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Without records, there is no history. Without records, there is no accountability Articles and News Stories Specific to Kaiser Permanente Malpractice and Patient Experimentation Legal MattersIndexSection of Relevant ArticlesAugust 31, 2007 $903,000 awardedSeptember 1, 2006 Hard Time For Kaiser Patients To Get Day In Court
After reform, Kaiser still in spotlight
May 28, 2004Ex-worker sues Kaiser over X-ray standards
May 4, 2004 Kaiser sued in instrument scare
March 17, 2004Kaiser Arbitration May Be Unenforceable, Says Unfair Business Competition Case Finalized Today
12/28/2002$1 million arbitration Kaiser loses ruling in death of newborn March 11 2002The American Arbitration Assn. will no longer allow its arbitrators to handle health care cases unless both sides voluntarily agree to the out-of-court process
October 5 2001Informed Consent as written by a Kaiser Permanente physician
05/17/2001Allegations in medical community fly -- including bribery, conspiracy.
03/17/2001 Area physicians sue Kaiser Class-action case stems from HMO's decision to leave Kansas City area
March 1, 2000$1 million arbitrationKaiser and Arbitration in California
Arbitration Agreements in Health Care: Myths and RealityElizabeth Rolph; Erik Moller; John E. RolphDuke University School of Law
$903,000 awarded to councilman's widow By Cheryl Clark UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 31, 2007 SAN DIEGO – The late San Diego Councilman Charles Lewis was never told by his longtime Kaiser physician Willie Thigpen that he had a serious liver disease and that drinking alcohol would hasten his death, an arbitration judge has ruled.http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070831-9999-7m31lewis.html
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After reform, Kaiser still in spotlight Other insurers move toward the company's arbitration model even as critics say its changes haven't gone far enough. By Daniel Costello, Special to The Times Originally Posted at: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-kaiser30jun30,1,6053578.story
Ex-worker sues Kaiser over X-ray standards A former Kaiser Permanente employee filed a whistle-blower lawsuit this week against the health care network, claiming he was fired for complaining to regulators about Kaiser's X-ray standards. http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/xraystandards.html
Kaiser sued in instrument scare A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in Sacramento Superior Court on behalf of more than 1,000 Kaiser Permanente patients who may have been exposed to contaminated instruments.http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/soupy.html
September 1, 2006 - CBS5 San Francisco Reporter Anna Werner(CBS 5) Getting out of bed is hard for John Pellini. He can barely walk.
"The whole body, my shoulder my hands, everything aches," Pellini said.
He even needs help breathing. For John's family it's a 24/7 job.
"I feel guilty because I have always been the type of person to do things by myself," Pellini said.
John's family said he could walk fine just over a year ago, when he checked into the emergency room at Kaiser in Hayward, complaining of a pain in his leg. A few days later, it became even worse.
mirrored for historical purposes at: https://kaiserpapers.com/downey/pellini.html
....The American Arbitration Assn. will no longer allow its arbitrators to handle health care cases unless both sides voluntarily agree to the out-of-court process, said Senior Vice President Robert E. Meade.
The group's move, officials and lawmakers say, will put pressure on California doctors, hospitals and health plans to stop forcing patients into arbitration. In many states, laws prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses, which are signed as a condition of joining a health plan or seeking care from a medical provider.
http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/2b.html
"Kaiser broke California law by forcing patients into secret arbitration proceedings without fully and properly disclosing that they had given up their rights. Today's filing closes the door on the HMO's illegal actions. The unfair business competition law was the only tool I had to hold Kaiser accountable for its deception. With today's resolution of the case, Kaiser should take back the donation it made to the anti- patient initiative and stop its efforts to restrict patients' rights," http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/arbitrationnot.html
Early in my practice, I found no problem with Kaiser arbitrations. The cases I had early were relatively small, i.e. for less than $300,000. As my practice has grown, however, and I began to bring larger cases against Kaiser, I began to notice heavy pressure to settle these cases from the judges who would eventually serve as the "neutral" arbitrator.
Recently, I had a large "bad baby" case in Kaiser arbitration: Guzman Groves v. Kaiser. In that case it became clear that Kaiser had two different obstetrical services: one a midwife service, and one adoctor service. If you were assigned to the midwife service, you never saw a doctor until and unless the midwife became alarmed, and thought she needed a doctor to help. Read more at:
http://www.rescuehealthcareday.com/arbitration.htm
Under California's law limiting general damages in medical liability cases, the award was reduced to $250,000.
The couple, Rachelle and Leon Phillips, say the award is small compensation for the loss of their child. More important, Rachelle Phillips said, is that Kaiser has been held responsible for its error that cost Renea Phillips her life.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_NEWS_nkaiser28.58021.html
mirrored and preserved at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/newborn.html
Allegations in medical community fly -- including bribery, conspiracy.
A pair of lawsuits in the medical community that started out as disputes over money have developed into complex litigation involving allegations of bribery and possible plots to put people out of business.
......."They were concerned that Kaiser and BFMC were the fastest growing managed care entities in town. They did not have stable relationships with those two entities," said Arthur Chenen, attorney for BFMC.http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/terwilleger.html
See Related: How informed is signed consent?D J Byrne, A Napier, and A Cuschieri http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/pdfs/1988informedconsent.pdf