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Kaiser Permanente affiliations This is a short list of some Former Kaiser Permanente physicians, other medical personnel and "politicians" closely related to Kaiser Administrators that may have a conflict of interest with their new jobs at government regulatory agencies and government contractees overseeing patient matters. First Understand What the definition of a Conflict of Interest as per United States Law is. Cross referenced with: https://kaiserpapers.com/selfincrimination/retiredoc.html and https://kaiserpapers.com/selfincrimination/pooldoc.html Note
that most government agencies do not ask about this form of financial
information when
clearing someone for ethics issues which could show a potential conflict of interest. Probably it is because these agencies are not aware that this gag clause and other gag clauses not displayed on this web site are even in existence. Definitely the California Ethics rules do not cover this type of issue and should. While it is highly illegal to have these gag clauses and orders in any retirement contract and Kaiser and Permanente probably will lose in any court action when any physician challenges the clause referenced above if it is enforced, it will still cost an enormous amount of money for a physician to do so in any court. The physician does not have to be retired to have these gag clauses enforced. Several physicians that did decide to go forward and not be compromised with their personal ethics have been used as examples by Permanente and Kaiser as to what happens if they do talk or do act responsibly when dealing with our government. See: https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/advisory.html and https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/specialemployees.html and United State Office of Ethics at: http://www.usoge.gov/home.html Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above private gain. Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of duty. Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using nonpublic Government information or allow the improper use of such information to further any private interest. Volunteers, non salaried appointees and retired physicians and other medical personnel that obtain employment under Federal Personnel Jurisdiction are still representatives of our government and still have to abide by the law. Many people have had the experience of having government agencies stop formal investigations into Kaiser questionable activities with the excuse used that "Mr. Upstairs" ordered the investigation stopped. This list of people may be who "Mr. Upstairs" actually is. It really is a silly term to use. and
- https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/scpmgretire.html
Page 74 of the SCPMG Retirement Program. "11.2 Limitation on Participants' Rights. "The Partnership reserves the right to expel any Partner without liability for any claim either against the Plan, except to the extent provided for herein, or against the Partnership." It is likely that current and former Kaiser Permanente physicians that obtain jobs in government agencies where they have responsibilities to oversee, investigate, inspect, etc., most likely have a conflict of interest that no matter what they may say about it, is still there. The terms of the vested Permanente physicians contract states very clearly that they may not do or say anything against Kaiser or the Permanente or they risk losing their retirement package and anything else that is held by the Permanente. See link above for current document clearly stating this fact. There are court documents showing that Permanente and Kaiser have enforced this document for those that dared to find wrong doing or talk to the authorities. "...the physician will not work against the interest of Kaiser Permanente." SEE THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP ARTICLE K Kaiser
and the Permanente business practices are also showing up
overseas. Queensland,
See Also: Australia which had the misfortune of hiring a dismissed Kaiser Physician, (news articles link) Jayant Patel (also at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Patel) found out the hard way how the three Kaiser corporation's business practices intertwine with government officials and agencies to the detriment of patients. Today they are untangling the roots of the cancerous Kaiser type business practice which is successful only by the corporate preying on common human greed. Queensland is making sure that such business practices will not gain a greater hold within their government system. Hedley Thomas, senior writer
for The Australian
is
the author of Sick To Death, a newly
released
book about Dr Jayant Patel and how he thrived in a sick health and political system. http://www.allenandunwin.com/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?ISBN=9781741148817 Do
the following individuals have a conflict
of interest with their jobs?
We will be adding to the list those pertinent individuals from other organizations and government agencies as time permits. We
are beginning this list with those currently employed or financially
involved with the QIO Lumetra.
