHORRANT TREATMENT
OF PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/6companies.html
The
Misuse of Evidence-Based Medicine - by Dr. Charles Phillips Section 805 of the California Business and Professions Code https://kaiserpapers.com/selfincrimination/ Kaiser
insurance risk adjustment
using
newborn blood
to determine
inborn errors of
metabolism - i.e. defects. If you have a "defect" and if you get sick it will cost so much money to treat.Will they ignore you or treat you? Kaiser Permanente California IT Functionality Needs for Population Management - 04/23/01 Kaiser Medical Treatment Documents 1999 - The Sensitivity and Specificity of Forecasting High-Cost Users of Medical Care "As
long as the outcomes
are behaviorally based,
we can measure the outcomes in terms of reduced
medical visits and reduced medical visits translates to dollars,
savings.
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mirrored at: https://kaiserpapers.com/behavioral/cam1.html In only six minutes according to Kaiser Permanente they can diagnosis your psychiatric condition. https://kaiserpapers.com/behavioral/povs.html also The Kaiser Foundation Psychology Research Project Timothy Leary of LSD Fame,CIA and Director of Research Dr. Robert Pearl,
chief executive of Kaiser, said at a private meeting
that "we chose not to provide our patients with what they desired,"
the Times reported.
Kaiser has come out best for heart attacks by talking people out of intensive care before they go upstairs from the emergency room. PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS IN THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP Number of Patients per Physician - specialists are included in this figure because there is no way to exclude them with publicly available material. http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/whccamp/meetings/transcript _9_8_00_s3_4_5.html "Targeting the insurance companies of the nation is important to identify the idea that upstream intervention is going to save the insurance dollar. There is cost savings and the business department of Kaiser has data to support that. Kaiser Employees in Government Positions of Authority Government employees with close/questionable Kaiser Permanente affiliations material is not dated. Everything in it is relevant to today. PHYSICIAN STOCK ISSUES The Kaiser Tahoe Accord Kaiser Decisions
of the Working Council
Link to
actual images of the original Tahoe Accord
Document at: https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/tahoe/tahoedocs.html
Link to
Kaiser's write up on the Tahoe Agreement and
the how and why it happened in the words of their own doctors.
Northeast
Permanente Newletter bragging about the shareholder status of
physicians after one year, etc. Examination
of Article K
Article K for the Permanente Physician:
the Kansas City court papers in Johnson County as Kansas City Kaiser failed. This year's profit split may net the Permaente docs close to $1 billion!!! This is above salaries of $22,000 a month average per partner, forgiven home loans, and 25% benefit package.This money accumulates under the plan - immune from all outsiders even bankruptcy trustees - until the Kaiser doc proves himself or herself by vesting to 20 years, keeping silent forever, and never turning against the Permanente Culture. Once you are in, don't try to get out - til death do us part. http://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/articlek.html Commentary from Dr. Charles Phillips regarding the relevance of the above documents - Article K of the Medical Service Agreement between Kaiser Plan and Permanente Physicians. https://kaiserpapers.com/drphillips/kansaswaxman.html INCOME TAX - IRS - NON PROFIT OR REALLY FOR PROFIT WITH ALL COMPANY AFFILIATES AND HOLDINGS 2005 Form 990 IRS Tax filing for PERMANANTE MEDICAL GROUP LIFE INS & MEDICAL BEN PLAN & TR FOR RET PHYS The Southern California Permanente Medical Group Retirement Program (SCMG) beginning with Declaration of Rose Dodge, Retirement Plans Coordinator. KaiserGate - What Nixon said about Kaiser EHRENBERG v SOUTHERN CAL PERMANENTE - Dr. Max Moses Dr. Moses and his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion Should not-for-profit tax status be only for strictly charitable groups? Is Kaiser Permanente Really A For Profit Organization?- The IRS doesn't know who they are in their non profit database - Is This Self Proclaimed Not For Profit Which is Really Three Separate Companies Actually an Impostor? Only the health insurance plan and the hospitals are non profit. The Permanente part is for profit! https://kaiserpapers.com/drphillips/billion.html Non-Profit Status is not Enough–Kaiser’s Questionable Privilege GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CONFLICT OF INTEREST Government
employees with close/questionable Kaiser
Permanente affiliations
Federal Advisory - 5 USC TITLE 5 - APPENDIX 01/02/01 Appointment
of Special Government Employees (SGE)
"...the physician will not work against the interest of
Kaiser
Permanente."