A QIO is a Quality Improvement Organization. The one in California is Called Lumetra. All QIO's are really started out as tracking databases for Congress to monitor the effectiveness of the HMO's. Today, they have a few other sideline businesses. Here is what the law says they are supposed to be doing. http://law.justia.com/cfr/title42/42-3.0.2.8.5.3.html Here is the original Lumetra web address: http://www.lumetra.com It used to be called CMRI or California Medical Review. Lumetra had a really big contract with the Federal Government to review Medicare Patient Medical Records. It appears to us that the following former Kaiser Permanente physicians do not belong on Lumetra decision making or quality evaluation boards - both by basic ethics and financial conflicts against their retirement pot of gold. Board Members of the QIO (Quality Improvement Organization) Lumetra - an organization with a really big Medicare contract to review Medicare Patient records where Kaiser is never found to have ever been wrong. 12 Kaiser people and still counting in the following list: (Note: Lumetra did not keep the Federal Contract and were replaced by another QIO. Their government solutions web page is at http://lumetrasolutions.com/ Linda Sawyer - COO Lumetra -
https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_
11.4.05_FINAL.pdf Justin
Graham
Physician lead for Kaiser's Epic disaster https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_ 11.4.05_FINAL.pdf D. Lynn Fiorria - Kaiser Permanente - Vallejo https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_ 11.4.05_FINAL.pdf Ana M. Perez - Former Diabetes Manager for Spanish Population at Kaiser Permanente https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_ 11.4.05_FINAL.pdf Mindy-Coots Miyazaki - Past Home Health Nurse and Staff Nurse with Kaiser Oakland https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_ 11.4.05_FINAL.pdf Laura Stewart - Kaiser San Francisco https://spiritscc.az.gov/Applications/SPIRIT/SCC/PRO.nsf/DocNum/ADSM-6HTU7B/$file/Lumetra%20SCC060004_ 11.4.05_FINAL.pdf Janet E. O’Brien, MD, MSPH, MS http://www.lumetra.com/about-lumetra/index.aspx?id=342 District
Office Medical Consultant
for the Yolo County Department of Public Health, director of community education for the Watsonville Community Hospital, and as medical economist for the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. 
Roderick
N. Seamster, MD, MPH
Vice-Chair,
Lumetra Board of Directors Medical Director, Watts Healthcare Corporation Roderick
Seamster is medical director and chief
physician in
internal medicine at the
Watts Healthcare Corporation in Los Angeles.He has served as medical director and/or staff physician in internal medicine and family practice settings, including the Watts Health Center, Compton Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and the San Carlos Indian Hospital (United States Public Health Service). Anthony G. Wagner Vice President, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland Anthony Wagner currently serves as vice president of the Office of Labor Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, Ann Von Gehr (MD) unestablished if Dr. Von Gehr is still directly affiliated with Kaiser Santa Teresa http://www.healthpages.com/directory/physicians/427164/ DR_Ann_Bremers_Von_Gehr_MD.html Dr. Ira Jeffry Strumpf Dr. Strumpf is physician in charge of the pulmonary division at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Woodland Hills. http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Strumpf_Ira_88790770.aspx Short
background on JCAHO:
JCAHO
takes in $113 million annually, mainly from
hospitals that pay large fees to be accredited so they can receive Medicare dollars. Accreditation means a hospital has successfully passed a JCAHO inspection once every three years. Inspections are traditionally announced well in advance, although JCAHO promises to begin “surprise” visits next year. And, a subsidiary of JCAHO consults (for a hefty fee) with hundred of hospitals each year to help them to get a passing grade on their inspection. These “crib” courses bring in another $10.5 million to JCAHO each year. Source: http://www.medicalconsumers.org/pages/MedicareTurns40.html
http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/PressKits/InfectionControl/nielsen_bio.htm
Don Nielsen, M.D.Senior Vice President for Quality LeadershipAmerican Hospital AssociationDon
Nielsen, M.D., is an infectious diseases physician and senior
vice president In this role, Nielsen oversees
the AHA’s
Quality Agenda, which
focuses Previously,
Nielsen worked at the Permanente
Company as vice Nielsen is active on the boards of the American
Accreditation
HealthCare Nielsen
serves on the editor boards of the World
Medical
Association’s WMA Global BARBARA
PAUL, M.D.,
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=430
CMS Administrator Tom Scully today announced the appointment of Barbara Paul, M.D., to direct the agency's initiatives to improve health care quality for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Dr. Paul, a board-certified internist, has been director of the agency's Physicians' Regulatory Issues Team (PRIT) since 1999. She also served as assistant to the deputy administrator for the Open-Door initiative with physicians. Dr. Paul will replace Steve Clauser, Ph.D., who has taken a position with the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Paul was a full-time internist from 1987 to 1999 in Northern California. She also was director of women's health services from 1993 to 1995 for Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif. Currently, she returns every few months to her former clinic in California to see patients at the Kaiser Permanente facility in Vallejo, Calif. Among her professional activities, Dr. Paul served in 1998 on the board of trustees of the California Medical Association, representing physicians in eight Northern California counties. She also was president of the Napa County Medical Society from 1995 to 1996, and served from 1993 to 1999 on the board of directors of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority. http://www.iom.edu/?id=22328 Barbara R. Paul, M.D., is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Beverly Enterprises, a leading provider of elder care headquartered in Fort Smith, AR.. She was previously director of the Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, in Baltimore, Md. While at CMS, she led the launch of HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson's Nursing Home Quality Initiative and Home Health Quality Initiative, and played a key role in the agency's overall quality measurement and public reporting work. She represented the agency on the boards of the National Quality Forum and The Leapfrog Group. CMS
Applicants from Southern California Permanente
http://www.sbcms.org/southcalphysician/2002/may/art4.htm Paul J. Wallace, MD  He
was previously the Executive Director of Kaiser Permanente’s
Care Management Institute (CMI) from 2000 – 2005 and continues as a Senior Advisor to CMI and to KP Healthy Solutions, the KP disease management company established in 2005. Dr. Wallace, an Internist and Hematologist, joined Kaiser Permanente in 1989, and has participated on Kaiser Permanente’s program wide New Technology, Research, Guidelines and Diversity Committees. He is a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, the Medical Coverage Advisory Committee for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Committee on Performance Measurement for NCQA. He is the Board Chair for the Center for Information Therapy, and is also a Board member for the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA). In 2004 he was recognized by DMAA with the Karen Coughlin Individual Disease Management Leadership Award.
AHRQ
Announces New Preventive Services Task Force
Members
Diane Petitti, M.D., M.P.H.,
senior scientific advisory for Kaiser
Permanente of Southern
California, is the new vice chair. http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/aboutUs/stakeholder.cfm
STAKEHOLDER Executive Director, Health Policy and Evidence-based Medicine, Johnson & Johnson Peter
Juhn is responsible for helping shape evidence-based medicine policies,
especially as payers use EBM as a basis for decisions on reimbursement and coverage of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He works with the operating companies to anticipate the methods and types of evidence needed in this evolving payer environment. He also provides policy coverage for developments in the Health Information technology initiatives as well as quality-based "pay-for-performance" activities. Most recently, Dr. Juhn was Vice President, Health Improvement Resources, at WellPoint Health Networks, where he managed the disease management programs. He also held senior positions at Kaiser Permanente, including Executive Director, Care Management Institute and President and CEO of CareTouch, Inc., an e-health start-up venture. He has a BA from the University of Chicago, an MD from Harvard and an MPH from the University of Washington, where he was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania. STAKEHOLDER The
Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Dr.
Levine is a pediatrician
and has practiced with The Permanente Group since 1977.
She has held multiple leadership roles within the Medical Group and has served as Associate Executive Director of the medical group since 1991. She has responsibility for human resources, (recruitment, compensation, clinical education, management training and leadership development); government and community relations, health policy and community benefit and pharmacy policy and drug use management. Dr.