SEE THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP ARTICLE K 2005
Form 990
IRS Tax filing for PERMANANTE
MEDICAL GROUP LIFE INS & MEDICAL BEN PLAN & TR FOR RET
PHYS
The Southern California Permanente Medical Group Retirement Program (SCMG) beginning with Declaration of Rose Dodge, Retirement Plans Coordinator. KaiserGate - What Nixon said about Kaiser - Kaiser is really for profit!!!!! EHRENBERG v SOUTHERN CAL PERMANENTE - Dr. Max Moses Dr. Moses and his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion Should not-for-profit tax status be only for strictly charitable groups? How can Kaiser Permanente represent itself to be non-profit when, in fact, it made $1.8 billion in profit in 2004 and will pass $2 billion in profit in 2005? https://kaiserpapers.com/drphillips/billion.html Ever
wonder what they do with your patient
information? V. HOW WE MAY
USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR PHI Kaiser
Permanente HIPPA Privacy Training, Manual Part
II - Just About Everyone but your Some Kaiser
Financial and Real Estate Public Information
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/money.html The Misuse of Evidence-Based Medicine - by Dr. Charles Phillips Section 805 of the California Business and Professions Code https://kaiserpapers.com/selfincrimination/ "As long as the outcomes are behaviorally based, we can measure the outcomes in terms of reduced medical visits and reduced medical visits translates to dollars, savings. "mirrored at: https://kaiserpapers.com/behavioral/cam1.html In only six minutes according to Kaiser Permanente they can diagnosis your psychiatric condition. https://kaiserpapers.com/behavioral/povs.html Kaiser Permanente Final Medical Survey Report - 1989 - CA Dept. of Corporations Dr. Robert Pearl,
chief executive of Kaiser, said at a private meeting
that "we chose not to provide our patients with what they desired,"
the Times reported.
Kaiser has come out best for heart attacks by talking people out of intensive care before they go upstairs from the emergency room. PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS IN THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP Kaiser Employees in Government Positions of Authority Government employees with close/questionable Kaiser Permanente affiliations Marketing of the Kaiser and the Permanente
Some
ASSETS Some Kaiser
Financial and Real Estate Public Information
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/money.html MISCELLANEOUS The Criminalization of American Medicine 1965-1993by Madeleine Pelner Cosman Interview with Madeleine Pelner Cosman Quick Facts/Generalizations SIX
COMPANIES - A PROVABLE PATTERN SHOWING DECADES OF ABHORRANT TREATMENT
OF PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/6companies.html
Why Physicians Should Not Kill Their Patients - Just the Facts - Followed by a brief summary of recent historical events of medical conduct contrary to basic physician to patient promises. Fibs and Half Truths from the Lips of Kaiser and the for profit Permanente Beware
of
Special Interests that Promote any HMO Program
There
are
now probably more fake public interest
groups than actual
ones in America today.
And many formerly legitimate public interest groups have been taken over or compromised by big corporations. Our favorite example is the National Consumer League. It’s the oldest consumer group in the country. It was created to eradicate child labor. But in the last ten years or so, it has been taken over by large corporations. It now gets the majority of its budget from big corporations such as Pfizer, Bank of America, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Kaiser Permanente, Wyeth-Ayerst, and Verizon. http://uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/3c6bf945-d0f5-493f-ac65-2ab565eb9177#6de3ac91-378f-49af-a0a0-926e3ed785c8 The Affiliation between Kaiser the Permanente and Bayer The Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication began working with the Permanente Medical Groups (PMG) in 1989 and now works with five regions within PMG to teach communication skills to clinicians. also the Bayer Institute for Healthcare Communication has a lot of Kaiser and Permanente awards back and forth between each other. Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime - 21 Corporate Crime Reporter 25, June 12, 2007 from Corporate Crime Reporter in Washington D.C. CNA California Nurses Association Documents The Union -The Agreement 1997 National Labor Management Agreement Kaiser Foundation Research Institute has large, fully integrated databases, some dating back to 1981, representing all 6.1 million current Kaiser Permanente members in northern and southern California. The Kaiser databases are linked annually to state vital statistics and cancer registry files. Electronic records will be fully implemented in 2006. http://www.fda.gov/cder/pike/September2006-4.htm Kaiser overbills Medicare http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/50100094.pdf |
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