Levine is board certified
by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the
American College of Physician Executives, California Medical Association and the American Medical Association. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Integrated Healthcare Association, The Women's Foundation of California, the California Hospital Association and the Public Health institute of California. She is a frequent speaker on issues of health policy, drug use management and delivery of health care services. Dr. Levine received her undergraduate degree from Radcliff College at Harvard University and her MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. The
Permanente Medical Group
employs 5,500 physicians and serves 3.2 million Northern California
members
enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, the states largest HMO. Jay Crosson - Member of the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission appointed by Comptroller
General Walker.
https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/pdfs/medpac.pdf Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 20, 2004 Comptroller General Walker Announces Appointment of Members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Francis J. Crosson, M.D. is the executive director of the Permanente Federation of medical groups that make up the physician component of Kaiser Permanente. He also co-chairs the Kaiser Permanente Partnership Group, the organization’s management committee. He also has experience in connection with prescription drug arrangements. He joined Kaiser Permanente in 1977 and was the Chief of Pediatrics and Assistant Physician-in-Chief of one of Kaiser’s major medical centers. In 1988 he was appointed associate executive director of the Permanente Medical Group and served in that position until his current appointment. He has led efforts on comprehensive public report cards on clinical quality, management of a drug formulary and adoption of a state-of-the-art electronic medical record. Dr. Crosson received his undergraduate degree in political science from Georgetown University and his M.D. degree from Georgetown’s School of Medicine. WINKENWERDER
SWORN IN AS HEALTH AFFAIRS ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Dr.
William Winkenwerder Jr. took the oath of office yesterday as the new
assistant
secretary of Defense. Winkenwerder was nominated for the position by President Bush on September 21, 2001, and confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 2001. Winkenwerder has held a variety of senior-level positions in the healthcare industry. Most recently, he was vice chairman, Office of the Chief Executive, and executive vice president of Health Care Services for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the largest health insurance plan in New England with more than 2.4 million enrollees. Before moving to Massachusetts, Winkenwerder served as associate vice president for Health Affairs and vice president of Emory Healthcare at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. From 1992 to 1995, Winkenwerder held the position of vice president and chief medical officer for Southern Operations for Prudential Healthcare based in Atlanta. Prior to this position, he served as the associate medical director at the Southeast Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente in Atlanta. From 1987 to 1988, Winkenwerder worked at the Health Care Financing Administration, now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, D.C. Winkenwerder received his bachelor's degree of science from Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., in 1976, his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1981, and his master's of business administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1986. Winkenwerder has completed post graduate training and fellowships in internal medicine, epidemiology and health services research. He also completed a fellowship at the Department of Health and Human Services where he helped develop a catastrophic Medicare legislation proposal for the Reagan Administration. Winkenwerder holds a number of board memberships, has written broadly on health policy issues, and is active in a variety of professional associations. As the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Winkenwerder serves as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the secretary and deputy secretary of Defense and the under secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness for all Department of Defense health policies, programs, and activities. He will have the responsibility to effectively execute the department's healthcare mission. This mission is to provide, and to maintain readiness to provide, healthcare services and support to members of the armed forces during military operations. In addition, the department's healthcare mission provides healthcare services and support to members of the armed forces, their family members, and others entitled to DoD healthcare. http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/indicators/appendixA.htm HRSA - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration TECHNICAL EXPERT PANEL The Technical Expert Panel, although not convened as a consensus panel, provided significant input and insight throughout the course of the projec. Robert Carson, PhD Brecksville VA Medical Center Brecksville, OH Towie Fong, MD Senior Staff Internist and Geriatrician Kaiser Permanente Medical Center San Francisco, CA NCVHS Membership of the WORKGROUP on the NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE The
NCVHS serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of
Health and
Human Services in the area of health data and statistics. In that capacity, the Committee provides advice and assistance to the Department and serves as a forum for interaction with interested private sector groups on a variety of key health data issues. The NCVHS home page is http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ National Director for Health Information Policy Simon P. Cohn, M.D., M.P.H., FACP Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program One Kaiser Plaza Oakland, California 94612 Phone: 510-271-6461 Fax: 510-267-2194 E-Mail: simon.cohn@kp.org Term: 06/30/99 - 06/30/03 STATE OF CALIFORNIA Brent A. Barnhart, Director Department of Managed Health Care
He has extensive experience in both health care and government, having worked as a policy committee consultant to the California State Assembly for three years in a variety of assignments, including the Judiciary Committee, the Insurance Committee, and the Office of Research, where he dealt primarily with health, insurance, and corporate governance issues. Prior to his government service, he was an attorney and lobbyist for the health insurance industry in Sacramento – as legislative affairs director for Blue Cross of California, and as counsel and secretary to the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies. Previous experience also includes serving as the California legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union, representing ACLU before the California Legislature. Licensed to practice law in both California and Indiana, he received his juris doctorate from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of California, Riverside. Charlene Taylor Charlene Taylor By Paige Lampson - Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:31 PM CST CalVet announced that Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Galt resident Charlene Taylor to the California Veterans Board. The California Veterans Board consists of seven members and the board serves as an advocate for veterans’ affairs, identifying needs and works to ensure and enhance the rights and benefits of California veterans and their dependents. “We are very pleased with these appointments to the California Veterans Board,” said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet secretary. “Their commitment to veterans and their needs is truly heartfelt, and their appointment enhances CalVet’s efforts to serve our nation’s heroes.” Taylor has been a Galt resident for 22 years and has held multiple positions at the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan since 1997 and has been chief nursing officer for the Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center since 2010. ******** As chief nursing officer, Taylor is responsible for a 287-bed tertiary acute care hospital, over 11,000 operations per year, overseeing 800 full time employees and a budget of $150 million. Taylor appointed by Governor to California Veterans Board Charlene Taylor By Paige Lampson - Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:31 PM CST CalVet announced that Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Galt resident Charlene Taylor to the California Veterans Board. The California Veterans Board consists of seven members and the board serves as an advocate for veterans’ affairs, identifying needs and works to ensure and enhance the rights and benefits of California veterans and their dependents. “We are very pleased with these appointments to the California Veterans Board,” said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet secretary. “Their commitment to veterans and their needs is truly heartfelt, and their appointment enhances CalVet’s efforts to serve our nation’s heroes.” Taylor has been a Galt resident for 22 years and has held multiple positions at the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan since 1997 and has been chief nursing officer for the Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center since 2010. As chief nursing officer, Taylor is responsible for a 287-bed tertiary acute care hospital, over 11,000 operations per year, overseeing 800 full time employees and a budget of $150 million. She also served as chief nurse and flight nurse for the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1993 to 2009. Taylor oversaw all of the aeromedical evacuation units during her time of active duty while serving in Desert Storm. Before that, Taylor served as assistant hospital administrator for Sutter Amador Hospital from 1988 to 1997. She is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers Association and the Society of Air Force Nurses. Taylor didn’t join the Air Force until she was 40. She is still commissioned and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. “I was the nurse exec at Sutter and I am adventurous and patriotic,” said Taylor, explaining why she enlisted. “I wanted to do some nursing again and the military just fit for me. The camaraderie in the service just can’t be beat.” Taylor is one of the charter members of Kaiser Permanente Veterans Association and received an email about the qualifications for the board. They were looking for a female veteran with hospital administration experience, and this position fit into her experience and qualifications so she filled out the application. It was not an easy process, as Taylor then had to qualify through four interviews. “I am very impressed by the process,” says Taylor. “On the veterans board, they have certain requirements for each position. So it is a well-rounded board. I was surprised to see how thoughtful the process is, and they clearly want a well balanced board.” Taylor is looking forward to the orientation process and learning more about the board. She is particularly interested in partnering with the secretary and undersecretary of Veterans Affairs of California. Taylor would like to find programs for facilities that are challenged with finding ways to provide services to help veterans during this challenging economy. Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez Fabian Nunez is married to Maria Robles "The wife of Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles) has come under scrutiny for accepting a job that is partially funded by hospitals, a major stakeholder in the health care reform debate, the Sacramento Bee reports. Maria Robles was hired as president of the not-for-profit Californians for Patient Care in January, one month after Núñez introduced AB 8, a bill seeking to overhaul California's health care system. The organization says its mission is tied to preserving and improving the health care system." http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2007/10/16/N250241ezs-Wifes-Ties-to-Hospital-Industry- Draw-Fire.aspx?topicID=47 Ruth Liu, a former analyst at Kaiser Permanente now serves as a health-policy expert in the Schwarzenegger administration. http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1019 LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY POLITICIANS Paul Koretz  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Koretz Koretz's
wife Gail[2] serves as
Director of Public
Affairs for Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. Department of Managed Health Care http://www.dmhc.ca.gov/boards/cap/roster.pdf Dr. Bernadette C. Loftus Clinical Advisory Panel Office of The Patient Advocate http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/2553/ Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointment of Sandra Perez as the Director of the Office of the Patient Advocate within the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency Since 2000, Perez has served as the Director of the California Executive Fellowship Program for the Center of California Studies at the California State University, Sacramento. From 1994 to 2000, Perez was the Principal Consultant of Perez Consulting Services, an administration, policy and media consulting firm. Her clients included Kaiser Permanente, the University of California Davis Medical Center, Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Rural Health Institute and the Sacramento Community Services Planning Council. Ms. Perez served as an administrative resident at Kaiser Permanente from 1991 to 1994. As the resident for the Community Health Partnerships, she worked with the Sacramento Task Force on the Medically Underserved, a collaboration of providers and healthcare organizations in the Sacramento region. Prior to this experience, Perez worked for the California State Assembly, serving from 1985 to 1990 as the field representative to former-Assembly Member Phil Isenberg and from 1984 to 1985 as the receptionist in the Speaker’s Office of Member Services. Hienvu Nguyen, DPM was a computer engineer working for the Department of Defense for about 10 years before he went back to school. After completing his fellowship training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas; he joined the Kaiser Permanente, and has been there since 1999. Medical school California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA Residency Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, AZ Fellowship University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio, School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX - Board certification Foot Surgery, American Board of Podiatric Surgery Appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger - announced on August 16, 2005 to The Board of Podiatric Medicine as President of the Board http://www.bpm.ca.gov/about/index.htm Conflict of Interest Regulations - http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/board_members/conflict_interest.shtml State of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has picked Kathy Nesbitt, a Kaiser Permanente executive to join his cabinet. from: http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=174995&catid=346 Hickenlooper names Kathy Nesbitt to cabinet posted by Dan Boniface DENVER (AP) - Gov. John Hickenlooper has picked a Kaiser Permanente executive to join his cabinet. Hickenlooper announced Tuesday that he's appointed Kathy Nesbitt to serve as executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration, which oversees 38,000 state employees. Nesbitt is the human resources director for Kaiser Permanente in Denver, where she works with more than 5,000 employees of the health care organization. Nesbitt earlier worked as a staff attorney for Mountain States Employers Counsel and an employment attorney at Qwest Communications. (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.
All Rights Reserved.)
UNITED STATES HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES HHS Laws Governing Advisory Committeeslxxxviii[88] Federal law requires that advisory committees be balanced in terms of points of view of their members and that they conduct their business in public. The law also requires that advisory committee members disclose their financial interests and recuse themselves from matters in which they have an interest. Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above private gain. Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of duty. Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using nonpublic Government information or allow the improper use of such information to further any private interest. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics CHAIR Simon P. Cohn, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Executive Director The Permanente Federation Kaiser Permanente One Kaiser Plaza, 27L Oakland, California 94612 Phone: 510-271-6461 Fax: 510-267-2194 E-Mail: simon.cohn@kp.org Term: 12/01/03 - 12/01/07 Government Agency Directors that take Vice President positions with Kaiser Permanente Diana Bonta, Former California DHS Director, Assumes New Role for Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--Diana M. Bonta, R.N., Dr.P.H., former Director of the California Department of Health Services, has assumed the newly created position of Vice President of Public Affairs for Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region. Dr. Bonta will direct Kaiser Permanente's public policy agenda for Southern California. "I look forward to sharing Kaiser Permanente's vision for the future--caring for people and helping them to thrive. I'm glad to be part of an organization that does so much to promote and enhance community health," she said. Her responsibilities will include community benefit, community relations, government relations, grant management, corporate communications, media relations and multi-media activities. https://kaiserpapers.com/californianews/dianabonta.html California Medical Board
Sharon
Levine, MD and at: http://www.mbc.ca.gov/board/members/levine.html "Dr. Levine was appointed to the Medical Board by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009 and re-appointed by Governor Brown in 2011. She is an associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group and served as a pediatrician from 1977 to 1991. She was a staff pediatrician for the Georgetown University Community Health Plan; a clinical associate in infant nutrition at the National Institutes of Health; and was the director of pediatric services for Montgomery Georgetown Pediatric Clinic. She is a member of many professional associations and on the boards of directors of the Reagan Udall Foundation, the Integrated Healthcare Association, Women's Foundation of California, California Hospital Association, and the Public Health Institute. Dr. Levine earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine." Barbara Johnston - Executive Director
See: https://kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices/pdfs/newsletter_2007_11.pdf http://www.mbc.ca.gov/board/media/releases_2007_07-31_director.html California Board of Registered Nursing  Union Official -
Cindy Cipres Klein, R.N., 44, of Canyon Lake, has been appointed to the
Board of Registered Nursing. Cipres Klein has been a registered nurse
in population care management with Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
since 2005. She has served in multiple positions with Kaiser, including
as the RN charge nurse in urgent care from 2003 to 2005 and an
ambulatory care RN team leader in family medicine, pediatrics, allergy
and obstetrics and gynecology from 1998 to 2003. Cipres Klein worked as
a RN supervisor for U.S. Family Care West from 1997 to 1998, as a
general pediatric floor nurse at Miller’s Children’s Hospital in 1996
and as a RN lead for the Universal Care Medical Group from 1992 to
1995. She was a medical records clerk at St. Jude’s Medical Center from
1991 to 1992. This position does not require Senate confirmation and
the compensation is $100 per diem. Cipres Klein is a Democrat.Cipres Klein has been a Registered Nurse in population care management with Kaiser since 2005, and has worked as an RN since 1992. Cipres Klein is the UNAC/UHCP Riverside affiliate’s Clinic President, and a member of the UNAC/UHCP Board of Directors. The BRN position does not require Senate confirmation.  Trande
Phillips, R.N., 62, of Walnut Creek, has been appointed to the Board of
Registered Nursing. Phillips has been a registered nurse at Kaiser
Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in the pediatric-flex unit and
the medical, surgical, hospice and oncology unit since 1983. She was a
registered nurse at the Merrithew Memorial Hospital in Contra Costa
County from 1979 to 1981 and the Wichita General Hospital in Texas from
1971 to 1972. This position does not require Senate confirmation and
the compensation is $100 per diem. Phillips is a Democrat.The following person is not a Kaiser appointee but he is interesting because he served 3 terms on the Medical Board: Raymond Mallel, 75, of Agoura Hills, has been appointed to the Board of Registered Nursing. He has been a private investor since 2001. Mallel was director of marketing and operations at Long Beach Mortgage Company and Ameriquest Bank from 1991 to 2001 and vice president of Loubella Extendables Inc. from 1971 to 1991. He served as vice president of the State Bar of California Board of Governors from 1983 to 1986 and was chair of the Client Security Fund at the State Bar of California from 1986 to 1990. From 1982 to 1994, he served three consecutive terms on the Medical Board of California, including as president and vice president. Mallel is a co-founder and member of the International Executive Board for the Sephardic Educational Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as president of the Raymond Mallel Foundation. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Mallel is a Democrat. Back to kaiserpapers.com/businesspractices |
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individuals employed at the following government agencies have a
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of interest with their jobs?
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Janet
O’Brien provides utilization review services in
workman’s
compensation. 
Brent Barnhart was appointed by Governor Brown on August 11, 2011,
to serve as the director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
Prior to his appointment, he had retired from his position as a senior
counsel at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, where he assisted in
compliance activities, including interactions with the DMHC. He also
represented Kaiser Permanente at the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners, dealing primarily with financial regulation standards and
national insurance privacy standards.
"Ms.
Johnston served as the eHealth manager for the Kaiser Permanente's